Coventry

Lizzie’s Curbside, a food truck that has been a staple at the University of Connecticut since 1991, will not be on campus for the fall semester. “The decision is the only one I could make because I can’t go up there and just stand there,” explained Lizzie Searing, owner of Lizzie’s Catering and Concessions. “If I don’t sell the...

A fixture for decades, Lizzie’s curbside food truck has been a staple at UConn, but this semester, she’s taking a break.

A Coventry police sergeant who was accused of sending inappropriate text messages to an underage girl in 2012 and 2013 has resigned from the police department. That girl is now an adult and no criminal charges were ever filed. Sgt. Michael Hicks resigned on Monday, the day before he was supposed to speak with the police chief amid an internal…

Coventry police have arrested a man they said was attempting to entice children into online sexual relationships. Zachary Vannais, 25, of Charlton, Massachusetts, was arrested on Thursday. Vannais, who is formerly from Coventry, is accused of posing as a teenager and contacting several children through various social media accounts, trying to entice them into online sexual encounters. He was charged…

A 21-year-old University of Connecticut student has died after being ejected from his vehicle during a rollover crash in Coventry on Saturday morning. Coventry police and North Coventry firefighters responded to a crash on Boston Turnpike near Lathrop Drive shortly after 4 a.m. Initial reports said it was a single-car crash with an occupant ejected. When crews arrived, they said…

A man has died after being ejected from his vehicle during a rollover crash in Coventry on Saturday morning.

A Coventry police sergeant is accused of sending inappropriate text messages to an underage girl in 2012 and 2013, the department confirmed Wednesday.

Coventry police say they are conducting an internal investigation into a sergeant over messages between him and a girl who was 15 years old at the time.

A Coventry house fire that left a woman dead and a man with serious burns has been ruled accidental, caused by the failure of an extension cord that was plugged into a space heater, fire officials said Thursday. Crews responded to the fire at 821 Main St. late on December 30. They found a man, later identified as 79-year-old Basil…

Police have identified a woman who was killed and a man who has serious burns after a fire in Coventry late Sunday night. Crews were called to a home on Main Street around 11:55 p.m. after getting a report of a structure fire. When they arrived, they found smoke coming from the single-family home. A man, later identified as Basil…

One person has died and another person has serious burns after a fire in Coventry late Sunday night.

People in Coventry were being warned to boil their water before drinking it after a water main break Wednesday afternoon, but the advisory has been canceled. According to Connecticut Water, the boil advisory would remain in effect until water samples confirmed there is no bacteria in the system. The order was prompted by a loss of water pressure caused by…

The boil water advisory that was issued for residents in part of Coventry after a power outage over the weekend has been lifted.

The clean-up continues more than two days after a strong storm moved through the state and thousands of people are still in the dark on Saturday.

The pilot killed in a small plane crash Sunday in Sterling, Connecticut was well-known former racecar driver Mike Stefanik.

NASCAR champion Michael Stefanik was the pilot killed in a plane crash in Sterling on Sunday afternoon, according to the Associated Press.

Connecticut State Police have identified the woman who was killed when a tree limb fell and hit her while she was riding a motorcycle in Mansfield on Sunday.

Modified stock car great Michael Stefanik has been killed in a single-engine plane crash. He was 61. State police say the crash happened Sunday afternoon in Sterling near the Rhode Island state line. They say the single-engine, single-seat Aerolite 103 took off from the Riconn Airport in Coventry, Rhode Island, and had been turning back toward the airfield when it...

The state program assisting people with defective concrete basements has released new data on its work.

Several towns are dealing with flooding and downed trees and wires after storms moved through Monday afternoon.