Stamford

Firefighters rescued a horse that was stuck under a fence in Stamford Thursday night. Firefighters responded to a stable on June Road in Stamford around 6:11 p.m. Thursday and found Tex, a 1,200-pound, 20-year-old horse, lying on his side. Tex was fatigued and partially stuck under the side of a fence used to form a paddock, according to the Stamford…

They save lives and now there are efforts out of Stamford Health to save the lives of Connecticut’s first responders. Stamford Health has launched a new program to screen for signs of heart disease in police officers, and it will soon be expanding to firefighters and EMTs, as well. Law enforcement officers regularly find themselves in high stress and...

They save lives, and now there are efforts out of Stamford Health to save the lives of Connecticut’s first responders.

A man has been arrested after crash that killed two people in Stamford last month.

A man has been arrested in connection to a December pedestrian crash that left two people dead in Stamford, police said. Police said the two people were hit around 2:05 a.m. at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Main Street on Dec. 3. According to the initial police investigation, 25-year-old Giovanni Vega Benis and 25-year-old Yuliana Arias Lozano, both of…

A 26-year-old Stamford man is a suspect in the death of his 2-year-old son, Liam, who was found in a plastic bag buried in a park, according to Stamford police.

A 26-year-old Stamford man is a suspect in the death of his 2-year-old son, Liam Rivera, who was found in a plastic bag buried in a park, according to Stamford police. Stamford police said they received a call at 11:50 a.m. Monday reporting a possible kidnapping and a child who might have been injured. Authorities learned the child might have…

Stamford police are asking for the public’s help to find a man who has been missing since Saturday and said they consider his disappearance suspicious. Police said family members last saw Errol Whyte, 63, at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in Bridgeport and he was on his way home to Stamford but did not arrive. Whyte was last seen driving his red…

One person has died and another person was injured after the vehicle they were in hit a tree head-on in Stamford on New Year’s Day. Investigators said 31-year-old Marcela Parra, of Stamford, was traveling southbound on Greenwich Avenue around 6:09 a.m. when the vehicle crossed over to the northbound side of the road, went up onto the sidewalk and...

A Stamford police officer was arrested Thursday, stemming from a domestic violence incident from Saturday, according to police. Officer Louis Gonzalez has been charged with third-degree assault and second-degree unlawful restraint. He has been a member of the Stamford Police Department since April 2021, police said. Gonzalez was scheduled to appear in court Thursday. He has been placed on administrative…

An 80-year-old man has died after he hit a tree at Cummings Park in Stamford on Tuesday afternoon, according to police. Police identified the man who died as John Robert Salley, of Stamford. The crash happened around 1:50 p.m. when the man was driving a 2019 Subaru through the park, failed to negotiate a curve, sped up, drove through a…

A former CNN television producer pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to using interstate commerce to entice and coerce a 9-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity at his Vermont ski house. As part of the plea deal, the government will drop the two remaining counts of enticement of a minor against John Griffin, 45, of Stamford, Connecticut. According to…

Two people have died after a vehicle hit them in Stamford early Saturday morning, according to police. Police said the two people were hit around 2:05 a.m. at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Main Street. According to the initial police investigation, 25-year-old Giovanni Vega Benis and 25-year-old Yuliana Arias Lozano, both of Stamford, were walking across Washington Boulevard when...

Fire caused extensive damage to a single-family residence in Stamford early Saturday morning and one firefighter suffered a minor injury while working to put that fire out. The Stamford Fire Department said the 911 center started receiving calls around 12:37 a.m. about a fire on Hamilton Avenue.  Crews found heavy fire at the back of the building. The residents were…

Firefighters rescued two small children from a fire in Stamford Wednesday. Officials said the 2- and 3-year-old children were semi-conscious when firefighters brought them to safety. The fire started in the kitchen of an apartment on Custer Street and a neighbor called 911 at 4:07 p.m. to report that a fire alarm was going off and there was the smell…

Interstate 95 South was closed in Stamford for hours after a wrong-way crash and injuries are reported, according to state police. The highway was closed at the exit 8 off-ramp. State police said the crash involved a driver who was going the wrong way and a tractor-trailer. The crash happened around 2:44 a.m., according to CTRoads.org. No additional information was…

The former chairman of the Democratic City Committee in Stamford has been charged with over a dozen absentee ballot fraud and forgery charges in connection with ballots cast in the city’s 2015 election.

Stamford Health received a $10 million philanthropic commitment from the Odyssey Foundation which is going towards its campaign for women and babies.

A 29-year-old Stamford man has died after the vehicle he was driving caught fire in a three-vehicle crash on Route 15 in Stamford on Monday night, according to state police. State police said the crash happened on Route 15 North, near exit 34, at 10:20 p.m. Peter Feliks Matusiewicz, 29, of Stamford, was driving a Saab in the left lane…