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An infant has died after an apparent drowning in Bridgeport, according to police. Emergency crews responded to a home on Orland Street around 9 p.m. Saturday for a report of a possible drowning involving an infant. The baby was taken to Bridgeport Hospital and was prounounced dead, police said. There was no other information immediately available....

He went on to praise all of the trauma surgeons, doctors, nurses and other hospital staff who looked after him following his injury.

Anthony Picchione, 21, was this year’s featured adaptive athlete in the Gaylord Gauntlet 5k. A race that takes runners through a number of obstacles, starting with a mud pit. Picchione says this obstacle didn’t faze him in the slightest. “I grew up racing dirt bikes so I did that from the time I was probably 4-years-old,” sa...

Firefighters from multiple departments extinguished a boat fire in Long Island Sound in Stratford on Saturday. Dispatchers received a 911 call about a boat on fire in the open water of Long Island Sound around 9:30 a.m. Mutual aid from Bridgeport and Milford assisted Stratford fire department with fire suppression vessels. The Coast Guard was also ...

A fire significantly damaged a house in Newtown on Friday night. Firefighters were called to a home around 5:09 p.m. after getting a report of a fully involved fire. When crews arrived, they said they found heavy fire from the basement through the roof. Fire crews from several other departments responded to help fight the flames. According to fire ...

Demanding justice and accountability after a tragic loss. The family of Jose Diaz Nieves, the construction worker killed earlier this week, is speaking for the first time only to NBC Connecticut. He died after being hit by a car while working in Hartford. “That was love that…it’s supposed to last forever.” The pain and shock still remain for the......

A woman has been taken into custody in connection to a deadly hit-and-run in East Haven on Friday night and police have identified the woman who died. Police said a pedestrian, later identified as 47-year-old Gina LaVacca, of East Haven, was struck on Main Street just before 10 p.m. She suffered life-threatening injuries and was later pronounced de...

A state police cruiser that was at the scene of one crash was involved in a separate crash when it was hit by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 84 West in Danbury on Friday night. Troopers said a state police cruiser was parked in the shoulder between the exit 8 on and off ramps around 9 p.m. The police cruiser was…

A select group of juniors in New Haven public schools will be the first group of students to study in a new biotechnology lab downtown. The space is inside 101 College Street, a new bioscience building. The area inside is set aside specifically for New Haven residents, part of an agreement in the planning and development of the building. School&#82...

On Friday, 200 students and advisors met at Southern Connecticut State University to discuss substance misuse and prevention for the Future Prevention Leaders Youth Conference in New Haven. “We all here share the same goal,” said Daniel Senior. “We all want to help people. Prevention is the goal. It’s all very inspiring to be here.” The one-day eve...

With temperatures expected to reach the mid-90s next week, experts at Connecticut Children’s reinforced the importance of safety as people begin to open their windows. “I think parents should be very astute as to the window falling and having the window open period without having any protection in there,” said James Thomas, of Hartford. As te...

A North Haven man tackled a suspect and pinned him to the ground after he was caught stealing his daughter’s bicycle. Police say it happened on Kimberly Lane around 7:00 p.m. Wednesday. A 38-year-old man was seen walking up a driveway, entering a garage and riding off with a pink and white child’s bicycle. But the bike became disabled...

Gov. Ned Lamont is activating the state’s Extreme Hot Weather Protocol next week as temperatures are expected to climb into the 90s to near 100 degrees for several days. The protocol will be activated effective Tuesday at 12 p.m. and remain in effect until 12 p.m. on Sunday, June 23. While in effect, a system is set up for state…...

Officers responding to check on an emotionally disturbed person in Windsor Locks Wednesday found a dog suffering from a stab wound, according to police. A concerned family member asked police to check on someone at a home on N. Main Street around 1 p.m. When the officers arrived they found an adult without clothes on and with superficial cuts to&#8...