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Four people and a police officer were injured after a stolen U-Haul crashed into several vehicles in downtown Hartford Friday evening. The police department said they were initially notified of a female passenger reportedly yelling for help. As officers tried to stop the U-Haul, it struck several vehicles before coming to a stop in the area of Main...

The City of Waterbury kicked off a weekend of Puerto Rican festivities to one of their largest Hispanic communities as part of Hispanic heritage month. The celebration began on Friday at Waterbury’s City Hall with the Mayor for a Day ceremony followed by the raising of the Puerto Rican flag. Waterbury Mayor Paul Pernerewski Jr. was present at the.....

Vice President Kamala Harris has raised the issue and former President Donald Trump has distanced himself from it.   But what is Project 2025? It’s a 900-plus page plan from the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation that lays out a plan “for conservative victory through policy, personnel and training.” It’s normal for think tanks across ...

“Not knowing what’s going to be next, not knowing if we’re going to get apartments back, not knowing where we’re going to go from here,” said Concord Hills tenant Marisol Navarro. Questions, in need of answers on Friday for numerous Hartford residents displaced by a fire back in August. “We need the City of Hartford to step up and...

There is $5 million worth of federal funding going to Waterbury to turn an old church into a community health center. This chunk of funding is what officials say is the first step in making this plan a reality, which is just now beginning. “I think that would definitely turn things around for this neighborhood,” Charlene Edmond, of Wate...

New Britain hosted its fifth Beehive Bridge Festival on Friday. The Beehive Bridge was completed in 2019 and since then it has been synonymous with New Britain. “It represents the very essence of who we are as New Britain,” said the city’s mayor Erin Stewart. “You see it driving on the highway all the time and it’s very special...

It’s shopping with a purpose. For about 40 years, the items on the racks at My Sister’s Place in Ansonia have helped domestic violence victims.  “When you come here, you are making a difference in someone’s life,” store manager Nancy Cahoon said. The thrift store is a sister program of The Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Servi...

The Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP) hosted its very first law enforcement recruitment fair on Friday. “Studies have shown there has been a decrease in applicants within the law enforcement profession,” Marc Fasano, division director of field services with DESPP, said. “That’s always...

A Farmington man has been sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting two of his daughter’s friends several years ago. The State’s Attorney’s Office said 43-year-old David Olivo will serve 30 years in prison, suspended after 13 years served, and 25 years of probation. A jury found Olivo guilty of multiple counts of sexual assault ...

Billy Joel tickets went on sale Friday. He’s set to play at Mohegan Sun in February. But within seconds, it seemed only resale seats were available for sky-high prices. “The resale is almost like legalized scalping. These people buy up these tickets and triple the prices and it’s disgusting,” Melody Baker, of Westbrook, said. She said she’s seen th...

State police have arrested a man who is accused of assaulting and choking a woman at the Meriden train station. State police said Meriden police contacted them around 9:20 p.m. on Wednesday after a woman arrived at the police station to report that she had been assaulted at the Meriden train station that evening. The woman was brought to an…...

There was an additional police presence at several Naugatuck schools on Friday as a precaution after multiple threats that police said they found not to be credible. Naugatuck police were notified around 8:50 a.m. on Friday that Naugatuck High School had received a phone call stating that an armed person was going to show up at the school. Police, ...

The federal government would ban in-game advertising and bets on college athletes under a sports betting regulation bill proposed by two northeastern legislators. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Rep. Paul Tonko of New York introduced the bill Thursday. It’s designed to address what they say are the harmful effects of the rapid expa...

Police are investigating after someone broke into a Yale student’s High Street home early Wednesday morning. The intruder ran off when the victim came out of a bedroom around 12:05 a.m. Wednesday and confronted him, Yale police said. Then he ran off and headed south on High Street toward Crown Street. Yale police said nothing was taken from the......