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new haven 58 mins ago

Wilbur Cross High School Culinary teams repeat big wins at ProStart national competitions

Fresh off a trip to the national finals, the ProStart culinary team at Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven showed off what they do best: create unique meals together. “For our entrée, we had a stuff...

Hartford 1 hour ago

Hartford hit-and-run victim's family grieves the loss of a father
Norwalk 1 hour ago

Reckless driving may have played role in fiery crash on I-95 in Norwalk: sources

Branford 24 mins ago

Branford students honor formerly enslaved man with Witness Stone installation

The installation ceremony for a Witness Stone honoring Cambridge Gould was held in Branford Friday morning. The ceremony started inside of the First Congregation Church of Branford where Branford High...
Southington 4 hours ago

Southington Drive-In announces summer movie lineup

In a sure sign that summer is coming soon, the Southington Drive-In has released its summer movie lineup. This is the 15th year for the drive-in being owned by the community and run by volunteers. All...
Southington 4 hours ago

Woman abandoned cats, ran over kitten in Southington parking lot: police

A New Britain woman is facing animal cruelty charges after police say she abandoned a cat and a kitten in a parking lot and then ran over the kitten while driving away. Police responded to the Walmart...
Trumbull 2 hours ago

Route 15 South in Trumbull reopens after serious crash

Route 15 South was closed in Trumbull because of a serious crash Friday afternoon. State police said the crash happened just after noon on Route 15 South near exit 47 and serious injuries were reporte...

Metro-North 3 hours ago

Metro-North adds service this weekend and Monday due to I-95 closure

Metro-North is adding service over the weekend and on Monday because of the closure of Interstate 95 in Norwalk. A fiery crash at 5:30 a.m. Thursday closed the highway and it remains closed. Officials do not expect it to reopen until Monday morning to allow for crews to remove the Fairfield Avenue, which was damaged by the fire. The Metropolitan&#8...
Crime and Courts 3 hours ago

State police charge brother of inmate accused of trying to hire hitman

A month after arresting an inmate who is accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill his former girlfriend and her loved ones, including her two children, state police have filed charges against his brother as well. State police said 31-year-old Joshua Peikert, an inmate at Corrigan Correctional Institute in Uncasville, paid a former cellmate to fin...
Middletown 8 hours ago

Driver left scene after collision with state police vehicle on Route 9: police

State police are looking for the driver who was involved in a crash with a state police vehicle on Route 9 in Middletown Friday morning and then left the scene. State police said they were notified of a crash involving a state police vehicle and a white Nissan Altima on Route 9 North near exit 21 around 8:30 a.m. Police…
Glastonbury 9 hours ago

Police arrest 4 suspects after robbery and burglaries in Glastonbury

Glastonbury police have arrested four suspects after an investigation into an armed robbery and several burglaries early on Feb. 4. Police have been investigating a burglary to the Shell gas station at 2088 Hebron Ave., several vehicle burglaries at homes, the theft of a motor vehicle stolen from a residence and an armed robbery at the Mobil gas st...
Ledyard 10 hours ago

2 charged with animal cruelty in Ledyard

Ledyard police have charged two women with animal cruelty after seizing two dogs, four cats, a rabbit, a tortoise and a hedgehog last month. Police said one of the women called Ledyard Animal Control Officers on the morning of April 6, demanding they come and take possession of “abandoned animals.” When animal control officers arrived, they found t...
Bristol 9 hours ago

Investigation into gunshots fired at driver in Bristol leads to arrest

Bristol police have arrested a suspect who is accused of shooting at a driver, getting into another person’s car and then assaulting police officers who were taking him into custody. Police said the investigation started when they received several calls reporting a shooting on Stevens Street on Thursday. One caller said a person in a dark se...
StormTracker 3 hours ago

Temperatures to get into 60s to low-70s

We will have a mix of sun and clouds on Friday and Saturday. Temperatures will be near normal, in the upper-60s to low-70s inland and the upper-50s to lower-60s at the shore. Sunday will be cloudy and cooler with periods of rain developing. The high temperatures will only get to 48 to 55. Monday looks partly sunny with an...
Norwalk 59 mins ago

Progress being made on demolition of overpass on I-95 in Norwalk

Demolition began Friday on an Interstate 95 overpass in Norwalk that was damaged in a fiery crash along I-95 on Thursday morning. Both sides of the highway have been closed since the crash happened and are expected to remain closed until at least Monday morning. I-95 has been closed since about 5:30 a.m. Thursday after a crash involving a tractor-t...
danbury 21 hours ago

Serious injuries reported in Danbury truck accident

While parts of I-95 remain closed Thursday night after a fiery accident in Norwalk, authorities in Danbury responded to a serious crash on I-84 in Danbury. Police, firefighters and EMS crews responded to the area of exit 2 westbound at around 6:15 p.m. They discovered a SUV that had rear-ended a tractor-trailer. Two of the three occupants inside th...
new haven 22 hours ago

Small plane headed to CT crashed into residential Georgia neighborhood, killing pilot

A pilot has died after a small plane heading to Connecticut crashed into a residential neighborhood in a Georgia city. The plane crashed on Thursday a little more than a half mile (1 kilometer) from Daniel Field, a general aviation airport in Augusta. Augusta University told local news outlets that the pilot was Jason McKenzie, the associate direct...
west haven 22 hours ago

State police announce $50K reward in 2020 shooting death of man in West Haven

Connecticut State Police are now offering a $50,000 reward to help solve the shooting death of a man in West Haven back in 2020. The family and investigators hope it will help close this case and bring the family peace after four years of pain. “It has been four years of what we’ve been going through,” Mavis Stennett, stepmother o...
UConn 22 hours ago

Protestors say dismantled pro-Palestinian camp at UConn had no ‘outside agitators'

Students at the University of Connecticut aren’t backing down from their demands as the Israel-Hamas war continues. Protestors say they made sure there was no one outside the university disrupting their message. Calls for divestment continued at UConn Thursday. A student group says the university still needs to divest from companies connected to Is...
new haven 10 hours ago

A dozen residents displaced after New Haven apartment complex fire

Nearly a dozen residents were displaced and a person was taken to the hospital after a fire in a New Haven apartment complex on Thursday night. Firefighters responded to an apartment complex on Smith Avenue around 7 p.m. They say the fire started on the second floor and spread to the third floor. Firefighters rescued an elderly woman, along with&#8...

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