President Donald Trump approves major disaster declaration for Puerto Rico...
President Donald Trump approved a major disaster declaration for Puerto Rico, an island recouping from the damages of Tropical Storm Isaias in late July.
View ArticleA year later, still no ruling on whether East Hartford officers were...
A year after East Hartford police fatally shot a man during a domestic violence call, the state’s attorney assigned to investigate whether their actions were justified has yet to file a report.
View ArticleHartford police arrest seven, seize guns, drugs
Hartford police say they arrested seven people and seized more than 300 bags of illegal drugs, plus two guns -- including a “ghost gun” -- during a citywide operation Wednesday.
View ArticleManchester closing school due to likely COVID-19 case
Manchester school officials announced Thursday they are shutting down a school for one day after a student showed symptoms of COVID-19 and had close contact with a person diagnosed with the disease.
View ArticleConnecticut had hottest summer on record, climate center says
The summer of 2020 was the warmest on record in Connecticut, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University.
View ArticleWaterbury teen hailed as hero after pulling mother, 3 young children from...
A Waterbury teen is being hailed as a hero after saving a mother and her three young children from a burning car on Wednesday afternoon.
View ArticleFall football still unlikely, Lamont administration says, despite planned...
The governor's chief of staff, Paul Mounds, said that if the CIAC doesn’t present a robust plan at Friday’s meeting, then it should prepare to postpone the football season.
View ArticleThree girls sue imprisoned youth swim club volunteer and town over alleged...
Three girls who say they were secretly filmed nude in the dressing room at Plainville High School are suing the town and Kyle Fasold, the former swim club parent volunteer who faces federal child...
View ArticleMan fatally shoots dog in Cromwell while children watch, police say
Police say they are puzzled about why a local man fatally shot a dog this week in Cromwell as children looked on.
View ArticlePlymouth police: Man arrested after he tries to buy Corvette online with...
A Stratford man who police say tried to buy a $70,000 Corvette online with forged documents was arrested Thursday.
View ArticleStamford elementary school closes Friday after positive coronavirus test
An elementary school in Stamford was closed Friday after a member of the school community tested positive for the coronavirus.
View ArticleMan wounded in lunchtime shooting in Hartford, police say
Hartford police say they are investigating an incident of gunfire in the Parkville neighborhood early Friday afternoon.
View ArticlePolice chief’s arrest in Bridgeport for rigging hiring process comes as...
Years before federal authorities took Bridgeport police Chief Armando Perez into custody Thursday and alleged he fixed the process that led to his hiring, residents and civic groups had decried a...
View ArticleStill no resolution on Connecticut’s fall football season, but state...
The CIAC presented mitigation ideas, including face shields and having fewer players on the field, and is now awaiting the state's response.
View ArticleA baby girl suffered head trauma last month. Now, a Norwich man is under...
A Norwich man has been arrested after he seriously injured his 3-month-old baby, police say.
View ArticleConnecticut faces severe drought, prompting call for water conservation
The scorching summer brought record low rainfall and much of the northern and eastern parts of Connecticut are in severe drought.
View ArticleNorwalk police: Molotov cocktails found inside home after domestic violence...
Norwalk police officers found improvised Molotov cocktail devices in a home after a domestic violence arrest Friday night on Creeping Hemlock Drive.
View ArticleEstate of famed racer Ted Christopher files wrongful death suit in 2017 plane...
The estate of Ted Christopher, the famed Connecticut-based NASCAR driver, has filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the estate of the man who was piloting the plane in a deadly crash in 2017.
View ArticleState officials warn of dangerous bacteria in salt, brackish water near...
The state Department of Public Health issued a warning Saturday for bacteria in the salt and brackish water along the shoreline of the Long Island Sound after a recent uptick in infections.
View ArticleToddler injured after falling from cliff in Vernon
A toddler suffered serious injuries when they fell from a cliff Saturday morning in Vernon, local police said.
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