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Windsor man dead after being hit by car in Hartford just after midnight on...

A Windsor man died Friday night in Hartford just minutes after the clock struck midnight on a new year, police say.

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More hurricanes likely to slam Connecticut and region due to climate change,...

More hurricanes are likely to slam Connecticut as the planet continues warming due to greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study led by Yale University researchers.

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Hartford ends 2021 with 163 wounded by gunfire; four shot over New Year’s...

Hartford police say they are investigating four nonfatal shootings from New Year’s weekend, three in the southern half of the city. The city ended the year with 163rd gunshot survivors.

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Demand far outweighs supply as Connecticut communities hand out hundreds of...

After a frustrating holiday weekend of emergency emails, texts, traffic plans and impromptu staff schedules, dozens of Connecticut cities communities began hurriedly handing out hundreds of thousands...

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Connecticut teen charged in attempted armed car-jacking, police say

“The victim did not comply and both suspects then fled on foot," police said.

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Theft of $6,500 in medication from South Windsor CVS exemplifies organized...

Charges that South Windsor police filed Monday against a Brooklyn, New York man illustrate the type of high-value, shelf-clearing theft that Connecticut cops and store owners say has become rampant.

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Connecticut mom launches petition urging remote learning option due to COVID...

A Meriden woman has started a petition seeking to give parents the option of keeping kids home for remote learning in the midst of a surge in COVID-19 cases.

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Victim of deadly Norwich shooting was targeted, police say

Police continue to investigate a deadly weekend shooting in Norwich.

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Bristol fire kills woman, injures firefighter

A woman died and a firefighter was injured in a fast-moving fire that heavily damaged a three-family house in Bristol Monday, fire officials say.

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Woman, 21, missing from Manchester — sister says ‘not like her’ to just vanish

Sherrian Howe, 21, does not look her age, a relative said Wednesday of the woman who has been missing from Manchester since Dec. 21.

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Connecticut town leaders call for governor to mandate masks

Officials in several communities are calling on the governor to issue a statewide mask mandate as COVID-19 cases spike, but some have stopped short of establishing local mandates.

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Connecticut man wanted for Ledyard murder arrested in Georgia

Steward Holeman, 34, who police said has former addresses in New Britain and Hartford, was taken into custody in Georgia and charged with a murder in Ledyard in November 2021.

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Weather forecast: Connecticut to get 1-4 inches of snow Friday

The first snowstorm of the new year will arrive in Connecticut early Friday, dropping up to four inches.

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Freezing rain iced up Connecticut roads Wednesday morning, causing widespread...

A winter weather advisory is in effect Wednesday morning as freezing rain makes roads ic -- and more slippery conditions are likely Friday. See why:

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Amato’s toy shop in New Britain closing after more than 60 years; stylish...

The Amato’s toy store, a downtown institution in New Britain for more than 60 years, is shutting down and developer Avner Krohn plans to replace it with a new six-story, upscale apartment building.

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Man found unresponsive in Griswold driveway pronounced dead; state police...

State police are investigating the death of a man who was found unresponsive in a residential driveway in Griswold Tuesday night.

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In fatal accident in Hartford, pickup truck rolls over man as he checks...

A man was killed in Hartford Wednesday when his pickup truck rolled over him as he was trying to see why it would not go into reverse, police said.

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Feds: He supplied drugs to CT dealers. Now he’s going to prison

The case arose from an investigation by federal, state and local authorities, federal officials said in a statement.

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Shots fired as Manchester man confronts catalytic converter thieves

Thieves fired gunshots as a Manchester man confronted them stealing a neighbor's catalytic converter early Thursday, police said.

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Short-staffed as winter’s first significant snow storm approaches,...

Short of plow drivers in the face of a storm that will pile up to an inch of snow per hour on roads early Friday, the Connecticut Department of Transportation is asking the public for patience.

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