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Yard Goats game and Journey concert will bring heavy traffic to downtown...

Hartford police alerted the public that heavy traffic is expected downtown Wednesday night due to multiple events, including a Yard Goats baseball game at Dunkin Donuts Park and a Journey concert at...

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State police announce arrest in pizza truck hit-and-run

A speeding driver who caused a pizza truck to crash on I-91 last month has been arrested, state police said Monday.

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East Haven woman made bomb threat to avoid fraud charge, police say

An East Haven woman called in a bomb threat to clear customers and staff from a bank where she feared her mother was about to accuse her of fraud, police said Monday.

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Man in his 60s shot in Hartford, police say

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the HPD Tip Line at 860-722-TIPS (8477).

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Jury begins deliberating Richard Dabate’s fate in Fitbit murder trial

After five weeks of testimony, and more than six years since the alleged crimes, a jury is deliberating in the “Fitbit murder” trial to determine the fate of Richard Dabate.

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Hamden police ID fatal shooting victim as 15-year-old boy

Hamden officers responded to a report of shots fired at about 2:30 p.m. Monday on the Farmington Canal Linear Park.

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Granby getting 235 apartments, biggest residential development in town

A Pennsylvania developer this month is starting to build Station 280, a 235-unit apartment complex that will become the biggest residential development in Granby's history.

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Georgia teen is suspect in ‘swatting’ calls to Windsor Locks and police in...

A suspect in "swatting" calls to police in Connecticut and other states told 911 dispatchers that he had killed his mother, was about to kill his two sisters and would gun down any officers who came to...

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Suspect charged in horrific beating death of Chaplin man

A New London man has been charged with the hours-long beating of a man who was later pronounced dead at his home in Chaplin, state police said Tuesday.

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Police identify Hartford man shot and killed in apparent drive-by shooting

A man who was shot and wounded in Hartford Tuesday morning died later in the day, police said.

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Police identify teen shot to death on walking trail, ‘a devastating loss’

The teen attended Hamden High School, police said.

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Richard Dabate found guilty in Fitbit murder trial, bond increased to $5 million

A jury has found Richard Dabate guilty on all charges in connection to the 2015 murder of his wife Connie Dabate and the subsequent staging of a bloody home invasion.

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Connecticut city’s acting police chief to retire after judge’s order to step...

Also Tuesday, Mayor Justin Elicker named Regina Rush-Kittle, the city’s chief administrative officer, as the new interim police chief as the city searches for a permanent chief.

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In Hartford, former Polish President Lech Walesa says ‘It is not enough for...

Bringing his Ukraine relief campaign to Hartford, former Polish President Lech Walesa on Tuesday called on a crowd at Infinity Hall to help the millions of refugees flooding into Poland.

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Brush fires, one suspicious, consume nearly 300 acres in Middletown

About 100 firefighters have been battling wind-driven brush fires that consumed almost 300 acres of woods and open land in Middletown Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Recent arrest in Stratford spotlights dangers of private online deals

Stratford police say a recent robbery arrest illustrates the dangers of buying and selling items privately after online posts.

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Nathan Carman shouts ‘Not guilty’ as he enters court to face charges he...

A 28-year-old man who was rescued from a raft off the coast of New England in 2016 after his boat sank pleaded not guilty Wednesday on charges he killed his mother at sea to inherit the family’s estate.

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Feds: Connecticut cocaine trafficker gets prison

Federal authorities said investigators monitored USPS deliveries of parcels mailed from Puerto Rico to Connecticut.

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Connecticut state trooper helps former Polish president Lech Walesa with flat...

A Connecticut state trooper and native of Poland got a chance Wednesday to help one of the most famous Poles of all time with a routine roadside repair.

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Feds: Hartford drug dealer sentenced to prison

A grand jury in Hartford returned an indictment charging 18 people with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and related offenses on June 4, 2019.

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