Orange

Saturday marked the first day of competition for the 2023 Summer Games.

June is an exciting month for Special Olympics Connecticut. The organization is hosting the 2023 Summer Games on two back-to-back weekends. Saturday marked the first day of competition. Athletes participated in swimming, soccer and tennis at Fairfield University. Others competed in cycling at Yale West Campus in Orange. Organizers say about 98 people participated in the cycling event alone, taking…

A man was robbed and assaulted at a farm in Orange early Saturday morning when he went out to milk the cows. Police said they learned of the assault and robbery at Fieldview Farm on Derby Avenue just after 4 a.m. Saturday and believe the victim might have been unknowingly interrupting another theft when he was robbed. The victim told…

A couple people have been arrested after dozens were involved in a fight inside a restaurant in Orange Thursday night. Orange Police said they were called to TGI Friday’s at about 10:15 p.m. for a reported brawl. Responding officers found about 30 people involved in multiple fights. As officers tried to break up the brawl, they were tackled to the…

Ashley Western is keeping a close watch on her twin boys – Bodie and Crew – at Yale New Haven Hospital.

Yale University has agreed to pay over $300,000 for a settlement after a nurse was accused of tampering with fentanyl intended for patients at a Connecticut fertility clinic. The U.S. Department of Justice said the nurse, 49-year-old Donna Monticone, of Oxford, allegedly injected herself with the fentanyl while working at the the Yale Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility clinic in Orange….

Over a dozen people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a crash involving a bus in Orange Thursday night, according to police. Police said they were called to Route 34 at the intersection of Racebrook Road for a motor vehicle crash involving a CT Transit bus at about 7 p.m. Responding officers said a pickup truck…

Orange Police are looking to identify two male suspects involved in a carjacking incident on Friday morning.

Orange Police are looking to identify two male suspects involved in a carjacking incident on Friday morning.  Officials say the two men threatened a 70-year-old man at the Valero gas station on Boston Post Road just before 6 a.m.  Authorities say the suspects threatened the elderly man when he refused to give up his car keys. The two men...

Police are investigating after thieves allegedly pistol-whipped a 70-year-old man at a gas station in Orange Friday morning. The incident happened at about 6 a.m. on Boston Post Road at the Valero Gas Station. Two men allegedly threatened the man with a gun as he approached his car at the gas station. Police said the man didn’t give up...

A 19-year-old woman has died more than two weeks after she was hit by a car in Orange. Chance Thompson died over the weekend, from injuries she suffered in the June 23 incident, according to police. She was on Old Tavern Road near the Boston Post Road between two shopping plazas when she was hit, police said. Tompson was rushed…

A 42-year-old woman was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years to life in prison for dropping her 7-month-old son to his death from a Children’s Hospital of Orange County parking structure a decade ago.

A box truck rolled over on Interstate 95 South, near the Orange-West Haven line, Friday morning as sleet and snow moved through the state. The rollover happened between exits 41 and 40 and the left and center lanes were closed, according to CT Travel Smart. They has reopened. Check CT Travel Smart to see if there are issues on the…

A Stamford woman is still missing her dog after her dog walker said it had run away. Shortly after, the woman learned her dog walker had been arrested.

Police are looking for a man who’s accused of robbing a bank at gunpoint in Orange. Officials said the robbery happened Monday at approximately 9:25 a.m. at Connex Credit Union. The pictured man is about 35 to 40 years old and weighs about 250 pounds, according to police. He was wearing an olive-colored jacket, black hooded sweatshirt, forest-style camouflage hat…

A man was arrested in connection with a deadly Town Fair Tire shooting that happened in Orange last year, police said. Orange Police said they’ve arrested 25-year-old Terrance Allen, formerly of New Haven, after serving an arrest warrant. Officials said they served the warrant at Derby Superior Court on Tuesday. Police said 27-year-old Joshwua Figueroa, of New Haven, was...