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Bridgeport Police say a man was found dead in a garage Tuesday and it’s now believed that he was murdered. The police department said they were called to the 900 block of Clinton Avenue at about 10:15 a.m. Tuesday after getting reports of suspicious activity in the area. Responding officers found an unresponsive man laying inside a garage. He...

Dozens of passengers aboard an Avelo Airlines flight bound for New Haven got diverted to Bradley Airport. The question is – did people on the plane get assistance to get back to New Haven? We recently brought you an in-depth report on customer complaints about Avelo’s communication when planes are diverted. The diversion happened around 1:30 ...

For years, Carol Jones lived in isolation.  “Not able to leave the dorm room and go to classes and then self-medicating with substances to help make me feel ‘quote’ normal,” Alliance for Living Harm Reduction Champion Carol Jones said.  Having lived with drug addiction and now 33 years clean, Jones has a passion to help others...

For all of you cookie fans – the well-known Crumbl Cookies chain is coming to West Hartford. And it’s happening sooner than you might think. The cookie spot will open their West Farms location on New Britain Avenue this Friday. The new location, at 1445 New Britain Ave., Unit 1E-A, is looking to hire more than 60 employees. The cookie&#...

Gov. Ned Lamont has announced a new intensive mathematics tutoring program for middle schoolers that aims to address the learning loss from the COVID-19 pandemic. The state Department of Education will launch the Connecticut High-Dosage Tutoring Program which will provide tutoring to sixth through ninth graders. The DOE is allocating $10 million to...

Branford’s Walsh Intermediate School was placed into lockdown Wednesday after a threat was called in to the school, according to police. At the time of the incident, most students had already been released due to a scheduled early dismissal, they said. Police also increased their presence at all Branford schools out of an abundance of caution...

The State of Connecticut has been ordered to pay $12 million to a young boy who was abused while in Department of Children and Families (DCF) custody several years ago. The Reardon Law Firm, based in New London, said they represented “Baby Dylan,” who was 13 months old when he was “horrifically abused for a period of months.&#8221...

Thousands of people walked the streets of Hartford Wednesday as part of the annual March for Life, calling for lawmakers to keep the state from becoming a destination for abortions. The march was also met with some pro-choice counter protesters. “If we can overturn Roe vs. Wade, we can do anything here in Connecticut,” Peter Wolfgang, president of ...

Anna Louise James made history in Connecticut in the early 1900s when she became the first female African American pharmacist in Connecticut. Miss James, as she was known, owned James Pharmacy in Old Saybrook, where she served the community for decades. “She was the person in town who people went to for their medicines, and just to talk and t...

A man that’s accused of firing several gunshots at his ex-girlfriend’s house last month has been taken into custody in the Bronx, New York, on Wednesday. The U.S. Marshals Service said the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force apprehended Luis Minaya, of New Britain. He allegedly fled the scene of the Feb. 19 shooting before ...

Plainfield police are investigating breaks-in and burglaries at two restaurants over a span of 21 minutes and said the same person appears to be responsible for both of them. Officers responded to Mr. Z’s restaurant on Norwich Road around 12:07 p.m. Monday to investigate a burglary that happened overnight. They looked at surveillance and video from...

An Avelo Airlines aircraft was diverted to Bradley International Airport Wednesday afternoon due to a potential issue with the hydraulic system and the flight has been canceled because it will take time to mechanics to inspect the plane, according to the airline. A spokesperson for the airline said the flight took off from West Palm Beach and was s...

A former West Haven city employee who was arrested amid a probe into the misuse of COVID-19 relief funds has been sentenced to 13 months in prison after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge, according to the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. John Bernardo, 66, of West Haven, worked for the city of West Haven as a…...