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Man dies after he falls off scooter into water in Suffield, police say

A man who lost control of a motorized scooter and fell down an embankment into a Suffield canal Wednesday has died, police say.

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Rape charge added for man accused of trying to kidnap and drown woman in New...

A man who allegedly tried to kill a woman he didn't know in a random, violent crime in New Canaan last spring also tried to rape her, police say.

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3 wounded in shootings hours apart in Hartford as gun violence continues to...

Three more people were injured by gunfire in less than 12 hours early Thursday in Hartford as shootings continue to rattle the capital city in the days after state police reinforcements were dispatched...

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Suddenly, the Hartford area’s real estate market is red hot; home sales are...

Home sales in the Hartford metro area ranked the third highest in the country in September in a new national survey released Thursday.

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Daily coronavirus updates: Number of ‘red alert’ COVID-19 hotspots in...

Acting Public Health Commissioner Dr. Deidre Gifford said it's not a time for panic, but it is a time for action.

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Two wounded in gunfire within an hour, Hartford police say; five people were...

Two men were wounded in gunfire less than an hour apart Thursday night, Hartford police say, the third and fourth shootings that day. In all, five were injured in gunfire Thursday, continuing the...

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Search continues for suspect who stole, crashed Amazon delivery van in...

Police were searching for a suspect who they say stole an Amazon delivery van in Hartford Friday morning, crashed it and ran.

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State police: Drunken, wrong-way driver arrested after head-on collision with...

A woman who state police say was driving drunk on I-84 in Waterbury Thursday night was arrested after she collided head on with a trooper.

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With food insecurity an ongoing issue in Connecticut, Foodshare will continue...

Foodshare will continue its massive food distribution efforts at Rentschler Field in East Hartford as food insecurity remains high in the region, but the organization plans to cut back to two days a...

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University of New Haven student sues school for failing to provide refunds...

Joining a growing list of lawsuits targeting colleges and universities over the response to COVID-19, a University of New Haven student sued his school Thursday for failing to provide an appropriate...

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Daily coronavirus updates: Connecticut reports 2.9% positivity rate; deaths...

Connecticut on Friday again reported a high positivity rate, as the state continues to see a spike in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths.

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Brazen shootings frustrate Hartford police as surge in gun violence continues...

Continued gun violence in Hartford this week, including a pair of brazen shootings practically in plain view of uniformed police officers, has frustrated local law enforcement’s newest push to stamp...

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Prosecutor rules SWAT officers justified in deadly April shooting of unarmed...

A prosecutor has ruled four officers from a regional SWAT team were justified when they shot and killed Jose Soto outside his mother’s Manchester home in April. Soto was unarmed.

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As car thefts, break-ins spike, Connecticut police say there’s a pattern to...

Facing a surge in car thefts, car break-ins and tire thefts, West Hartford police are waging a social media campaign to get residents to step up security.

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Power outage hits Hartford’s West End, West Hartford Saturday night

More than 200 Eversource customers in Hartford West End and an adjoining neighborhood in West Hartford lost power Saturday night.

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Coronavirus deaths, hospitalizations and cases in Connecticut have all...

Connecticut’s coronavirus outbreak is ‘on the pathway to being bad.’ How bad is it? And how much worse could it get?

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Waterbury victim of pedestrian hit-and-run dies

A victim of a pedestrian hit-and-run that occurred Thursday evening has died, Waterbury police say.

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Wallingford man dies after rear-ending tractor trailer on I-95 in New Haven

A Wallingford man has died from an accident involving a tractor trailer early Sunday morning, Connecticut State Police say.

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Coronavirus infections are going up as the holiday travel season is getting...

After months of low infection rates through the summer, steadily rising COVID-19 infections in Connecticut and across the country have Gov. Ned Lamont and public health leaders warning about the danger...

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Police investigate shooting in Hartford’s Parkville neighborhood

Police say they are investigating a shooting in Hartford’s Parkville section, the second in the west side neighborhood since Thursday and part of a continuing surge of gun violence in the capital city.

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