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Vernon, state officials say voters will get correct ballots as both sides...

As Vernon officials and the secretary of the state’s office continued to debate their roles in a mailing label error that sent the wrong ballots to as many as 100 voters in the town, both sides said...

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State’s attorney: 2019 deadly police shooting in East Hartford justified

Police who fatally shot a man in East Hartford after a violent domestic assault last year were justified in using deadly force, a state’s attorney has found.

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Waterbury man wanted for July murder captured in Orlando, Florida

A Waterbury man accused of fatally shooting his sister’s boyfriend in July was captured Wednesday by U.S. Marshals in Orlando, Florida.

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West Hartford synagogue’s virtual shiva service disrupted by Zoombombers...

An investigation is underway this week after Zoombombers crashed a virtual shiva hosted by a West Hartford synagogue, displaying pornographic and anti-Semitic images that disrupted the somber mourning...

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6 people shot in less than 24 hours in Hartford as gun violence continues to...

Thirteen people have now been shot — including one fatality — over just the past five days in Hartford.

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Hartford police make 10 arrests, seize guns, 200 bags of fentanyl

Hartford police say they seized 200 bags of fentanyl and two guns from convicted felons in an operation that aims to snuff out the illegal narcotics and weapons trades. They arrested 10 people.

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East Hartford police union says officers’ arrests show racial bias

Two police officers who were arrested on larceny charges Wednesday were treated more harshly because they are Black, the police union charged Thursday.

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State police look for witnesses to Haddam double-fatal crash

State police say they are looking for witnesses to a crash in Haddam that killed two people Tuesday night.

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Gas leak forced evacuation of West Hartford homes, fire chief says

About 20 people had to leave their homes in a West Hartford neighborhood Thursday morning because of a gas leak,.

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56 inmates at Hartford Correctional Center test positive for COVID-19

Department of Correction officials said Wednesday that they are monitoring 56 inmates who tested positive for COVID-19, part of an uptick in inmate illness following weeks in which few cases were...

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West Hartford driver died after car hit house in Avon, police say

A West Hartford man died over the weekend after the car he was driving went off the road and struck a building in Avon, police say.

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Oxford baby dies after ingesting fentanyl and morphine, mother charged with...

An Oxford woman has been charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of her toddler after fentanyl, morphine and cocaine were found in the little boy’s blood, state police say.

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Small businesses struggling to survive seek $70M in grants from Connecticut’s...

A coalition of organizations representing small businesses in Connecticut -- many of their members struggling to survive in a pandemic and recession -- Thursday urged Gov. Ned Lamont to create a new...

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Two in custody after gunfire, crash involving police in Hartford

Two people are under arrest after a shots-fired incident on Capitol Avenue and a crash involving a police vehicle, police say.

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Car crashes through South Windsor 7-Eleven, driver loses license, police say

A South Windsor driver has lost her license after she crashed through the front door of the South Windsor 7-Eleven, police say.

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As infection rates rise and winter approaches, Connecticut moves one step...

The vaccine advisory group will help develop a plan that will allow the state to quickly distribute the COVID-19 vaccine once it's available. If the plan fails and vaccination is delayed, people will...

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Connecticut school district halts use of school-issued tablets after one...

After a battery in a Lenovo tablet exploded, Bristol schools are asking parents of hundreds of early elementary grade pupils toshut off the school-distributed devices until educators determine what...

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OK we’re maybe not at the top but U.S. News Best Places to Live ranking says...

The Hartford metro area has landed at no. 65 in the latest ranking of the 150 best places to live by U.S. News & World Report.

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New Britain man faces child sex charges, police say

A 23-year-old New Britain man who police say had a 13-year-old girl visit his house during the coronavirus lockdown and repeatedly sexually assaulted her is scheduled to appear in court Monday.

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New child pornography charges filed against former Plainville swim team...

The former Plainville swim club parent volunteer accused of secretly filming girls as they changed into swimsuits has been indicted on federal charges of distributing child pornography.A grand jury in...

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