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Two people have been taken to the hospital after a car rollover crash in Bridgeport on Tuesday evening. Police were called to a two-car crash on Route 8 South just after 7 p.m. Officers said a car flipped over in the area of exit 5. Authorities said two people were taken to Bridgeport Hospital for treatment. The extent of their…

A man has been arrested for allegedly going 120 miles per hour on Route 8 in Naugatuck on Monday morning. State police said a man in his 20s is accused of driving erratically at a high speed. The driver also followed vehicles closely and at unsafe distances, passed on the right and made unsafe lane changes. A trooper in the…

A man is in critical condition after being shot multiple times in Hartford on Tuesday evening. Police said they responded to Park Street for a reported shooting just after 5 p.m. Responding officers said a man in his 30s was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to the hospital and is in critical condition, according to authorities. ...

A prominent Meriden developer thinks he has the solution to a land dispute between his family and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Salvatore “Sam” Carabetta is looking to buy 2.7 acres of a state park in Berlin that abuts his home, which is just across the town line in Meriden. Opponents say the conveyance would set a bad&#823...

Connecticut State Police are looking for a woman accused of trying to steal thousands of dollars by posing as someone else, and using their social security numbers to do so. Troopers said the woman withdrew $6,000 from Northeast Family Federal Credit Union on Boston Post Road in Windham last Wednesday. She used the victim’s information to acc...

Members of the national champion UConn men’s basketball team will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday morning, according to Gov. Ned Lamont’s office. The team will be on Wall Street as part of its ongoing celebrations of the Huskies’ back-to-back NCAA titles. Gov. Lamont is expected to help the team ring...

A Hartford man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for murdering a 27-year-old in January 2020, according to the State’s Attorney’s Office. Yamil Rohena, 28, was arrested in the days after the incident and he has been charged with murder. Police said 27-year-old Kwadir Paris was involved in a crash on Jan. 4, 2020 on Albany Avenue ...

“I grew up there. I lived there for 10 years since I was like 10 years old so it was really scary seeing my house on fire,” Serinteree Grandpre said. Grandpre was inside her Waterbury apartment on Monday night when flames broke out in the other room. “It was quick, everything happened really quick so I couldn’t grab nothing,” she…

A man accused of causing a serious injury crash in Rocky Hill on New Year’s Eve has been arrested for driving under the influence. Police said David Ferrari, 35, of Haddam, was taken into custody on several charges Tuesday in connection to a crash that happened on Dec. 31, 2023. Police said they received several 911 calls around 6:45 p.m&#823...

It’s opening day at Wicked Tulips Flower Farm in Preston. Thousands of tulips are blooming at the farm this spring after the bulbs were brought over from the Netherlands and planted in the fall. “We do this every year and we’ve been here in Connecticut for four years,” co-owner Keriann Koeman said. “People love it. They didn’t know about...

Connecticut State Police are looking for whoever struck a 14-year-old and took off in Haddam over the weekend. Troopers said they responded to Jackson Road at about 12:15 p.m. on Saturday for a reported pedestrian crash. The suspect vehicle appears to have drove off, headed toward Little City Road. Officers said a 14-year-old was taken to the hospi...

Fire officials said the two fires that destroyed the clubhouse at a historic West Hartford country club over the weekend were not intentionally set. A fire broke out at the Wampanoag Country Club just after 2:20 a.m. on Sunday. Crews found heavy fire coming through the roof of the same building that had been on fire just 24 hours earlier…...

The Office of the Inspector General has determined that a state trooper who shot and wounded a man who was holding a knife and threatening to hurt officers during an eviction in Brooklyn last May was justified. State police said troopers were called to assist state marshals who were handling a court-ordered eviction on Tiffany Street in Brooklyn on...