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The Office of the Inspector General is investigating after a man shot a police officer in West Haven and police fired back, killing the man last week, and has released a preliminary report on that investigation. The shooting happened when police responded to an apartment on Terrace Avenue in West Haven just before 2 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 1 to…...

A man from Kenya who has been living in a hotel in Putnam is suspected of trying to hire a hitman to kill a family member to bring other family members back to Kenya, according to statements made in court Tuesday. State police arrested Leonard Thuo Mwithiga, 52, on Monday, two days after a rideshare driver went to state police and…

A New Jersey man has died after he was hit by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 in New Haven on Tuesday morning. State police identified the man as 55-year-old Alexis Vincente, of Union City, New Jersey, They said the truck he was driving was stopped in the triangular area of I-95 South, near the exit 46 off-ramp, and he was…

An injured seal that was rescued by Mystic Aquarium earlier this year has been rehabilitated and will be released in Rhode Island this week. The aquarium’s Animal Rescue Program received a report of a sick and injured seal on Block Island on June 30. First responders and the local community were able to rescue the seal, who is named Cranberry...

We continued the workweek with a chilly day on Tuesday. There was morning sunshine before afternoon clouds. Temperatures were chilly and seasonable – in the lower 40s. Wednesday and Thursday will be colder with highs in the mid to upper 30s. A stray snow flurry is possible. Friday and Saturday will be milder with highs in the upper 40s and&#8...

A years-long fight to restore labor and delivery services at Windham Hospital appears to be over. The state has officially given the hospital the green light to permanently end those services. But the bargain calls for the hospital to provide other programs to support women. Now that Windham Hospital has officially been given the OK from the state ...

State leaders say Connecticut is in a childcare crisis due to a shortage of providers, but Monday they announced a first-of-its-kind apprenticeship to bring high-demand workers into that field. The new program will train jobseekers in home-based childcare. A new Connecticut Childhood Alliance study reveals there are more than 4,000 open childcare j...

Three animals have died in a house fire on Riverside Avenue in Vernon Monday morning, fire officials said. Crews said they were called to the area for a residential structure fire. Firefighters found smoke coming from the roof and fire coming from inside the home. Firefighters made an aggressive interior attack and the blaze was extinguished. The f...

A judge is making sure money is set aside for former Stone Academy students as the legal battle against the shuttered school’s owner continues. On Monday, a judge decided that at least $5 million should be allotted for the students who took Joseph Bierbaum to court. The lawsuit claims that the school, which abruptly closed earlier this year, ...

A person was taken to the hospital after a structure fire broke out at a Bridgeport home. City officials said firefighters were called to Pilgrim Place at about 2:30 p.m. Crews said fire was coming from the second floor. An individual inside the home was taken to the hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation, according to crews. The Red Cross&#823...

In a study done this November, the Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance found over 4,000 openings across the 205 childcare centers included in the survey. “Fundamentally, the problem is there’s not enough money in the system because we expect parents who don’t have much money to be the ones paying for it,” Merrill Gay, executive director of the Con...

The family of a New Britain mother killed last week is hoping that her story will save the lives of other domestic violence victims. Moenisha Collins, 27, was found by family members unresponsive inside her apartment last Friday, police say, and was later pronounced dead from gunshot wounds. Police have charged 46-year-old Vincent Blair with her mu...

An elevator in a Cromwell condominium building hasn’t been working for months. It’s making life difficult for some elderly and disabled residents. “It’s hard, it’s been, I would say, a rough summer keeping her inside the house,” said Yanet De los Santos. She hasn’t been able to get her mom outside much since June when their apartment building’s ele...