Avon-based Gifts of Love is helping families in need with a backpack program that helps distribute food.

Two Avon police officers are back on the job in time for the holidays after spending months deployed in Afghanistan as part of the U.S. Marine Corps.

Beneath the frozen earth and seven feet down, artifacts, from more than 12,000 years ago, were discovered in Avon last January. The archeological findings were discovered while the state Department of Transportation crews excavated a site for a bridge replacement at the intersection of Route 10 and Old Farms Road.

A DOT construction crew working in Avon has uncovered a significant archaeological find that may be the oldest evidence of humans in Connecticut, dating back more than 12,000 years.

The town manager of Avon has confirmed it will formally announce the retirement of its longtime police chief in the coming days.

New Britain’s own George Springer will be in the lineup as Houston’s lead-off hitter, generating excitement in the Hardware City.

Police are reminding trick or treaters to wear bright colors or flashing lights as they go door to door, but some communities are adding an extra level of safety this Halloween: changing plans altogether.

With heavy in the forecast for Halloween on Thursday, many towns and parents are changing their plans for little trick-or-treaters.

Avon Middle School is dismissing early Friday because of a transformer issue.

A waste management worker was transported to the hospital after getting hit by a vehicle in Avon on Monday morning.

Executive Director Susan Pribyson explained how they help underemployed people get the basic services they need.

Tuesday the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-1 against a zoning charge that would allow for the development on Nod Road in Avon.

The battle over a potential housing development in Avon is over.

Rocio Olivares and Matt Tofil from Avon Prime Meats showed us how to make the recipe.

Police are investigating after they arrested a juvenile in connection with a robbery in Avon Thursday night.

On Tuesday there was another round in the battle over a potential housing development in Avon.

A 50-year-old mother of five from New Canaan has been missing for over week and her estranged husband and another woman have been arrested in connection to her disappearance. Here is a look at a timeline of events on the investigation into Jennifer Dulos’s disappearance.

Police have arrested the estranged husband of Jennifer Dulos, a missing New Canaan woman, and his girlfriend in connection to her missing person case.

President and CEO of American Eagle Financial Credit Union Dean Marchessault told us all about this non-profit credit union owned by its members.

Thousands of people marched at Rentschler Field in East Hartford on Sunday to raise money for little fighters in Neonatal Intensive Care Units across the state as part of the March of Dimes’ annual March for Babies.