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Blumenthal predicts much larger stimulus package to come as West Hartford...

Chip Kohn knows how brutally the pandemic has hurt his industry: His three West Hartford restaurants lost about $400,000 last year, and are in the midst of a frighteningly slow winter. He and two other...

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New Britain woman left deadly hit-and-run crash, went to family Christmas,...

Investigators discovered a New Britain woman left the scene of a deadly hit-and-run crash on Christmas Eve and went with her boyfriend to celebrate the holiday with family, an arrest warrant released...

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Daily coronavirus updates: Connecticut’s daily positivity rate bounces back...

State and hospital officials are on the outlook for a post-Christmas coronavirus spike.

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Connecticut reports second COVID-19 inmate death since new year; 15th since...

A Connecticut inmate died Friday of COVID-19 complications, the second coronavirus-related death among the incarcerated population in the new year and the 15th since the pandemic began.

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Man fatally shot by federal task force in Hartford identified; name of FBI...

New Haven State’s Attorney Patrick J. Griffin has identified the Hartford man fatally shot by a New Britain police officer and a FBI agent, members of a federal task force serving a warrant Wednesday...

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U.S. Navy honors Thomas Conway, Waterbury’s hero priest of World War II

The Rev. Thomas Conway, Waterbury native and heroic chaplain of the ill-fated USS Indianapolis, was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously on Friday for his selfless courage in aid of his shipmates.

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Security camera video shows police shooting that injured Waterbury officer in...

Newly released video footage shows the moment a Waterbury police officer was shot, apparently by another officer, as two SUVs plowed through several vehicles where police were arresting a man wanted...

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2 teens die after early morning Hartford crash; passenger in critical condition

Two teens died, and a third is in critical condition, following a car crash just after midnight Jan. 9 near Tower Avenue.

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Rally in Manchester supports Black Lives Matter activist who was spat on by...

A rally was held Saturday afternoon in Manchester in support of local activist Keren Prescott, who had been spat upon by an unmasked woman outside the state Capitol building on Wednesday. Prescott is...

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Pandemic racks up hidden costs for Connecticut domestic violence agencies

Not only is domestic violence up during the pandemic, but providing emergency help for victims has become far more costly and difficult, according to experts in Connecticut.

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Vernon police focus hunt for shooting suspect in Massachusetts

Police are analyzing evidence seized as the search continues for a suspect who fired shots into an apartment building in Vernon early Friday.The suspect, who fled on foot after scrambling from his...

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Southington police search for suspect in Saturday shooting

Southington police are searching for a suspect in connection with a shooting on Saturday night.

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Woman wounded when 17 shots were fired in Hartford, police say

A woman was wounded Sunday night in a Hartford shooting, police say.

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New Haven police: Severely-injured man, woman died in double homicide

The discovery of a dead man and woman in New Haven has sparked a criminal investigation, police say.

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Man rescued from car that crashed into Killingly river

A man was rescued from a car in Killingly after it went off the road and plummeted 25 feet into a river, state police say.

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Man, 20, dies in Suffield crash

A 20-year-old died late Sunday when the car he was driving struck a tree in Suffield, police say.

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Police: Stamford man stabbed cashier over price of milk

A Connecticut man was arrested for stabbing a Walmart clerk over the price of milk, police said.

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Federal agents take Bridgeport murder suspect into custody in N.Y.

U.S. Marshals have arrested a suspect in a Bridgeport homicide in Staten Island, N.Y., city police say.

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West Hartford leaders call out current and former Republican council members...

In condemning the invasion of the U.S. Capitol last week, West Hartford leaders spotlighted current and former town council members for inflammatory rhetoric “that undermines democracy.”

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Police increase patrols, erect barriers at Capitol in Hartford as FBI warns...

Warnings of armed protests at the U.S. Capitol and state capitol buildings across the country gathered traction Monday as authorities in Connecticut brace for any potential disorder amid increased...

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