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A prior arrest warrant is shedding light on the events leading up to a deadly house fire in Wallingford. Police say a woman and a 9-month old had passed away before a fire on Geneva Avenue last week. Authorities say Justin Varnado later died. Officers call it a suspicious death investigation. NBC Connecticut has obtained a previous arrest warrant f...

House Democrats passed an expansion to the state’s paid sick leave law as part of a busy day. The vote came hours after more than 500 nonprofit service provider employees and clients rallied outside the capitol in support of more funding. Democrats approved the paid sick leave expansion with an 88-61 vote, sending the bill to the Senate. “I think&#...

Nonprofit service providers rallied at the Capitol Wednesday to push for more funding next fiscal year. Democrats in the legislature say nonprofits are among their priorities, but they’re still negotiating how to spend leftover funds next year. Nonprofits say they’ve been underfunded for years and need additional funding to continue serving their c...

State and local leaders are trying to do more to help the families who live along Jobs Pond in Portland and are experiencing severe flooding.  Environmentalists say the flooding is due to heavy rainfall and because Jobs Pond doesn’t have an outlet to properly drain the water — meaning, when water gets in, it gets stuck.  &#8220...

A 76-year-old man from Hartford said he wants his high school diploma 56 years after he was set to graduate. Gerald W. Fothergill, or Mike as many know him, attended Hartford Public High School in the 1960s. In his senior year, he said he was expelled by the school board for walking out of school the day after the assassination…

A person was taken to the hospital after jumping from a second floor window during a fire at a West Hartford home. Firefighters responded to a multi-family home on Elmhurst Street for a reported kitchen fire. Responding crews saw heavy smoke coming from the second floor. Shortly after, crews found a resident outside with injuries. They learned that...

Hurricane season will officially begin on June 1 in the Atlantic and May 15 in the eastern Pacific. Looking back, 2023 was a slightly above average season with 20 named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes. And this year looks like it could be busier, too. A number of universities and other organizations released their Atlantic hurri...

A motorcyclist has been arrested after he was caught speeding and driving recklessly in Manchester on Tuesday. State police said they saw a motorcyclist weaving through traffic, tailgating and passing vehicles unsafely. The driver got onto Interstate 84 West and continued onto I-384, where he was clocked driving over 100 miles per hour. A trooper a...

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut is honoring some of their volunteers at the Bigs of the Year Awards. The celebration is at Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford Wednesday night. Joey Redmond, of Higganum, is named Big Brother of the Year, and said it is only due to the special relationship born from the program. With banter and…...

A neighborhood in Hartford is marking a milestone of sorts – nine months with no fatal shootings. The Greater Hartford NAACP said it’s thanks to a weekly program directly engaging with the community. “We have been here trying to dispute, negate and stop issues that are happening in the greater Hartford area,” Reverand Doctor Bruce L. Carter w...

Naugatuck mom Jenn Harding and her son Derek were in a terrifying car crash a few years ago. “The gentleman hit us so hard, he knocked my tires off my rims,” Harding said. She’s glad they were OK, but the scary part was thinking about what if she wasn’t, because Derek has autism. “Derek can’t speak. Derek couldn’t say...

Middletown police responded to a shooting in the area of Pearl Street and Court Street Wednesday afternoon. A caller reported seeing a blue SUV speeding away on Court Street around 2:30 p.m., according to police. Arriving officers saw a man running on Broad Street. They chased him through backyards and took him into custody on Hamlin Street, police...

A former Derby alderman has been sentenced to 10 days in prison after participating in the breach at the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Gino DiGiovanni Jr. to 10 days imprisonment, plus one year of supervised release and 50 hours of community service. The sentencing guidelines set forth by the governme...