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Connecticut State Police are investigating a crash that has resulted in serious injuries in Sterling Friday night. Troopers said they were called to Plainfield Pike near the Rhode Island border at about 7:40 p.m. for a reported motor vehicle accident. A car overturned and was off the road when troopers got to the scene. Police said the car was trav...

A woman has died after getting hit by a car in the Jewett City section of Griswold Friday night, state police said. Authorities said they responded to the area of Green Avenue and North Main Street for a reported accident involving a pedestrian at about 8 p.m. A 50-year-old woman was pronounced dead as a result of the crash, according…...

Police have identified a motorcyclist that died in a crash on Interstate 95 in Milford Friday night. Crews responded to an accident involving a motorcycle and truck on I-95 North at about 7:20 p.m. Firefighters said the crash happened just before exit 39A. The motorcyclist sustained life threatening injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. He...

With the rain coming this weekend, flooding concerns are once again top of mind for some communities. That includes a Torrington neighborhood that has battled flooding throughout the summer. A relentless storm on Sept. 11 sent rainwater cascading down a slope around Michele Gray’s house. Flowing through the landscape, it transformed her property in...

State lawmakers will hold a public hearing concerning allegations of child maltreatment at a state-funded group home in Harwinton. The Committee on Children will launch an internal investigation into the matter and hold a public hearing at the Legislative Office Building Oct. 10 at 1p.m., according to Rep. Liz Linehan, who co-chairs the committee. ...

A 17-year old has died in a crash that sent multiple people to the hospital on Route 7 in New Milford Friday. New Milford Public Schools said a twelfth grader in the district has died. They’re offering counseling services this weekend for anyone wishing to talk about what happened. “At this time, out of respect for the family, we ask&#8...

Authorities have arrested a suspect more than six years after the shooting death of a man who was attending a birthday party in New Britain. Gabriel “Bebo” Pereira, 32, was at the birthday party at a home on Park Street on August 1, 2017 when he stepped outside and was shot in the head, according to the state’s Division of…...

WARNING: Some of the details in this story are graphic and you might find them disturbing. A hunter from New York has been sentenced to probation after allegedly killing two dogs in Ridgefield in November of 2022. Court officials told NBC Connecticut that Michael Konschak, 61, of Carmel, New York, pleaded guilty under the Alford Doctrine to one cou...

A correction officer with the state Department of Correction is accused of hitting her boyfriend with a car while under the influence of drugs and alcohol in February, then crashing into a tree. State police have charged 37-year-old Gabrielle Del Valle-Colon, of Sprague, with illegal operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol...

A dump truck crashed and caught fire in the median on Interstate 84 in Farmington Friday afternoon. The crash closed multiple lanes on I-84 West near Exit 37 and the left lane of I-84 East, according to state police. Firefighters and the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection responded to the crash. State police said no one was inj...

The state Department of Public Health is encouraging residents to order free at-home COVID-19 test kits when the federal government makes them available again next week. This comes after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday that households will be able to order up to four free tests through COVIDTests.gov starting on...

A 27-year-old man was injured when a trench box fell on him at a road construction site in Hartford Friday morning. Hartford firefighters responded to the 200 block of Retreat Avenue after receiving a report that a worker in a trench was injured. Fire officials said reports were that a trench box shifted and fell on a worker.  Contractors who&...