East Hartford police sergeant pressured construction supervisor to inflate...
A police sergeant abused his authority when he told road work supervisors that billable hours tacked onto a private duty job were a penalty for not booking an officer at the beginning of the work, an...
View ArticleConnecticut just submitted its draft plan for COVID-19 vaccine distribution....
The plan lays out an initial framework for who will receive the first doses of the vaccine, who will administer those doses and how the state will manage the process.
View ArticleATV and dirt bike owners apparently found where Hartford police were keeping...
Hartford police refuse to say whether anything is missing from the impound lot where the department holds seized and stolen vehicles, though a week has passed since a lieutenant confirmed there was a...
View ArticleState police send backup as Hartford shootings jump to 6-year high in...
Fifteen state police investigators will descend on Hartford to help local police address an alarming rise in shootings in the capital city, which already have reached a six-year high months before the...
View ArticleFour students test positive for COVID-19 at private Hotchkiss School in...
Four students at The Hotchkiss School, a private high school in Salisbury, tested positive for COVID-19 in the past two days, a school spokeswoman said Saturday.
View ArticleShooting death of 44-year-old New Haven woman under investigation, police say
A 44-year-old woman was found dead in a New Haven apartment Saturday night with a gunshot wound to the head, according to police.
View ArticleMan shot in Hartford Sunday
Police say they are investigating a Sunday shooting in Hartford.
View ArticleWreck shuts down Route 8 in Torrington
The north lanes of Route 8 in Torrington were closed early Monday because of a one-car crash.
View ArticleBridgeport police investigate woman’s homicide
Bridgeport police say they are investigating a woman’s homicide.
View ArticleA widely viewed Facebook post questioned how police in a Connecticut town...
OId Saybrook’s first selectman made a public apology last week after a much-viewed social media post highlighted police treatment of a man with Down Syndrome during an investigation into a stolen...
View ArticleConnecticut joins other states in fight against efforts to preserve Purdue...
Attorney General William Tong joined two dozen attorneys general last week in voicing opposition to a proposed Department of Justice agreement with Stamford-based Purdue Pharma that would preserve its...
View ArticleDaily coronavirus updates: Connecticut will change travel advisory rules so...
Also on Monday, Connecticut's COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths continued to rise.
View ArticleMotorcycle rider dead after collision with tractor trailer near I-91 south,...
A motorcycle rider was killed Monday night after colliding with a tractor trailer truck near the Interstate 91 south and Route 5 interchange in Hartford.
View Article‘Last Week Tonight’ host John Oliver quietly comes to Danbury to see sewer...
Comedian John Oliver quietly visited Danbury last week for a tongue-in-cheek ceremony to name the city's sewage treatment plant after him. The event marks the end of a back-and-forth, playful feud...
View ArticleSpeed appears to be factor in deadly motorcycle-truck crash, Hartford police say
Speed appears to be a factor in a fatal motorcycle-truck crash Monday night in Hartford, police say.
View ArticleMan accused of killing Simsbury jogger Melissa Millan rejects deal that...
The Windsor Locks man charged with killing Simsbury mother Melissa Millan as she jogged down a busy trail in Simsbury in 2014 rejected a plea deal Tuesday that would have sent him to prison for 35 years.
View ArticleWaterbury man walks into police lobby twice without mask, gets arrested
Police say they arrested a man who twice walked into the Waterbury police station lobby against directions and without a mask on.
View ArticleVernon dedicates park for native son Gene Pitney, ‘Rockville’s rocket’
Gene Pitney, a 2002 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was born in Hartford and raised in Rockville, where he began his musical career writing songs and performing. A park was named in his...
View ArticleNew Haven baby abandoned in dumpster last week released from hospital, still...
The 8-month-old baby girl found abandoned last week in a New Haven dumpster has been released from the hospital reunited with her family, police said Tuesday.
View ArticleDaily coronavirus updates: Connecticut’s daily positivity rate hits 3%;...
Connecticut's positivity rate and hospitalization numbers haven't been this high since mid-June.
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