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In January, Enfield Pride was supposed to host its first-ever Drag Story Hour at the city’s public library. The event invited families to come hear stories picked out and read by a drag queen. Community backlash and concerns about security forced the event to be canceled and left without a venue. CT State Asnuntuck’s Director of Library Services Er...

A student has been taken to the hospital after being hit by a school bus in New Britain on Friday afternoon. The incident involved a student from the CREC Academy of Science and Innovation. It happened near the high school on Slater Road during dismissal, according to a spokesperson. They were taken to CT Children’s Medical Center for treatme...

A man has been arrested after he allegedly stabbed his wife to death inside their home in Waterbury on Friday morning. Waterbury police said they were called to East Main Street for a reported domestic disturbance around 5 a.m. Responding officers found a 43-year-old woman with a stab wound to her neck. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Police&...

A woman has been arrested for allegedly yelling antisemitic and racist remarks at the Jewish Community Center on Thursday afternoon. West Hartford police said they were called to the community center at 2:30 p.m. after getting a report of a woman yelling in the parking lot. Officers later found the woman, Beth Rosenberg, 42, at the New England Jewi...

The man suspected of killing a visiting nurse in Willimantic in October has been charged with murder, felony murder and attempt to commit sexual assault, according to court documents, and his bond has been set at $2 million. Michael Reese, a convicted sex offender, is suspected of killing Joyce Grayson, according to an arrest warrant. Grayson, a vi...

Three people, including a 9-month-old baby, have died after a fire in Wallingford on Wednesday evening, according to police. Police have identified them as 24-year-old Justin Varnado, 19-year-old Karizmah Johnson and 9-month-old Kylenn (Jasir) Varnado. Police are treating the case as a suspicious death investigation and more information will be rel...

State police have arrested a man who is suspected of being the leader of a car club that promoted and held several street takeovers. The charges filed against him include inciting a riot. State police said the “street takeover” events happened in several communities throughout May 2023 and there were illegal activities during them, including street...

Two people are accused of stealing railroad tracks in Old Saybrook that the popular Essex Steam train and “North Pole Express” run on and selling them as scrap metal. On Monday, Feb. 26, the Valley Railroad Company notified Environmental Conservation Police that two people were seen dismantling sections of railroad track behind Tractor Supply in Ol...

A deadly blaze in Wallingford prompted the town’s fire department to activate its peer support team. It’s to help firefighters process what they witness on scene. As Wallingford firefighters respond to an emergency call, the crew inside is also getting help if they need it when they return. “It’s first responders helping first responders.” De...

Authorities in Berlin are investigating the illegal dumping of multiple barrels of what appears to be waste oil. Berlin Fire responded to Route 5 at around 3 p.m. today after multiple people reported the suspicious barrels. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is working on the scene, and no environmental impact has been reported....

A Colchester police officer shot a person after responding to a disturbance call Thursday evening, according to state police. Officers responded to a disturbance call on Norwich Avenue just after 6:15 p.m. After arriving, officers encountered a person and one officer fired at that individual, injuring them, according to state police. The person was...

The now boarded-up Sacred Heart Church in the Clay Arsenal neighborhood of Hartford will undergo some big changes. This morning, Mayor Arunan Arulampalam announced that the city has taken steps to convert the old church building into a Puerto Rican Culture Center. “We want to build something here that’s not only beautiful and vibrant,” he said. “Bu...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested a man in Hartford earlier this month who they say was convicted for murder in Colombia. They say the 44-year-old man was arrested for a murder in his home country back in 2014 and found guilty two years later. He was previously arrested for entering the U.S. illegally in September 2022, but was ...