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The Plainville Hot Air Balloon Festival will not happen again this year due to COVID-19. The festival, hosted by the Plainville Fire Company, has not been held since 2019. “The Plainville Fire Company regrets to announce that due to the pandemic and its uncertainties, we are canceling the 2022 Hot Air Balloon Festival. We hope to see everyone in 2023,”…

A Connecticut State Police cruiser was struck on Route 72 in Plainville Thursday night. Police said the accident happened at approximately 9 p.m. A state trooper was at the scene of an accident when their car was hit. Officials said the trooper was outside of his cruiser at the time of the crash. Authorities said the car that hit the…

Plainville police are investigating after 18 catalytic converters were stolen off school buses, which led to some delays in picking up students for school Tuesday.

Several buses that transport children to Plainville schools were vandalized and cannot operate this morning, according to school officials.

Plainville police are investigating after 18 catalytic converters were stolen off school buses, which led to some delays in picking up students for school Tuesday. Police said someone cut a large hole in a fence at the Dattco school bus property at 63 South Canal St. between Monday night and Tuesday morning and stole 18 catalytic converters from school buses. Dattco…

Power has been restored to hundreds of residents in Plainville following a car vs. pole crash. A car crashed into a pole in the area of White Oak Avenue and Forshaw Avenue. Drivers were asked to avoid the area. Police, fire and emergency personnel responded to the scene. Eversource responded to the scene to get power restored. At one point,…

Several cars were on fire outside an auto shop in Plainville Friday morning.

Several cars were on fire outside an auto shop in Plainville Friday morning. Firefighters responded to Hultenius Street around 4 a.m. after someone who was driving by reported the fire, according to fire officials. They said six cars were on fire. There was also some minor damage to the building. The fire marshal is investigating. The state Department of Energy…

A man driving a dump truck with a plow attached to the front is accused of ramming into a security guard’s car and other vehicles before leading officers on a pursuit on Interstate 84, police said. Plainville Police said they were notified that a Tilcon security guard’s car was struck while he was inside it. The driver, identified as...

Interstate 84 East in Plainville is congested between exits 34 and 35 after a crash involving a tractor-trailer and two other vehicles, according to CT Travel Smart. The two left lanes are closed.

One person was killed in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 84 in Plainville Wednesday. The crash happened just after 2 p.m. on I-84 West near Exit 33. According to state police, 43-year-old Walter Turner, of Berlin, was driving the wrong way on I-84 and collided with another car. Turner was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the other…

A plane overturned at Robertson Airport in Plainville Thursday morning and one person was taken to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries, according to town officials.   The single-engine plane overturned in the grass while operating at the airport around 11:37 a.m., officials said.   The person who suffered the minor injury was transported to the hospital. ...

The infamous J. Timothy’s Taverne sold out of chicken wings a full week before the Super Bowl and at the end of the day, ended up served a whopping 12 tons. The restaurant, located in Plainville, announced that they served approximately 1,800 buckets of wings to patrons throughout the game-day weekend. J. Timothy’s closed early on Sunday to allow their…

J Timothy’s Taverne in Plainville has sold out of to-go orders for Super Bowl Sunday. The restaurant said Super Bowl Sunday is completely booked and they are unable to take any more to-go orders. Pickups for to-go orders are still available for Friday and Saturday. This year, in addition to buckets of wings, the restaurant said it is offering...

Bigger than any donation or piece of furniture is a group of hearts in Plainville dedicated to making people’s houses feel like home. “If we could run on the energy of our volunteers, we would never quit,” Ginny DeLuzio, a volunteer at For Goodness Sake said. But those hearts are now hurting. “Heart stopping, tears. I think it was...

Drivers who filled up at one Plainville gas station found themselves in trouble after their cars stopped working because of a batch of gas that had water in it.

A number of drivers experienced car problems after filling up at a gas station in Plainville on Wednesday. One driver reached out to NBC Connecticut and said as soon as she started driving the car after filling up, “the car started acting weird.” The driver said the far “fully broke down” a short distance later. NBC Connecticut made the state…

Police in Middletown, Southington, and Plainville are trying to determine if a carjacking is related to robberies nearby.

Police are searching for the suspects they believe could be responsible for armed robberies in Middletown, Southington and Plainville on Monday, Middletown police said. Police said the same suspect vehicle was used it multiple robberies. While a couple was unloaded items out of their car on Town Colony Drive in Middletown Monday night, police said two men got out of…

A student was struck by a vehicle while in a crosswalk in Plainville on Tuesday morning and was taken to a hospital to be evaluated for minor injuries, according to police. The student was partly across the crosswalk at East Street and Robert Holcomb Way when she was struck just after 7 a.m., according to police. The driver didn’t...