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Train service has been restored after a freight train in Stamford caught fire late Tuesday night. Fire officials said they were called to East Main Street for a reported train fire. Authorities told NBC Connecticut that a freight train operated by Providence and Worcester Railroad Company caught fire east of the Stamford train station just before 1...

A big shift for the Boy Scouts of America. The organization said it’s changing its name for the first time in its 114-year history and will become Scouting America starting next year. The move comes as the organization emerges from bankruptcy following a flood of sexual abuse claims. The youth organization said the change is meant to make ever...

Berlin police are warning anyone who may have visited Dollar General recently to monitor their accounts for suspicious activity after a card skimmer was found. The police department said anyone who visited the store on Farmington Avenue recently and paid by card should monitor their accounts for suspicious activity after a card skimmer was found on...

Firefighters are at the scene of a large fire that broke out at a commercial building in New Britain on Tuesday evening. The fire could be seen coming from a building at 59 High St. New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart said the building is a large complex that houses a machine shop and car repair shop. There are also many…

Avon police are looking for your help finding the person who fled the scene of a crash with serious injuries over the weekend. Police said they are investigating a hit-and-run accident that happened on Waterville Road in the area of Pine Hill Road on Saturday night just after 7 p.m. A white four-door sedan and three-wheeled motorcycle were involved...

Police are looking for a man accused of robbing a bank at gunpoint in Torrington on Tuesday morning. The police department said they responded to TD Bank in the Torrington Commons Plaza on High Street at 11 a.m. for a reported robbery. A man allegedly walked into the bank and passed the teller a note demanding cash while implying he…

House Democrats have approved a plan to spend as much as $400 million in unused American Rescue Plan Act funding on various priorities next year. The bill, which garnered a 103-48 vote, now heads to the Senate. Prior to the vote, Rep. Matt Ritter (D-House Speaker) made a plea to Republicans to support their stabilization bill. “What I would say&#82...

State police are investigating after a man died in a pedestrian crash on Interstate 91 South in Enfield on Tuesday. The crash was reported just after 5:30 p.m. State police initially said serious injuries were reported, but later confirmed that a person died in the crash. Troopers said 39-year-old TJ Jennings, of Hopewell Junction, New York, was st...

“When people come into New London, they go by the many lighthouses and they see, if they’re lucky, a submarine, all the ferries. It is a very interesting port,” Susan Tamulevich, executive director of the New London Maritime Society, said. For the next six months, the Thames River will have even more life as it welcomes cruise ships into...

Caitlin Clark’s upcoming professional debut in Connecticut is creating plenty of excitement in the area.

On National Fentanyl Awareness Day, the city of New Haven announced its plans for money it received from the National Opioid Settlement Fund. The city had over $650,000 to allocate this round. Much of it was being funneled directly into community groups on the front lines of the opioid crisis. One group getting a major cut of this round’s fun...

A man has been taken to the hospital after he was shot following an argument in Hamden on Tuesday afternoon. Hamden police said they responded to the New Haven Police substation on Winchester Avenue in New Haven after a person who was shot in Hamden showed up there. Officers found a crime scene in the area of Goodrich and Goodyear…

Two men have been arrested in connection to a road rage incident on Route 8 in Litchfield last week. State police said they responded to Route 8 North in the area of exit 41 for a reported disturbance at noon on Friday, May 3. Troopers said an altercation happened on the highway and a driver was pepper sprayed. One of…

A 14-year-old girl from Hartford who was reported missing last week has been found safe. She was reported missing on Thursday. She was last seen leaving Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy at 11:15 a.m., and entering a CT Transit bus. On Wednesday, police said she was found safe. It’s unclear where she was found. A Silver Alert was issued...