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Secret trackers, home security cameras spoil Middletown family’s attempt to...

New court records released this week detail how Middletown detectives and U.S. Marshals secretly tracked Matthew O’Banner’s mother’s car to an apartment in North Bergen, New Jersey, where he was hiding...

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Hebron school switches to remote learning until next week amid COVID-19 outbreak

A kindergarten through second grade school, in Hebron, closed its doors Wednesday and will teach remotely until next week amid COVID-19 concerns.

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Montville correctional center expected to close by end of the year, Gov....

The Radgowski Correctional Center is one of three facilities that is expected to close between 2022 and 2023. The announcement Wednesday comes after Connecticut’s first supermax prison, the Northern...

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Hundreds rally for missing Avon High School student, raise more than $24,000...

With more than 200 people on the Avon town Green watching, Avon High School senior Lex Allen fought back tears while describing Ronan Hernsdorf-Smith, the 17-year-old classmate who has been missing for...

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Bridgeport police: Man arrested after he kills two people, fires at officers

A man who police say fatally shot two people in Bridgeport Thursday before firing at responding officers has been taken into custody.

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Man, 27, fatally shot in New Haven

A 27-year-old man was fatally shot in New Haven Thursday night, police say, the 22nd homicide of the year in the city.

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Tornado touched down in Coventry Thursday morning, the National Weather...

Strong thunderstorms moved through the state before dawn Thursday, bringing downpours and triggering tornado warnings.

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Incarcerated man, 78, dies from COVID-19 complications, Connecticut...

A 78-year-old man, who was serving a 40-year sentence, died from COVID-19 complications Wednesday.

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Connecticut trooper Sgt. Brian Mohl, killed during storm, remembered at...

A Connecticut state trooper who was swept to his death in floodwaters last week was remembered at his funeral Thursday as grumpy, witty and demanding, but above all, as a man of boundless generosity...

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Several catalytic converters stolen from Vernon school buses Wednesday night

Vernon police are investigating the theft of several catalytic converters from local school buses Wednesday night.

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Anthony Todt’s confession in Florida killings of wife, kids should be...

Defense attorneys for Anthony Todt say his initial confession to the murders of his wife and children should be excluded from his trial.

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Police: Missing for more than a week, Avon High School student returns home...

After disappearing mysteriously Aug. 30 and prompting a large community vigil, 17-year-old Avon High School student Ronan Hernsdorf-Smith surfaced Thursday afternoon and is on the way home, a family...

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Police link Thursday night search after crash in Plymouth to shoreline...

Plymouth police are asking residents to say inside their homes as they investigate an “on-going incident.”

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Lawyer: Killer who dumped woman in suitcase in Connecticut remorseful

A man who killed a New York woman whose body was found in a suitcase that was dumped in Connecticut is remorseful and understands he must serve a long prison sentence, his lawyers said in new court...

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Third West Nile case reported in Connecticut; mosquitoes carrying the disease...

A third case of West Nile virus has been reported in Connecticut, and mosquitoes carrying the potentially fatal disease have been found in 34 communities, state officials said Friday.

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Towns across central Connecticut to host Sept. 11 observances Saturday

From ceremonies to marches, there will be observances Saturday to mark the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks - with events in Berlin, Hartford, Enfield, Farmington, West Hartford, Berlin, Simsbury,...

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One killed, one hurt by motorcycle crashes in Shelton

Two separate motorcycle accidents in Shelton on Friday killed one person and badly injured another, police said.

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Bristol police charge two in Huntington Woods robbery

Bristol police have charged a man and woman with first-degree robbery in connection with a shooting and attack at the Huntington Woods apartments a week and a half ago.

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Gov. Ned Lamont makes play for businesses in restrictive states: ‘We respect...

In a short one-minute video, Gov. Ned Lamont urged businesses, located in states like Texas, who recently passed the most restrictive abortion law in the country, to relocate to Connecticut.

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University of Hartford athletes and managers attempt to halt university’s...

The University of Hartford athletes and managers attempting to halt the school’s transition from Division I to Division III athletics filed for a temporary injunction on Friday to stop the process.

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