Middletown police have arrested a man charged in a hit-and-run crash that killed a Wesleyan food service worker. Brooke Rich, 41, of Middletown, was crossing Washington Street at the intersection with High Street on March 4 when she was hit around 9 p.m., according to police. She later died of her injuries. Witnesses said Rich was in a crosswalk with…

A patient at Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services announced Thursday. The patient receives treatment in the General Psychiatry Division of the hospital and their family has been notified, officials said. The facility is an inpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment facility with several hundred beds….

A man is in critical condition after he was hit by a vehicle in Middletown on Saturday. Officers were dispatched to Country Club Rd just after 5:36 p.m. after reports of a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian. According to officials, the pedestrian identified as Timothy L. Fisher of Middletown was in the westbound lane when he was struck by…

Half of Connecticut’s school students will spend at least the next two weeks at home as districts try to do their part to curb the spread of coronavirus.  On Friday, the superintendents of New Britain, Bloomfield and Middletown added to the growing list of schools shuttering, some indefinitely. “I’m very happy that they’re actually closing for a while to...

Keigwin Middle School in Middletown will be closed Thursday, March 12, and Friday, March 13, after reports a person might have been in contact with an individual in Connecticut who tested positive for the coronavirus. In a joint statement from Mayor Ben Florsheim and Superintendent Dr. Michael Conner, parents were alerted late Wednesday night that a member of the Keigwin’s…

Keigwin Middle School in Middletown will be closed Thursday, March 12, and Friday, March 13, after reports a person might have been in contact with an individual in Connecticut who tested positive for the coronavirus.

Westport and New Haven are taking steps to protect against the coronavirus by closing schools.

A third person in Connecticut has tested positive for coronavirus.

The hunt is on for the hit-and-run driver who killed a woman in Middletown. Now people in that city are grieving after the death of the longtime cafeteria worker at Wesleyan University.  “It’s just an awful, awful tragedy,” said Mayor Ben Florsheim, D – Middletown. Many are mourning a woman who died after a hit-and-run at the intersection of...

Many are mourning a woman who died after a hit-and-run at the intersection of Washington and High Streets in Middletown Wednesday night as police search for the driver.

Police have identified the woman who was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Middletown Wednesday night. Brooke Rich, 41, of Middletown, was crossing Washington Street at the intersection with High Street when she was hit around 9 p.m., according to police. She later died of her injuries. The driver took off down West Street, according to police. Investigators described the…

Brooke Rich, 41, of Middletown, was crossing Washington Street at the intersection with High Street when she was hit around 9 p.m., according to police.

Police have identified the woman who was killed in a hit-and-run near Wesleyan in Middletown on Wednesday night.

Police said the victim was crossing the street when they were hit.

A person was hit by a car on Washington Street near Wesleyan University’s campus.

An opera singer from Middletown is now mentally competent to stand trial on charges that she sped through a checkpoint outside President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, drawing gunfire from law enforcement officers, her attorney says. Hannah Roemhild has responded well to medication she has received while being held at the Palm Beach County Jail and can assist...

Inclusion and diversity are one of the many goals for Middletown’s new Common Council, especially after voters elected the town’s first African American councilwoman. Councilwoman Jeanette White-Blackwell made history earlier this year after she was elected to the town’s common council. Blackwell said she is excited to have a seat at the table and is focused on creating a...

Middltetown’s Common Council is celebrating its diversity. Its goals for 2020 are to give a voice to an underrepresented population and make policy changes to bring a great equality to the city.

Jeanette Blackwell is the first African-American female member of the Middletown Common Council and says she wants to inspire little girls across the city who don’t have a voice.