Connecticut distributed 4.5 million COVID-19 self-tests in the last month
The state of Connecticut has distributed 4.5 million COVID-19 self-tests in the past month, including almost 1 million last week, to various organizations, the govenor's office announced Sunday.
View ArticlePolice: Man claiming to have a gun and an explosive device robs Cromwell gas...
A man held up a gas station in Cromwell Sunday morning, saying he had a firearm and an explosive device, according to a Cromwell police report.
View ArticlePolice: A 16-year-old shot in Hartford is in critical condition
The investigation remains active and ongoing, police said. Anyone with any information regarding the case is asked to call the HPD Tip Line at 860-722-TIPS (8477).
View ArticleApril Grisanti was forced into a car in Norwalk 36 years ago and disappeared....
Thirty-six years after she disappeared following public fights with her ex-boyfriend, police still don’t know what happened to April Grisanti. The older man was convicted of kidnapping her but not with...
View ArticleVernon police look for hit-and-run driver
Vernon police are looking for a driver who hit a pedestrian and kept driving Sunday.
View ArticleBridgeport detectives suspended, boss retires, after allegations they...
Two Bridgeport detectives have been suspended while police investigate allegations they mishandled the deaths of two Black women in December.
View ArticleA Connecticut inmate has died of COVID-19, according to the Department of...
The man’s name was not released due to medical privacy laws, according to the agency.
View ArticleSouthington police: Woman tried to poison dog with disguised mothballs
Southington police say a woman tried to poison a neighbor’s barking dog by disguising a mothball inside chocolate candy.
View ArticleFirefighter injured, seven families displaced in three-alarm fire at East...
More than a dozen people have been displaced, and a firefighter has been injured, by a large fire at an East Lyme shopping plaza.
View ArticleFeds: Connecticut man trafficked fentanyl analogues on dark web receiving...
BRRY Duclos was arrested on a federal criminal complaint on Feb. 12, 2018 and a search of his home at that time revealed a YHM rifle with multiple magazines, two of which were extended magazines,...
View ArticleConnecticut turtles endangered by illegal trade, cars, habitat loss, ‘they...
Poachers gather turtles in the state and throughout the U.S., tape them, stuff them in socks and pillowcases and pile the animals on top of each other in hot and cold conditions for illegal shipment.
View ArticleHighway, a cat found abused and abandoned on I-95, needs help after rescue
As they try to figure out who abandoned an injured cat at a highway rest stop in New Canaan last week, police are asking for help with the kitty’s care.
View ArticleIn split vote, West Hartford board retires team names ‘Warriors’ and...
Despite a last-ditch plea by some parents and student athletes, West Hartford’s school board decided Tuesday night that 2022 is the end of the line for the Chieftains and Warriors as the names of the...
View ArticleThree days, three shootings in Hartford; police say 12 survived being shot in...
A man was shot in Hartford Tuesday evening, police said -- the third shooting in the capital city since Sunday. He is the 12th person to survive being shot this year.
View ArticleConnecticut weather forecast: Rain, snow, sleet and ‘little balls of ice’ are...
Rain is on tap for Thursday, and it will turn to a mixed bag of snow, sleet -- even ice balls -- by Friday in northern Connecticut.
View ArticlePolice: Connecticut teacher pulls student’s hair, gets arrested
A teacher was arrested Tuesday after she pulled a student by the hair at a New Haven school, police say.
View ArticleConnecticut man allegedly cyberstalked and sent death threats to woman and...
“Fain allegedly created multiple social media and email accounts which he used to harass and threaten the victim anonymously,” authorities said.
View ArticleVehicle and home values swell Connecticut grand lists
Motor vehicle values across Connecticut have skyrocketed as heavy demand and short supply related to the coronavirus pandemic continues. Communities that completed a real estate revaluation last year...
View ArticleTrooper injured when driver goes off highway, T-bones his police car in New...
A state trooper was injured Wednesday when a car swerved off the highway in New Britain and struck his parked patrol car, state police say.
View ArticleFire displaces 16, heavily damages Manchester duplex
Sixteen people have been displaced by a fire in Manchester.
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