St. Francis Hospital

Ivan Pantoja said he is thankful for the health care workers who cared for him during his stay at St. Francis Hospital.

Standing outside St. Francis Hospital this morning, Archbishop Leonard Blair of the Hartford Archdiocese said a prayer, not only for the sick but also for those treating them. That blessing was among the many events Wednesday marking the beginning of National Nurse Appreciation Week, an annual recognition that has rarely taken on more significance. “They’re the real heroes of...

Nurses across the state and the country were celebrated today for their work taking care of the sick at risk to their own health

There has been a major step forward in the effort to potentially save the lives of those critically sick with COVID-19. Several patients at hospitals in the state have begun treatment with blood plasma donated by those who successfully fought the virus. “We’ve been symptom free and you know recovered for a few weeks now,” said Shawna Edwards. Edwards...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a clinical trial at four health systems in the country, including at Trinity Health of New England, to investigate if blood plasma therapy can help patients with COVID-19. “We’re very excited about this therapy,” said. Dr. Danyal Ibrahim of Trinity Health of New England. Soon the team will get antibodies from people...

Police have identified the man who was killed after a crash on Route 30 in Vernon early Monday morning.

One man is dead and another has serious injuries after a crash on Route 30 in Vernon.

Police have identified the woman who was killed in a crash in Hartford on Friday afternoon.

Police are investigating after a man was shot in Hartford on Saturday.

A Hartford man is charged in a deadly shooting in the city in April.

A motorcyclist has serious injuries after a crash on Route 66 in Columbia Sunday night.

A woman has died after a crash on Main Street in Hartford early Sunday morning.

The son of a man who died after an assault in Bloomfield has been taken into custody in Stamford, where he was accused of shoplifting at a supermarket.

A man has serious injuries after he crashed the moped he was riding into a vehicle and then a building in Manchester on Saturday night.

Police are searching for a man who is wanted for questioning after he allegedly assaulted his father in Bloomfield on Sunday morning. Authorities said he is considered dangerous.

Detectives say for hours they’ve been piecing together what happened at the intersection of Pavillion and Wooster Streets around noon.

The student accused of stabbing two other students in a campus apartment at the University of Hartford on Sunday was arraigned at Hartford Hospital Monday.

Hartford Police and the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney Cold Case Unit have arrested a man for his role in a shooting that happened almost 17 years ago.

A man was taken to St. Francis Hospital after getting rescued from the Connecticut River in Enfield on Sunday.

Police are investigating after a man was shot several times in Hartford early Wednesday morning.