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Students at the Griswold Middle School in Rocky Hill were evacuated and moved to Rocky Hill High School as a precaution after a bomb threat on Monday morning and they have returned to their own school, according to the superintendent’s office. Mark Zito, the superintendent of schools, said in a statement to the school community that the call ...

Did you grow up going to Ski Sundown? Now you could own a piece of Ski Sundown history. Lift chairs are being auctioned off and the proceeds will be going to charity. Ski Sundown is holding an online “Retiring Chairs, Raising Funds” auction, where they will auction off 50 retired lift chairs from Ski Sundown’s original Exhibition Triple, which was&...

A pedestrian was taken to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle in Bridgeport on Monday morning. Police said the person was struck at Seaview Avenue and Barnum Avenue around 7 a.m. The person is being transported to the hospital and is reportedly in stable condition. Authorities didn’t release any additional details on the person&#8217...

A bridge that was damaged during a fiery crash on Interstate 95 in Norwalk last week has been demolished and now plans are being made to reconstruct and rebuild it. Gov. Ned Lamont gave an update about the Fairfield Avenue Bridge on Monday morning with Connecticut Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto and other state and local officials. Ov...

Happy Monday! We have a cloudy start to the new workweek with warmer temperatures on tap. There will be considerable clouds on Monday with some sunshine. There is a very slight chance of a late afternoon or evening shower or thunderstorm. Highs on Monday will be in the upper 70s. It will be even warmer on Tuesday with highs near…

An investigation is underway after a man was found shot and killed at a park on the Manchester-East Hartford town line on Sunday night. East Hartford police officers found a man in Wickham Park on Tolland Street just after 10:30 p.m. Police have identified the victim as a 31-year-old man from New Britain, but they are not releasing his identity&#82...

Two high school students were shot and killed at a party in an apartment in Hartford over the weekend. According to police, there was a party inside of an apartment on Hendricxsen Avenue on Saturday around 10:30 p.m. It is believed there were about 10 to 12 people there and all of them knew each other. Officers responded to the…

A baby goose that had fallen into a storm drain is now safe and back with its family, thanks to some help from some Naugatuck police officers. Officers responded to Prospect Street on Sunday morning after a resident reported a baby goose that had wandered away from its family and had fallen into a storm drain. The officers wasted no…

Multiple houses were struck during a drive-by shooting in Enfield on Sunday morning. Officers were called to Lincoln Street around 5:30 a.m. for a report of a shooting in the area. Investigators said there was gunfire between someone in a passing vehicle and residents in the area. The person in the vehicle and the residents are reportedly known to ...

Multiple rooms of a home in West Hartford are damaged after a fire late Saturday night and the home is now likely uninhabitable. Dispatchers received a report of a fire alarm at a home on Cliffmore Road from a fire alarm monitoring company around 11:45 p.m. Shortly after, someone in the home reported a loud noise that caused them to…

Armed citizen patrols are continuing in Hartford, which now includes a South End neighborhood. Organizers say the patrols have been working, but city officials don’t approve of them. In a South End neighborhood along Wethersfield Avenue, armed citizens patrolled the streets Saturday morning after neighbors there made a request. Archbishop Dexter Bu...

Both sides of Interstate 95 in Norwalk have fully reopened on Sunday, days after a fiery crash closed the area. Crews have been working to demolish the Fairfield Avenue Bridge after it was damaged during a crash and fire on Thursday morning. “Having the highway completely closed in both directions allows additional equipment to be on site,&#8...

A teenager and a man who were both found with gunshot wounds in the stairwell of an apartment building in Hartford late Saturday night have died. Officers responded to Hendricxsen Avenue around 10:30 p.m. after getting multiple 911 calls about shots fired. Police said they found two unresponsive males with gunshot wounds in the apartment building s...

A driver involved in a crash with a state police vehicle on Route 9 in Middletown last week is now facing charges. 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. on May 3. Police said the driver of the…

Hamden police are investigating after a man allegedly shot two people and fired at police with a pellet gun in Hamden on Wednesday night. Authorities were called to Spruce Bank Road just before 5 p.m. after a person fishing reported that they had been shot in the arm by what they believed to be a BB gun. The suspect then…

There are growing concerns about students facing hate speech and now there’s an effort by lawmakers to help protect kids, including at school. “Hate speech has affected our family deeply,” Melissa Combs, of Farmington, said. Combs tells us the harassment of one of her children got so bad they had to switch to another school. “I mean, a cloud......