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The state’s only women’s tackle football team played its first game Saturday. The Connecticut Ambush took on the Upstate Lady Predators at Veterans Memorial Stadium in New Britain. This is first season for the Ambush and the players say they want to use this platform to inspire young girls and women to not only play football, but tackle football......

This week’s Clear the Shelters Pet of the Week is a 2-month-old small mixed-breed puppy named Cillian.

A woman has serious injuries after she was struck while she was crossing a street in Danbury late Friday night. Police responded to the 400 block of Main Street around 11:58 p.m. for a report of a crash involving a pedestrian. Officers said they found a woman in the road near the intersection of North Street and Thorpe Street. It…

The Berlin Turnpike in Wethersfield has reopened after a motorcycle crash with serious injuries on Sunday morning. Police from multiple towns including Cromwell, Rocky Hill and Wethersfield were investigating the crash on the northbound side of the Berlin Turnpike at the intersection with Pawtucket Street. Officers were called there around 6:30 a.m...

Sick days – most of us get them so we can get well and not lose our wages during time off. But not all smaller companies offer sick days like restaurants, mom and pop retail businesses and others. But that’s about to change after the House passed a bill that would mandate companies offer 40 hours of sick time per…

Connecticut is in desperate need of workers – tens of thousands of workers to build submarines, teach our kids, care for the sick, engineers to lead all that federally funded transportation projects that we have here in Connecticut. Yet some of the schools that do the training are seeing declining enrollment. There are some bright spots, thou...

A motorcyclist has died after a crash in Hartford on Saturday evening. Officers responded to the intersection of Fairfield Avenue and White Street around 8:30 p.m. for a report of a serious crash. Once in the area, police said they found a red Suzuki motorcycle in the middle of the road and a grey Honda Accord on the southeast side…

One person has died and four others are injured after a rollover crash in Willington on Saturday night. State police said a 21-year-old man from Bethel was driving southbound on River Road around 10:15 p.m. when he lost control of his vehicle and caused the vehicle to roll over. A passenger in the vehicle, later identified as 19-year-old Maria Dama...

A warming trend that began on Sunday will continue for the start of the new workweek and rain is possible as we end the last weekend of April. Along with the warmer air, another round of showers and possibly a thunderstorm is likely this evening. The warmth will continue into Monday with some towns getting close to 80 degrees. You…

A woman who is considered armed and dangerous is being sought by police after an armed robbery in Stratford last month and she is also wanted by Connecticut State Police for escaping custody. Officers responded to the Stratford Motor Inn on Stratford Avenue on Tuesday, March 19, for a report of an armed robbery. Authorities said the victim reported...

Saturday marked National Rebuilding Day, a day that brings people together to help those in need. In our state, more than 300 volunteers fixed up 14 homes in the Blue Hills neighborhood of Hartford. One of those homes belonged to Theresa Battle. “Sometimes, we need a little extra push, and little extra help, and this is great for me,” s...

A man was shot outside of an apartment complex in Bridgeport early Saturday morning and police are searching for a vehicle that is believed to have been involved. Dispatchers received multiple calls about a shooting in the 300 block of Orchard Street around 12:45 a.m. Once in the area, officers found a 29-year-old Bridgeport man on the ground outsi...

An investigation is underway after an officer fired their gun during an incident in Hartford early Saturday morning. Police said the shooting happened in the 400 block of Wethersfield Avenue around 12:15 a.m. No one was struck by the gunfire. A portion of the road is currently blocked off by police tape and several officers remain at the scene. Inv...