Connecticut May 9

Mini liquor bottle bans in Connecticut?

Connecticut has a lot of folks fired up about litter from mini liquor bottles, known as nips, that you find all over our state. They’re in urban settings, parks, homeless encampments – and even way ou...

  • Jan 6 riot Jun 26, 2023

    Harwinton man at US Capitol on Jan. 6 asks judge to drop felony charge

    A Connecticut man who entered the U.S. Senate chamber on Jan. 6, 2021 is asking a federal judge to dismiss the most serious charge.

  • UConn Jun 26, 2023

    UConn championship win celebrations resulted in costly property damage, auditors say

    People celebrating the University of Connecticut’s men’s basketball championship victory caused nearly $125,000 in damages in April, according to the CT Auditors of Public Accounts. Roughly $123,000 in property damage was caused and more than a dozen students were arrested in the wake of the celebrations that turned violet at the UConn ...
  • Norfolk Jun 22, 2023

    Tough questions from regulators on downed wires incident

    A wires down incident with an elderly couple stuck in an overturned van for close to an hour has prompted an investigation of a Connecticut power company by state utility regulators. From the day George and Corrine Green crashed into a utility pole, with live wires draped over their car – and concerned friends, family members, and first respo...
  • Technology Jun 16, 2023

    More 911 service enhancements for Connecticut

    There has been progress involving a cutting edge 911 technology introduced in our state three years ago that could make it easier to save lives. Connecticut first began modernizing emergency communications with text to 911. Since then, state communications experts introduced another advancement called “RapidSOS” that makes it easier for dispatch an...
  • Hartford Jun 2, 2023

    Man Appears in Court for Hartford Hit-and-Run Crash That Left Beloved Coach Dead

    A man charged in the fatal hit-and-run of a well-known high school basketball coach went before a judge for the first time this week. The Hartford Police Fugitive Task Force arrested 41-year-old Jaimuse Workman in connection with the March 31 crash that took the life of A.I. Prince Tech coach Kendall May. May’s brother attended the hearing and said...
  • doctors Nov 6, 2023

    What is causing the doctor shortage? Here's why it's only going to get worse

    “It’s kind of tough waiting around when you’re trying to find a good doctor. And in the long run, it’s something you probably could have stayed at home and just found out yourself,” said Marian Whitney of North Haven. You or someone you know may be experiencing seemingly longer than normal wait times to see your doctors – and...
  • Cromwell May 24, 2023

    Local Fire Department Reportedly Served Up Phallic Meatloaf

    An investigation into alleged sexual misconduct did not result in discipline.

  • May 18, 2023

    Connecticut's Bear Cub Controversy

    The recent case of a bear cub in Litchfield is drawing attention to a little-known policy in the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) regarding orphaned cubs. “It’s a death sentence for them,” said Annie Hornish, state director for the Connecticut branch of the Humane Society of the United States. The policy classifies cubs youn...
  • artificial intelligence May 11, 2023

    How is Our State Government Using Artificial Intelligence?

    ChatGPT has been all the buzz in the tech world. The software is a type of artificial intelligence, or AI, that can have human-like conversations, write term papers and more. ChatGPT is powered by algorithms – a set of rules or instructions – that are the basic building blocks of artificial intelligence, and those algorithms are used by...
  • hit-and-run May 12, 2023

    CT's Hit-and-Run Problem: How Do You Change Driver Habits?

    It is a scene that’s become too familiar in our state – people mourning a pedestrian that police say was killed in a hit-and-run. Earlier this month, someone we spoke with at a vigil said of a hit-and-run victim, “We’re all just so, we’re just broke, heartbroken. You know, we lost somebody very close and special to us.” Data...
  • Avon May 8, 2023

    Former Avon Old Farms Student Reaches Plea Agreement in Voyeurism Case

    A former prep school student won’t get prison time in connection with a series of charges involving sending, receiving and recording images of young men – including classmates. The former Avon Old Farms star athlete and student’s sentence does include a decade-long consequence though. John Zadrozny, 20, will be on Connecticut’s sex offender r...
  • power May 3, 2023

    The Power Switch: More Customers Seek Third-Party Energy Suppliers

    Hard data has shown many electric customers are mad, and they’re not going to take it anymore. We’re talking about “standard electric supply rates” offered by our state’s major utilities that skyrocketed this winter to rates between 22 to 24 cents per kilowatt hour. It has prompted tens of thousands of customers to give third-party electric supplie...
  • burial site Apr 29, 2023

    Waiting for Eternity: Burials on Hold at Two Connecticut Cemeteries

    The Burdick family’s roots run deep in Brookfield. Generations of them are buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery with headstones dating back to the 1800s. “It’s been our family cemetery forever. I mean, we grew up knowing that we were going to be buried there,” said Pam Corsinelli, whose father Keith Burdick died on April 6 at age 92. Keith Burdick&...
  • Hartford Yard Goats Apr 6, 2023

    NBC CT Investigates the Bouncing Pickle Test

    One of the Hartford Yard Goats’ alternate identities has got a lot of people talking. The team will take the field as the Hartford Bouncing Pickles on May 17. To find out the origins of the name, we have to go back to 1948. An article in the Hartford Courant detailed the arrest of two pickle packers accused of conspiring…

  • Whiting Forensic Hospital Mar 27, 2023

    Bill Could Bring Changes to Agency Overseeing Certain Psychiatric Commitments

    There is support and criticism for a bill this legislative session that would bring changes to how our state oversees people in Connecticut found not guilty by reason of insanity. This involves Connecticut’s Psychiatric Security Review Board, which has been in existence since 1985. For years, NBC Connecticut Investigates has broken stories about Wh...
  • laptop computer Mar 23, 2023

    Case of Missing Computers Plagues State Agency

    Keeping track of your tech – how does a Connecticut state agency lose track of more than 100 laptops and tablets in a relatively short period of time? It apparently has been a challenge for the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF), which recently reported a significant loss. This was revealed by the DCF in a monthly loss repo...
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