Eastern Connecticut State University is offering counseling services after a student was found dead in a parking garage. School officials said Lee Barrett, of Hamden, was found unresponsive in a vehicle in the Shakespeare parking garage at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.   The medical examiner’s office was notified and will make the determination regarding cause of Barrett’s death. The university’s...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, commonly known as the DACA act.

Transportation, improved data sharing and renewable energy were some of the issues where the governors of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island said Tuesday they found common ground in their first private meeting with one another, promising to work together in the future. The two Democrats and one Republican met for about two hours during a private lunch at Eastern Connecticut...

Several people are displaced after a three-alarm fire on Watson Street in Willimantic.

State colleges are once against facing a funding shortfall, but what the system will do about it is not yet clear.

The Connecticut State College and University system is facing a $57 million budget shortfall.

The holidays mean shopping for mom, dad, grandma and grandpa. Experts say when crossing things off your kids’ lists, try to find toys that foster learning. But how can you find a toy that’s both educational and fun? A study at a local college may help find that perfect gift.

Students at Eastern Connecticut State University observed children playing with educational toys to see which were most popular.

Around 500 people walked through the doors of Hurley Hall at Eastern Connecticut State University Wednesday for the 12th annual Day of Giving.

Students at ECSU spent Wednesday serving Thanksgiving meals to people in need in the community.

The first African-American to lead a four-year college in Connecticut has died.

The president of the system that oversees 17 state colleges and universities told staff and students that if current budget proposals were to be adopted, then he would have no choice but to consider the closure of multiple institutions.

Some fear on Tuesday President Trump will announce the wind down of the DACA program, which protects undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children from being deported, and immigrant supporters in Connecticut are gearing up for a fight.