Waterbury man wanted for July murder captured in Orlando, Florida
A Waterbury man accused of fatally shooting his sister’s boyfriend in July was captured Wednesday by U.S. Marshals in Orlando, Florida.
View ArticleWest Hartford synagogue’s virtual shiva service disrupted by Zoombombers...
An investigation is underway this week after Zoombombers crashed a virtual shiva hosted by a West Hartford synagogue, displaying pornographic and anti-Semitic images that disrupted the somber mourning...
View ArticleHartford police make 10 arrests, seize guns, 200 bags of fentanyl
Hartford police say they seized 200 bags of fentanyl and two guns from convicted felons in an operation that aims to snuff out the illegal narcotics and weapons trades. They arrested 10 people.
View ArticleEast Hartford police union says officers’ arrests show racial bias
Two police officers who were arrested on larceny charges Wednesday were treated more harshly because they are Black, the police union charged Thursday.
View ArticleState police look for witnesses to Haddam double-fatal crash
State police say they are looking for witnesses to a crash in Haddam that killed two people Tuesday night.
View ArticleGas leak forced evacuation of West Hartford homes, fire chief says
About 20 people had to leave their homes in a West Hartford neighborhood Thursday morning because of a gas leak,.
View Article56 inmates at Hartford Correctional Center test positive for COVID-19
Department of Correction officials said Wednesday that they are monitoring 56 inmates who tested positive for COVID-19, part of an uptick in inmate illness following weeks in which few cases were...
View ArticleWest Hartford driver died after car hit house in Avon, police say
A West Hartford man died over the weekend after the car he was driving went off the road and struck a building in Avon, police say.
View ArticleOxford baby dies after ingesting fentanyl and morphine, mother charged with...
An Oxford woman has been charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of her toddler after fentanyl, morphine and cocaine were found in the little boy’s blood, state police say.
View ArticleSmall businesses struggling to survive seek $70M in grants from Connecticut’s...
A coalition of organizations representing small businesses in Connecticut -- many of their members struggling to survive in a pandemic and recession -- Thursday urged Gov. Ned Lamont to create a new...
View ArticleAs infection rates rise and winter approaches, Connecticut moves one step...
The vaccine advisory group will help develop a plan that will allow the state to quickly distribute the COVID-19 vaccine once it's available. If the plan fails and vaccination is delayed, people will...
View ArticleConnecticut school district halts use of school-issued tablets after one...
After a battery in a Lenovo tablet exploded, Bristol schools are asking parents of hundreds of early elementary grade pupils toshut off the school-distributed devices until educators determine what...
View ArticleHartford officers injured in crash with stolen car; three suspects arrested —...
Two people are under arrest after a shots-fired incident on Capitol Avenue and a crash involving a police vehicle, police say.
View ArticleDriver’s license taken away after she crashes car into South Windsor...
A South Windsor driver has lost her license after she crashed through the front door of the South Windsor 7-Eleven, police say.
View ArticleOK we’re maybe not at the top but U.S. News Best Places to Live ranking says...
The Hartford metro area has landed at no. 65 in the latest ranking of the 150 best places to live by U.S. News & World Report.
View ArticleNew Britain man faces child sex charges, police say
A 23-year-old New Britain man who police say had a 13-year-old girl visit his house during the coronavirus lockdown and repeatedly sexually assaulted her is scheduled to appear in court Monday.
View ArticleNew child pornography charges filed against former Plainville swim team...
The former Plainville swim club parent volunteer accused of secretly filming girls as they changed into swimsuits has been indicted on federal charges of distributing child pornography.A grand jury in...
View ArticleEast Hartford police sergeant pressured construction supervisor to inflate...
A police sergeant abused his authority when he told road work supervisors that billable hours tacked onto a private duty job were a penalty for not booking an officer at the beginning of the work, an...
View ArticleConnecticut just submitted its draft plan for COVID-19 vaccine distribution....
The plan lays out an initial framework for who will receive the first doses of the vaccine, who will administer those doses and how the state will manage the process.
View ArticleATV and dirt bike owners apparently found where Hartford police were keeping...
Hartford police refuse to say whether anything is missing from the impound lot where the department holds seized and stolen vehicles, though a week has passed since a lieutenant confirmed there was a...
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