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Catalytic converter thefts continue as lawmakers in Connecticut and nation...

Catalytic converter thieves hit a rental car business in Windsor Locks and a store parking lot in Waterford this weekend, continuing a streak of larcenies that lawmakers in Connecticut and around the...

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Hebron woman facing multiple animal cruelty charges released from jail,...

A 59-year-old Hebron woman, who was arrested after authorities found more than 50 neglected dogs, cats and other animals at her house last week, was released from custody on Monday and warned by a...

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Bill proposes to declare gun violence a public health crisis in Connecticut....

An act that would declare gun violence a public health crisis in Connecticut came before the Public Health Committee on Monday. The bill, proposed by 17 Democrats earlier this month, pushes for the...

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Researchers find ‘vicious cycle’ between daytime napping and Alzheimer’s...

Daytime napping is common among older adults, but researchers have not known the relationship between daytime napping and cognitive aging.

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Firefighters rescue unconscious woman from smoky Rocky Hill apartment

Firefighters rescued an unconscious woman from a smoky apartment in Rocky Hill on Tuesday morning.

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Southington police looking for vandals who damaged community garden

Southington police are looking for the people who vandalized a community garden over the weekend.

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Toddlers taken to hospital, Rhode Island fugitives arrested, after feds find...

Two toddlers are in protective custody and a Rhode Island couple is under arrest after federal marshals found the pair of fugitives in Waterbury Monday, U.S marshals said.

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K9 Nova, the award-winning Enfield police dog, dies after battle with illness

Award-winning Enfield police dog, K9 Nova, died over the weekend, police said.

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Two under arrest in gang-related shooting in Middletown that wounded wrong...

Two men were arrested in what police said was a gang-related shooting in Middletown that wounded a driver instead of the intended target — her passenger.

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South Windsor officials form new party in effort to break from divisive politics

Promising to break free of divisive and increasingly nasty town politics, current and former South Windsor council and school board members have launched a new local party.

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Troconis must keep wearing GPS monitor; defense receives sought-after...

Her defense attorney, Jon Schoenhorn said during a remote hearing Tuesday afternoon that prosecutors recently turned over “thousands of pages of evidence” that he had been asking for for months.

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AMR ambulance will pay $600K to resolve government billing claims, feds say

The federal and state governments complained that AMR billed for paramedic services at the scenes of emergency responses when in fact the services were performed by local fire department, federal...

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Connecticut man charged with trafficking guns into state posts $100K bond,...

Brannon Winston allegedly purchased firearms in Georgia, where he resided at times, and provided them to customers in Connecticut, federal authorities said.

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Sandy Hook families reject Alex Jones settlement offer

The plaintiffs said they have been subjected to harassment and death threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy promoted on his show.

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Cyberattack targets Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport website

Distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS, attacks have been an increasing problem around the world.

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Connecticut set to distribute $150 million in state aid to towns. Here’s a...

The state is poised to approve more than $150 million for dozens of Connecticut communities, helping Bloomfield to build a new library, Hartford to improve Pope Park and West Hartford to replace high...

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Cleanup, investigations underway after 25,000-gallon oil leak, DEEP says

Environmental officials say they are trying to find out how much fuel oil seeped into the ground in Putnam earlier this month when 25,000 gallons leaked from a storage tank.

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Police searching for catalytic converter thief who they say fired a gun when...

Police are warning people to try to avoid confronting thieves after a shot was fired from a gun during a Wallingford catalytic converter theft.

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Man charged with robbery victim’s murder, Bridgeport police say

Police say they have arrested one of two people who they believe are responsible for the December shooting death of a robbery victim in Bridgeport.

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Famed Connecticut photographer Bob Child, who chronicled 50 years of state...

Bob Child, a news photographer with a knack for finding the “choice ground” to capture five decades of Connecticut disasters, sports, protests and politicians, died Wednesday. He was 86.

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