Connecticut state prison inmate, 51, dies from COVID-related complications
Another Connecticut state prison inmate has died from complications from COVID-19, officials said Wednesday.
View ArticleConnecticut task force will tackle online market for stolen goods
A task force that Connecticut officials announced Wednesday will work to stem the supply and demand for stolen goods sold online.
View ArticleUConn, Mansfield ask for crosswalk improvements on South Eagleville Road...
The mayor of Mansfield and UConn’s interim president are asking the state’s transportation agency to install pedestrian safety equipment at three South Eagleville Road intersections, including the one...
View ArticleHartford-based Beauty Enterprises to lay off 65 workers
A Hartford-based distributor of ethnic beauty products will lay off 65 workers, according to a notice to the state labor department.
View Article21 charged in alleged drug ring spanning Puerto Rico to Connecticut
Drug charges have been filed against 21 people accused of running a cocaine and fentanyl ring that spanned Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine and Puerto Rico, Acting United States...
View ArticleFormer state Sen. Edith Prague, a fighter for senior citizens, dies at 96
Former state Sen. Edith Prague, one of the most colorful Connecticut legislators in recent decades, died Thursday.
View ArticleMan sentenced to mandatory 15 years for rape of boy in East Hartford; mother...
A registered sex offender was sentenced Thursday to at least 15 years behind bars for raping a little boy in East Hartford and possessing child pornography. Paul Grimsley’s case was notable because the...
View ArticleAttorney: Plainville child pornography trial must be delayed because of...
Child pornography defendant Kyle Fasold’s numerous suicide attempts have hampered defense preparations badly, and combined with delays from the pandemic they mean a trial can’t start until summer or...
View ArticleChildren of couple killed in Seymour hit and run ask for public’s help...
A second person has died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Seymour last week.
View ArticleConnecticut forecast: Hartford may see some snow, then ice, Saturday
The Hartford area might get a little snow, followed by an icy mix Saturday.
View ArticleConnecticut man facing federal child sex charges fired from CNN; mother of...
A Connecticut man who faces federal charges of trying to entice minors for sex was fired from his job as a CNN producer, a spokesman for the cable network said Friday.
View ArticleNo arrests in Windsor Amazon noose placement; case to remain open
Windsor police will not arrest any suspects in the April 24 discovery of a noose found on the site where an Amazon warehouse was being built, because “investigators were unable to establish probable...
View ArticleTikTok warning and other social media threats stress Connecticut students,...
As anxiety from a nationwide threat on TikTok ramped up, attendance at some Connecticut schools dipped sharply Friday even as educators brought in extra police to reassure nervous parents and students.
View ArticlePlainfield police respond to shots fired in family violence altercation over...
Plainfield police responded to shots fired early Saturday morning after a family violence incident over a child. No injuries were reported, and the suspect is still at large.
View ArticleHighly sought fugitive involved in more than 20 car jackings, armed robberies...
Police arrested Christian Velez, a highly sought fugitive wanted by the FBI and other police agencies, after a series of armed robberies, car jackings and assaults.
View ArticleThree people shot in Hartford on Saturday in two separate incidents
Two males, one in his 20s and one 14 years old, were shot in Hartford Saturday night. Both went to the hospital and neither had life-threatening injuries.
View ArticleEarly morning fire in Hartford displaces 15 people
Fifteen people were displaced by an early morning fire Sunday in Hartford. The occupants of the three-family house on Westland Street were not injured, but the home was deemed uninhabitable.
View ArticleState police in New Canaan park for search related to Jennifer Dulos case
State police are searching Waveny Park in New Canaan, the area near where the SUV of Jennifer Dulos was found, in connection with the investigation into Dulos’ homicide.
View ArticleInvasive crabs in Connecticut damaging property, native species
The state of Connecticut is sounding an alarm about invasive crabs that feed on native fish eggs, erode riverbanks and damage infrastructure.
View ArticleState police investigating after skeletal remains found near border of...
State police investigating after skeletal remains found Sunday near border of Harwinton and Litchfield
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