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Police have responded to the campus of the high school and middle school in North Haven after a threat. Police said school staff issued a shelter-in-place after being notified of concerning comments of a threat of violence at the school. Authorities said they received a complaint that revolved around a witness who claimed they overheard a high scho...

A Danbury man who is accused of driving under the influence, hitting a construction worker on Interstate 95 in Stonington and leaving the scene was arrested in Rhode Island, according to state police.   Connecticut state police said troopers responded to I-95 North near exit 91-92 in Stonington around 6:30 p.m. after receiving reports that a d...

Police are investigating after someone was shot several times in Norwalk on Tuesday night. Dispatchers received calls around 9:20 p.m. about several gunshots in the area of Strawberry Hill Avenue and Catalpa Street and found that a person who had been shot several times had gone to Norwalk Hospital. Police said the victim is in serious condition an...

One person has been taken to the hospital after a motorcycle crash on Interstate 84 West in Willington on Wednesday morning. The right and center lanes of Interstate 84 West were closed in Willington between exits 72 and 71 but have reopened. State police said the crash happened around 9:59 a.m. and the injuries are not believed to be life-threaten...

A $4 million winning scratch ticket was sold in Windsor. The CT Lottery said the winning $4,000,000 Fortune ticket was sold at Lara Market on Kennedy Road in Windsor. The player who won chose to collect a one-time lump-sum payment of $3 million rather than the $4 million 20-year annuity. This is the first top-prize winner for the $50 scratch…...

Gov. Ned Lamont has called for U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 people who were killed in the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. The state is also illuminating the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in New Haven – also…...

There will be a police presence at New Haven schools on Wednesday after unverified threats on social media, according to school officials. They said New Haven police are aware of several vague, unverified threats made on social media regarding school shootings on 9/11. “We have no reason at this time to believe they include New Haven as the posts b...

Teachers are demanding action amid what they call a chaotic start to the school year in Bridgeport. Some say they were caught off guard by big, last-minute changes including to their assignments and curriculum. Teachers and community members rallied outside Bridgeport City Hall amid what they describe as a crisis. “I’ve been a teacher in Brid...

As both candidates continue to make their case to become president, watching the debate was the youngest voting group, Gen Z. “The housing crisis. The levels of inflation, it’s extremely high and extremely unaffordable,” Lucina Kim, a senior at Southern Connecticut State University, said. Those are just some of the things Kim is thinking about with...

A horse in Connecticut has tested positive for EEE, marking the state’s first case of the disease in a domestic animal this year. The Connecticut Department of Agriculture said EEE, or Eastern equine encephalitis, was detected in a 23-year-old unvaccinated gelded horse in Fairfield County. Officials said the horse was exhibiting neurological ...

An investigation is underway after shots were fired at a popular park in Bristol on Tuesday afternoon. Police said they found evidence of gunfire at Rockwell Park, located behind Muzzy Field. Officers were called to the park for reported gunfire at about 2:45 p.m. Police didn’t find anyone who had been shot. No injuries were reported. The inc...

Residents living in the Beaver Hills neighborhood have been faced with an increase of car thefts and car break-ins by minors. Laib Vail, a resident of the neighborhood, said it’s something the neighborhood has always dealt with, but has noticed there’s been an increase over the past month. “You have literally neighbor after neighbor reporting...

A Yale University police officer has been arrested and placed on leave after allegedly assaulting a woman with a golf club, according to an arrest warrant. Roosevelt Martinez, 58, was arrested in connection to an assault that happened about a week ago. Officers were called to a liquor store in Stratford and saw a woman with visible trauma to her&#8...

“With them gone, I don’t know who’s going to fill that gap,” Middletown High School sophomore Angel Benitez said. On Tuesday inside Middletown’s Russell Library, Middletown High School students led a private vigil where students said they shared memories of classmate Delilah Van Ness and teacher Paul Pelletier.  “I cannot believe it. You can make p...