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A grandmother has been arrested in connection with the death of her 1-year-old grandson in Danbury. Police said they responded to Danbury Hospital on March 17 after a 1-year-old boy died because the circumstances were suspicious, and they started to investigate. The child’s grandmother, 60-year-old Cora Brandon, is suspected of being complicit in his death, according to Danbury police. An…

Just under 40% of the inmates inside the federal prison complex in Danbury have refused to take the COVID-19 vaccine, according to federal officials. The Connecticut U.S. Attorney’s Office disclosed the latest vaccination numbers in a court filing Friday as part of class-action lawsuit over an alleged failure to protect prisoners from the coronavirus inside the institution. There are...

Connecticut State Police have canceled Silver Alerts that were issued for a 5-year-old girl and her mom who had been reported missing from Danbury. Police issued Silver Alerts Wednesday for 29-year-old Rosa Llivipuma and her 5-year-old daughter Kenya Cornejo and have since canceled them. Police said investigators believed Llivipuma and Cornejo were together.

Police are investigating after a body was found in a pond in Danbury on Thursday. Officials said they responded to 55 Mill Plain Rd. at approximately 7 p.m. after receiving a call that a body was submerged in a retention pond. Officials said the an autopsy showed the man’s body had no apparent signs of trauma, however, the exact cause…

Mass vaccination sites and small pop-up clinics play a crucial role in ensuring shots are going into arms. As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase in the state, local leaders are trying to create more options for the public to get their shots. Danbury believes the best way to improve vaccination rates is with partnerships. “I think we’ve created a lot...

Mass vaccination sites, like one in Danbury, are coming together with the help of partnerships, according to city officials.

Nurses at Danbury Hospital organized a vigil to honor those lost to COVID-19 and also to thank the public for their support during the trying past year.

Danbury Hospital nurses and their union organized a vigil to honor loved ones who died over the past year.

As the coronavirus spread across the world, one year ago on March 8, 2020, the state announced the first Connecticut resident had tested positive for COVID-19 and was being treated in Danbury. “It’s been a long, hard period of time,” said Dr. Jeffrey Nicastro, the Chief Medical Officer for Nuvance Health which includes Danbury Hospital. He has led their clinical…

As the coronavirus spread across the world, one year ago on March 8, 2020, the state announced the first Connecticut resident had tested positive for COVID-19 and was being treated in Danbury.

One year ago, a Wilton man tested positive for COVID-19, marking the first known Connecticut resident to contract the virus. Since then, there have been over 285,000 cases of coronavirus in Connecticut and more than 7,700 people have died. The first case of coronavirus involving a Connecticut resident happened on March 8, 2020, when Governor Ned Lamont announced that a…

Hartford HealthCare is opening three new mega-vaccination clinics in Connecticut on Monday.

A man from Wilton who was diagnosed with COVID-19 one year ago joins this week’s Face the Facts to discuss how he is staying vigilant though cases are decreasing.

One year ago, a Connecticut hospital employee tested positive for coronavirus, marking the first case connected to the state. Since then, there have been over 285,000 cases of coronavirus in Connecticut and more than 7,700 people have died. The Connecticut hospital employee who was first infected was an employee from Danbury Hospital and Norwalk Hospital and a New York resident….

A Wilton man who was the first person in Connecticut diagnosed with COVID-19 last March, looks back at what he went through one year after his diagnosis.

The emergency authorization of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine means that there are now three COVID-19 vaccines in circulation. And the J&J shot differs from the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in some important ways that may make it a game changer. NBC News medical correspondent Dr. John Torres joined LX News to explain.

A manager of a Danbury company sprang into action after a truck caught on fire inside of a loading dock on Saturday morning. Dispatchers received a 911 call around 7:45 a.m. reporting a truck on fire in the loading dock at Omaha Beef on Maple Avenue. As firefighters were responding, officials said Jason Street, the manager of Omaha Beef, who…

Connecticut State Police have issued a Silver Alert for a man who has been missing from Danbury for almost a month. According to police, 73-year-old David Allen has been missing since Tuesday, January 19. Allen has grey hair and grey eyes and is 5-foot 11-inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. In a photo provided by police, he can be seen…