North Canaan 8 hours ago

Suspicious package delivered to North Canaan facility tests negative for several biohazards

A medical manufacturing facility in North Canaan was closed on Friday after a potential hazmat situation on Thursday when a suspicious package made it into the building. Just before 9 a.m. Thursday, a...

  • Southington 8 hours ago

    Southington teens go viral for act of kindness at Hartford Hospital

    A video of an act of kindness at Hartford Hospital is going viral on TikTok. Liliana Vera and Evan Jekubovich, seniors at Southington High School, spent a date night in April making other people’s day. “I saw a TikTok that was like similar, and we had nothing to do, and I really wanted to do it as our four-month...

  • Bethany 9 hours ago

    Report details alleged failures by Bethany first selectman, state police amid sex assault investigation

    A new report details the failings of the Town of Bethany’s first selectman, its Parks and Recreation director, and state police prior to the arrest of a town employee accused of sexually assaulting five girls at summer camps or after-school programs. Anthony Mastrangelo was first arrested in May 2024 and charged with sexually assaulting one v...
  • South Windsor 14 hours ago

    South Windsor teen named Connecticut's Youth of the Year

    Earlier this month, 16-year-old Emani Lee was named Connecticut’s Youth of the Year by Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford. The South Windsor High School junior has been a member of the Southwest Club for the past six years. She will now represent the state at the regional Youth of the Year competition in New York City this June....

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    UConn 15 hours ago

    How to watch Paige Bueckers' WNBA debut

    Paige Bueckers will make her WNBA regular-season debut on Friday night as the Dallas Wings host the Minnesota Lynx to open the season. The occasion is being marked in her hometown of Hopkins, Minnesota, with a renaming of the city in her honor and a local brewery’s offering of “Paige’s 3-Point Pale” ale. The 2025 first-overall pick from the.....
  • Paralympics 15 hours ago

    After Paralympic medals, Ali Truwit paying it forward for others

    NBC Connecticut first introduced you to swimmer Ali Truwit about a year ago. At that time, she was one year out from surviving a shark attack that took her foot, and in the process of qualifying for the Paralympics. Since then, she qualified, won two silver medals for Team USA in Paris, and has started a foundation that has already…

  • Animals and Wildlife 15 hours ago

    Baby owl that fell from branch in Woodbridge is rescued

    A baby owl that fell from a tree in Woodbridge has been rescued. Woodbridge Regional Animal Control said they rescued the bird of prey on Thursday. They received a call that a baby owl fell off its perched branches, so animal control called A Place Called Hope and they guided animal control through the rescue. The baby owl did not…

  • Trumbull 14 hours ago

    Crews respond to glycol leak, then fire at Trumbull High School

    Firefighters responded to Trumbull High School twice between Thursday night and Friday morning. First, it was for a glycol leak, then for an electrical fire hours later. The school had a three-hour delay on Friday. Volunteer firefighters responded to a hazmat call at the high school around 8:24 p.m. Thursday and found more than 100 gallons of glyco...
  • Waterbury 18 hours ago

    Support group for family of homicide victims at risk of losing federal funding

    Survivors of Homicide, a Connecticut-based nonprofit that supports families of homicide victims, is at risk of losing a huge chunk of their funding that comes the federal government. The nonprofit has been around since 1983 and receives about $138,000 from Crime Victims Fund, established under the Victim of Crime Act. Jessica Pizzano, the director ...
  • West Hartford 19 hours ago

    One injured in West Hartford fire

    One person was taken to the hospital to be treated for burns after a fire in West Hartford on Thursday night. Firefighters responded to a single-family house on Fennbrook Road just after 10:30 p.m. and found heavy smoke and fire visible on the back side of the residence. No one was in the home, but one adult was burned while…

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    Plymouth May 15

    At least one injured in reported oxygen bottle explosion in Plymouth

    Authorities are looking into what caused an oxygen bottle to reportedly explode Thursday night in Plymouth. Officials say first responders were called to Frankie Lane for the report around 8. Injuries were reported, according to authorities, but the extent of the injuries weren’t disclosed. Additional details related to the ongoing investigat...
  • Hartford May 15

    Budget talks hold up plans to replenish Medicaid as Wednesday deadline looms 

    The state is facing a Wednesday deadline to fix a roughly $300 million Medicaid deficit or payments won’t be made to providers.   While lawmakers and Gov. Ned Lamont agree on the urgency of the situation, talks over a solution have been slowed because they’ve been lumped in with negotiations over next year’s budget.   “It’s hard to expla...
  • West Haven May 15

    West Haven celebrates release from state financial oversight after seven years

    The City of West Haven is celebrating its release from the state’s financial oversight after seven years.  On Thursday, board members of the Municipal Accountability Review Board (MARB) voted to release West Haven from its financial oversight after stepping in back in 2017. The MARB placed West Haven on Tier 3 of financial oversight in 2017 af...
  • Middletown May 15

    Turtle Transport: Reptiles get helping hand from Middletown business during nesting season

    Potholes, racing cars, and reptiles, all things you should be watching out for on the road in the spring. Environmental stewards are warning about critters as a hazard when you’re driving around this time of year. “I have to imagine they have been here long before we have been here,” said Matthew Dionne, regional manager of Best Cleaners in......
  • Norwich May 15

    Police arrest man accused of placing recording device in women's restroom at Norwich Walmart

    Police have arrested a man who is accused of placing a recording device in a women’s restroom at Walmart in Norwich. Officers responded to the Walmart at 220 Salem Turnpike around 11:15 a.m. on Monday after store management called them. Employees found a man in the women’s facilities after witnesses had reported he was using a recording device, acc...
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