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Thousands of people and several Connecticut freedom groups rallied at the State Capitol in Hartford on Saturday. Organizers for the rally entitled “The Connecticut Freedom Rally” said the groups in attendance included Unmask Our Kids, We the Patriots USA, CT Residents Against Medical Mandates, CTWorkers4Freedom, CT Parent’s Choice and others. The rally was to take a stand for parental...

The Pratt Street Social in Hartford is getting a makeover as it expands to include Trumbull Street and new vendors, organizers announced Friday.  Dancers and spectators can enjoy a larger dance floor as well as Hartford Print’s Pop-Up Palooza which will feature 20 vendors for shoppers to visit on Saturday.  Also on Saturday, American artist Jeff Burnham will perform...

There will be extra security officers Friday at Weaver High School in Hartford after a social media threat. School officials said students went through a safety screening as they entered, bags were searched, and security wands were used. A letter Tiffany Webley, acting principal for the Weaver Campus, and Ken O’Brien, Principal of the Kinsella Performing Arts Magnet School,...

Pho Go is a Vietnamese restaurant located inside Parkville Market in Hartford.

Boston Red Sox pitcher, and former UConn Husky, Matt Barnes made a rehab appearance for the Portland Sea Dogs when they faced the Hartford Yard Goats at Dunkin’ Donuts Park Wednesday night.

Police said no foul play is suspected after a body was found at Bushnell Park in Hartford on Sunday morning. Officers were called to Bushnell Park around 7:30 a.m. after getting a report of a body found in the pond. Emergency crews found and retrieved the man’s body, police said. At this point, investigators said there are no obvious...

Hartford Police said an evading vehicle crashed into a few cars in the downtown area Sunday evening. Officials said the car got off the highway and crashed into a glass bus stop enclosure as well as parked cars in the area of Main Street and Pratt Street. The driver was also involved in another accident at Market Street and Trumbull…

As the music played, special moments were made in a deployment ceremony at the Hartford State Armory as more than 70 members of the 142nd Area Support Medical Company are preparing for a new journey abroad.  The Danbury-based unit will be heading to Poland to support Operation Atlantic Resolve. “So in the bigger picture, Operation Atlantic Resolve, it’s about reassuring...

Police are investigating after a body was found at Bushnell Park in Hartford on Sunday morning. Officers were called to Bushnell Park around 7:30 a.m. after getting a report of a body found in the pond. Emergency crews found and retrieved the man’s body, police said. At this point, investigators said there are no obvious signs of trauma. The...

Police are investigating after they said bullets that were fired outside hit a man while he was inside of his home in Hartford on Sunday morning. Officers were called to Zion Street around 9:30 a.m. after getting a ShotSpotter activation. When police arrived, they said they found a man in his 50s with a non-life threatening gunshot wound. According to…

A man was injured in a shooting in Hartford early Sunday morning. Officers were called to Hartford Hospital around 2:15 a.m. after getting a report of someone with a gunshot wound arriving for treatment. According to investigators, the man in his 30s was suffering from a non-life threatening gunshot wound. It’s unclear where the shooting happened. The incident remains...

The former public housing site Westbrook Village in Hartford has become a brand new community called the Village at Park River.

Thousands of women are feeling the impact of unemployment benefits expiring over the weekend. State leaders say it’s tied to the fact that many are moms, also taking on the responsibility of raising children.

The interim commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Labor said this is a job seeker’s market right now.

A man driving an electric scooter has died after he was struck by an evading vehicle in Hartford on Sunday morning. Officers were flagged down by a citizen who said a person on a scooter had been struck by a vehicle on Maple Avenue around 12:45 a.m. When police arrived, they said they found a 39-year-old man in a parking…

Three people are injured after separate shootings in Hartford within hours late Saturday night and early Sunday morning. The first shooting happened around 11 p.m. on Saturday. Officers were called to May Street after getting a ShotSpotter activation. When police arrived to the scene, they said they found a man in his 20s suffering from a single gunshot wound. He…

A man was critically injured in a shooting in Hartford Thursday evening. Police said officers responded to a ShotSpotter activation at 206 Mather St. around 6:30 p.m. and found a man in his 40s with multiple gunshot wounds. He was rushed to the hospital where he is listed in critical condition. The shooting is under investigation. Anyone with information si…

Since 2015, they’ve been the sound of the first day of school in Hartford. Calling All Brothers, a collective of mostly African American community leaders and professionals, has stood outside of the capital city’s schools to welcome kids back in spectacular fashion with cheers, high fives and firm handshakes to get them excited about learning.

A gun-rights group and four citizens have sued the police chiefs of four Connecticut cities claiming officials have effectively ended the ability of residents to get gun permits by intentionally and illegally slowing the licensing process by several months. The Connecticut Citizens Defense League announced Tuesday that it had filed a lawsuit in federal court against the chiefs of Hartford,…

Leaders of children’s hospitals across the country including some in Connecticut have issued a plea to protect kids from COVID-19. Now ICUs in children’s hospitals, especially in the south, are becoming full of COVID-19 patients amid the spread of the Delta variant. “Children, when they have COVID and come to the hospital, they are sicker. This is more contagious...

Law enforcement officers were justified in shooting and killing a suspect during a police task force operation on January 6, 2021, according to a report by New Haven State’s Attorney Patrick Griffin. Members of the “Violent Gang Safe Streets Task Force” decended on Enfield Street that morning, in an attempt to arrest a man wanted on a federal arrest warrant…