Local

Crews battled a fire at a house in Hamden on Wednesday morning. The fire broke out in a home on Glenbrook Avenue just after 9:30 a.m., according to fire officials. Arriving firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the home and located a fire in a bedroom, they said. Three people and the family dog were able to escape the fire….

A 16-year-old and an 84-year-old were killed in a crash on Route 44 in Winchester Tuesday night, according to police. The crash happened around 7:30 p.m. near Coe Street. According to police, a car being driven eastbound on Route 44 attempted to pass a box truck on the same side of the road. The car crossed the yellow line into…

Gas prices are on the rise, surging nearly a dollar a gallon in some places. On Wednesday, prices in Connecticut are going up a little more. As soon as it felt like we were getting a little relief from the constant rising costs, gas prices are continuing to go up. Those prices have been steadily rising for five straight weeks….

Jordan Hawkins scored 26 points, Adama Sanogo had 25 and No. 24 UConn beat DePaul 90-76 on Tuesday night. Tristen Newton added 21 points for UConn, which had dropped six of eight since its 14-0 start. The Huskies shot 51% (28 for 55) from the field and 30 for 34 from the free-throw line. UConn (17-6, 6-6 Big East) improved…

A Connecticut mother is continuing her push for federal gun safety in memory of her son. The mother of Ethan Song is trying to make Ethan’s Law for safe gun storage a reality across the country, not just here in Connecticut. “We need to educate America that this stuff is happening all the time, and children and guns, it’s...

How about this for a college assignment? Take a week off in the middle of freezing cold February and go to Arizona for the Super Bowl. That is what some students from Quinnipiac University are doing and it’s all part of the learning experience. When the Super Bowl was held in Los Angeles last year, Quinnipiac’s Ability Media students...