Manchester

A driver fleeing from police struck a Manchester police vehicle, police said, and they are looking for the vehicle and the driver. Police said they responded to reports of a burglary on Pine Street and the suspect fled, hitting a police vehicle. The vehicle is a red Honda Civic and it has spoiler and a chrome front plate with a…

A contractor has died after police say he fell from a communication tower in Manchester Friday afternoon. Officers responded to 33 Mitchell Dr. for reports of a contractor working on a communication tower who fell from an unknown height. According to police, the 34-year-old male was found unresponsive and was pronounced dead. The man was an independent contractor working on…

State police are trying to solve the shooting deaths of two people in a commuter lot in Manchester in August and they are asking people with information to come forward. Twenty-year-old Jennifer Hicks and 24-year-old Gregory Scott, both of Massachusetts, died after being shot at the Buckland Street commuter lot in Manchester on Aug. 2. Police believe the suspects live…

A rally that started Wednesday night in Manchester in response to the decision over charges in the death of Breonna Taylor continues Thursday morning . About a dozen people came together for a 12-hour long protest at the intersection of Center and Main Streets at 7 p.m. Wednesday night. Those fighting for social justice said they were disappointed by the…

A rally that started Wednesday night in Manchester in response to the decision over charges in the death of Breonna Taylor continues Thursday morning. “We’ve had enough,” said Power Up Manchester Founder, Keren Prescott. “We are beyond sick and tired.”

12-Hour Protest continue in Manchester amid Breonna Taylor decision.

Those fighting for social justice say they were disappointed by the decision not to charge any police officers directly with the death of Breonna Taylor. In response, protests were held across the country including in Manchester. “I sobbed. I said to my mother, ‘We might as well just lay down and die,’” said Keren Prescott, Power Up Manchester founder. About…

No police officers were charged directly with the death of Breonna Taylor. Activists took to the streets to protest the decision.

“I knew it was a question of when not if.  I would have preferred for it not to happen the first week of school,” said Matthew Geary, superintendent of the Manchester school district. Three cases of COVID-19 in the Manchester school district closed one building for a day and required 50 students and staff to quarantine for the next two…

A cohort of students and staff from Waddell Elementary School in Manchester are self-quarantining after a second-grade student reported symptoms of COVID-19. District officials said the student was asymptomatic when they were last at school, but they have had contact with someone outside of the district who recently tested positive for the virus. The student is awaiting test results. Everyone…

A section of Main Street in Manchester is closed after multiple utility poles were taken down after a crash on Tuesday. Manchester EMS said they were called to the intersection of Main Street and Center Street for a crash with utility poles down around 10 a.m. A portion of Main Street, just north of Center St. is closed and authorities…

Manchester Middle Academy will be closed on Friday after a student reported symptoms associated with COVID-19 and had close contact with a person who has the virus, according to Manchester Public Schools. The school will be deep cleaned and disinfected on Friday, the school district said in a letter to the school community. The school district said that as soon…

Several school across the state have shut down for cleaning after someone within their community tested positive for COVID-19.

Students have had to make some major adjustments in the classroom since the coronavirus pandemic struck last spring. For high school seniors there’s one more big change: the college admissions process. With SAT tests canceled, and college tours suspended, picking where they’re going to spend the next four years has never been harder for some students. NBC Connecticut spoke...

The annual Manchester Road Race will be canceled and instead will be held virtually amid coronavirus concerns. The decision comes after the Manchester Road Race Committee (MRRC) announced the race would be limited to 500 runners. Normally, thousands of people take part in the 4.784-mile run. “After further review and consultation with officials from the Town of Manchester, we have…

A mother and son are accused of running a fentanyl distribution operation and have been arrested. Officials said member s of the East Central Narcotics Task Force searched a residence on Oak Street, Manchester Tuesday and found  a fentanyl distribution operation orchestrated by 43-year-old Miosotis Davila-Serrano and her 22-year-old son, Sammuel Jose Colon. The task force seized around an ounce…

Police have arrested a man who is accused of stealing a car with a child inside in Manchester on Saturday. Officers said a vehicle had been parked outside of the Shell gas station on Hartford Road around 3:15 p.m. when it was reported stolen. The caller reported that a 3-year-old child was asleep in a car seat in the vehicle,…

Close to half the school districts in Connecticut have chosen to start the school year both online and in person. The hybrid learning model may be a compromise for families who are worried about sending their students to school five days per week. However, it could mean more work for teachers. Though the hybrid learning model varies slightly from district…

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The Manchester Road Race will go on this November despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizers said Thursday they will hold the annual Thanksgiving Day race this year, but it will look a bit different. The race will be limited to just 500 runners on the racecourse on Thanksgiving. Normally, thousands of people take part in the 4.784-mile run. Anyone who wants…