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Old Saybrook 38 mins ago

Officials ID bodies found days after boat crash off Old Saybrook

Officials have identified the two bodies that were found on Friday after days of searching. The men had been missing since a boat crash off Old Saybrook on Monday night. Department of Energy and Envir...

UConn 1 hour ago

Fagnano throws for 5 TDs, runs for another as UConn romps past Merrimack 63-17
Norwalk 4 hours ago

2 minors stabbed at Oyster Festival in Norwalk

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Stamford 7 hours ago

Stamford student arrested for making shooting threat on Snapchat: police

A student in Stamford has been arrested for making a threat on Snapchat about a shooting, according to police. Dispatchers received information from the FBI on Friday about a shooting threat that was ...
Closer to Free Ride 5 hours ago

Photos: Thousands participate in 14th annual Closer to Free Ride

Some riders in this year’s Closer to Free Ride in New Haven are sharing why they ride. All of the money raised benefits research and care at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center.
Hartford 4 hours ago

Woman stabbed multiple times during carjacking in Hartford

A woman was stabbed multiple times during a carjacking in Hartford Saturday morning, according to police. Officers responded to the area of 605 Albany Avenue around 6:15 a.m. They found a woman in her...

StormTracker 39 seconds ago

Tracking showers for this evening

A cold front is crossing the state this afternoon and evening and is bringing a round of showers. There will likely be embedded downpours as the front moves through, but the showers are expected to only last a couple of hours. During the overnight, clouds will begin to clear and the showers will shift east. Sunshine is expected to return…...
Hamden 4 hours ago

Candlelight vigil celebrates life of prolific hype man and DJ Fatman Scoop

Paying tribute to the life of hype man Fatman Scoop. The Town of Hamden held a vigil Friday evening, nearly a week after he collapsed on stage during a performance in town and later died. “His music will live on forever,” Mark Griffin, of New Haven, said. Music people in the Greater New Haven area were dancing at Town Center…
Stamford 21 hours ago

Stamford police warn of new sextortion email scam

The Stamford Police Department is warning residents to be on the lookout for a new sextortion email scam that could include a photo of your house. The police department’s Financial Crimes Unit has received several reports in the last few days about an email scam that may include a Google Maps photo of the victim’s house. Authorities sai...
personal finance 21 hours ago

Legalized sports gambling's impact in Connecticut

A new study indicates the ease of access to sports gambling is harming the financial health of some consumers, including here in Connecticut. Legalized sports gambling was introduced after a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2018, and debuted here three years ago. The data shows participants were more likely to file for bankruptcy, and had higher amou...
New Haven 23 hours ago

New Haven artist to unveil 13-foot pizza slice statue at new art exhibit

An art exhibit honoring New Haven and its pizza will be open to the public at The District building beginning on Monday. The New Haven Pizza Club art exhibit is being put on by creator, Michael Pollack. “It’s near and dear to me, and my history and the city’s history,” Pollack said. Pollack was born and raised in New...
New Haven 20 hours ago

Parents, teachers urge CT families to lock up firearms in wake of Georgia school shooting

Days after a 14-year-old shot and killed two students and two teachers at a Georgia school, parents and teachers are pleading with Connecticut families to focus on gun safety. A group of speakers gathered in New Haven for a press conference Friday that was planned weeks ago. Officials said Wednesday’s shooting at Apalachee High School...
Hartford 19 hours ago

Family and Hartford police honor Det. Bobby Garten one year after tragic death

Out on the Connecticut River, the Garten family was thinking of their beloved son, brother, uncle and friend to many, Hartford Det. Robert ‘Bobby’ Garten, who was taken too soon. “I think today, especially being in a place he loved being so much and connecting with some of his coworkers on the water, is just really meaningful for my entire…...
2024 Paris Olympics Sep 6

Darien's Ali Truwit wins another silver medal at 2024 Paralympics in Paris

Darien’s Ali Truwit won her second silver medal in as many days at the Paralympics in Paris on Friday. She took the silver in the women’s 100m backstroke S10 final with a time of 1:08.59. Her time is a personal best and a new American record. She swam the final almost a full second faster than her preliminary heat...
Southbury Sep 6

State archaeologists urge people not to take artifacts revealed by flooding

The Connecticut State Preservation Office and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) are working together to clean up the state’s archaeological preserves after last month’s big storm. “The flooding honestly was more devastating, I think, than anyone could have anticipated,” Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer Catherine...
New Haven Sep 6

Mold remediation and repair underway at high school in New Haven

The library at Wilbur Cross High School will be closed for the next handful of days as mold cleanup continues. Educators we spoke with say they’re concerned this is the tip of the iceberg. “We’re the largest inner city school for New Haven for high school and we’ve been putting up with this state of affairs for years,” said...
Crime and Courts 3 hours ago

Child found with cocaine and meth in their system at Windsor Locks motel: PD

The police department said they were notified of a Department of Children and Families (DCF) investigation at Bradley Inn on Ella Grasso Turnpike Thursday. Authorities said they removed a child from a motel room and later discovered that there were drugs in the child’s system, including cocaine and methamphetamine. Windsor Locks police obtain...
New Haven Sep 6

New Haven pastor elected president of nation's largest Black Protestant denomination

New Haven’s Rev. Boise Kimber will be the new president of the largest Black Protestant denomination in the U.S., bringing to an end a leadership election that stirred division among members. Rev. Kimber, senior pastor of First Calvary Baptist Church in New Haven — and the only person on the ballot Thursday night in Baltimore — was elected to...
Old Saybrook 23 hours ago

Searchers recover bodies of both men missing since boat crash off Old Saybrook

Authorities have located the bodies of two men that had been missing since a boat crash off Old Saybrook on Monday night. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection EnCon Police said they located the body of one man around 12:10 p.m. on Friday. They said search crews located the body of the other missing boater around 4:30 p.m. Nine friends&...
Connecticut Sep 6

What you'll find in the Connecticut building at The Big E

The Big E starts next week and the Connecticut Office of Statewide Marketing & Tourism said there are major upgrades to the Connecticut building. They said this is the first significant interior update in nearly 30 years. Some of the new features you will find are the first-ever “Shop CT” experience at the interactive “CT Zone,” which will incl...

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