South Windsor

Nolan McCann is one of NBC Connecticut’s favorite kids! He and his family have been a part of our blood drives held with the Red Cross since his diagnosis with cancer, before he even turned 2.  But Nolan no longer requires blood transfusions and has now finished chemotherapy. This fighter beat cancer. The 5-year-old has been living with Acute Lymphoblastic...

Nolan is one of NBC Connecticut’s favorite kids! He and his family have been a part of our blood drives held with the Red Cross ever since his diagnosis with cancer before he even turned 2. But, Nolan no longer requires blood transfusions and has now, has finished chemotherapy. This fighter beat cancer.

One person was injured in a crash on Interstate 291 in South Windsor on Sunday, according to fire crews. Officials said the single-car accident happened on I-291 westbound before exit 3. One person was trapped in the car and needed to be extricated, according to crews. The person has minor injuries, according to officials. No further information was immediately available.

Police are investigating after a shooting on Route 5 in South Windsor left one injured. Police said a driver in a 1987 Suzuki Samurai was leaving a car show on Nutmeg South Road and was stopped to turn onto John Fitch Boulevard at Strong Road just after 5:30 p.m. when a charcoal gray four-door Mercedes with dark tints and a…

Meredith Gervais said she didn’t even consider voting absentee this year. “I know what I’m doing when I go in, in person, circle, fill in the dots, slide it in, see you later, I feel confident about that,” said the Wallingford woman. However, her town has already received 6,500 absentee ballots.  That’s three times more than past presidential elections....

Election officials across Connecticut say this year the final election results may not be known for days due to the amount of absentee ballots they will have to count.

A car slammed into a 7-Eleven in South Windsor on Wednesday afternoon. The car ended up completely inside the convenience store on Ellington Road. The incident happened around 3 p.m. The man who was driving the car was not injured, nor was anyone inside the 7-Eleven, according to South Windsor fire officials. Police are trying to determine what caused the…

Police have released more information on a workplace shooting in South Windsor on Tuesday morning and said the man suspected of shooting a co-worker he is related to was frustrated about being assigned trucks that did not work and an unemployment claim filed in his name and the gun went off accidentally, according to the affidavit. He is also accused…

A Springfield, Massachusetts man who is suspected in a workplace shooting in South Windsor on Tuesday morning has been charged and is being held on a $250,000 bond, according to South Windsor police. Alan Rosario, 33, of Springfield, has been charged with second-degree assault with a firearm, first-degree threatening, first-degree reckless endangerment, illegal discharge of a firearm and third-degree assault,…

Two men were injured during a workplace shooting in South Windsor on Tuesday morning and the suspect has been arrested after fleeing the scene, police said. A man called 911 at 8:43 a.m. and told police he’d been shot in the parking lot of a complex at 105 Edwin Road around 8:43 a.m., police said. Another male victim was also…

Police have identified the suspect in a South Windsor workplace shooting.

Two people were injured following a workplace shooting on Tuesday in South Windsor, according to police.

Two people are injured after a workplace shooting in South Windsor on Tuesday, police said.

South Windsor police are urging people to be cautious while using ATMs after learning about people using Santander Bank ATMs to fraudulently withdraw cash using fake debit cards. South Windsor police Tweeted that Santander’s fraud investigators are aware and investigating. “Santander Bank learned of suspicious activity involving some of our branch-based ATMs. Out of an abundance of caution, we...

Police are investigating the defacing of a Black Lives Matter mural. The mural was painted in front of town hall and someone covered it in white paint around 11: 45 p.m. on Wednesday Aug. 12, according to police. They are asking anyone information about the person or the vehicle in photos they released to call Officer Linda Hernando at (860)…

Mayor Andrew Paterna held a news conference to discuss the approval of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural near town hall in South Windsor and called on town leaders to start working on a process to approve artwork that town-based groups request. The South Windsor for Black Lives Matter group recently submitted a petition to keep the BLM painting in front…

Leaders in South Windsor are pushing for inclusivity and togetherness following controversy over the painting of a Black Lives Matter mural in front of town hall.

A South Windsor company is making 3D-printed face mask frames using technology developed at the University of Connecticut and the governor toured it today. Gov. Ned Lamont Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, and UConn President Tom Katsouleas toured Connecticut Biotech, a start-up company in South Windsor that is using technology that was developed at UConn. The...

An East Windsor police dog helped “sniff out” a missing elderly man who wandered away from his South Windsor home Wednesday morning, said police. Ofc. Mitchell and K9 Mylo responded to South Windsor to assist their police department in locating a missing elderly man at approximately 3:30 a.m. It was reported the man had walked away from his home about…