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Several school bus drivers in Thompson are being forced to quarantine, and that has created a shortage that is forcing an elementary school to go remote for the week.

Students at Mary R. Fisher Elementary School in Thompson will learn remotely for the rest of the week, as a dozen school bus drivers are in quarantine waiting for COVID test results. “We need the full fleet of bus drivers to be in place,” said Melinda Smith, Superintendent of Thompson Public Schools. The school district contracts with DATTCO bus company….

A tornado that touched down in Thompson Thursday morning was rated an EF-0 by the National Weather Service. After hours of heavy rain across the state, a tornado formed as a storm cell was moving out of Connecticut, according to tornado debris signature on Live First Alert Doppler Radar. It happened around 10:15 a.m. along Route 12 right at the…

A tornado touched down in Thompson Thursday morning. After hours of heavy rain across the state, a tornado formed as a storm cell was moving out of Connecticut, according to tornado debris signature on Live First Alert Doppler Radar. It happened around 10:15 a.m. along Route 12 right at the Massachusetts border. A debris signature indicates a tornado has touched…

The damage in Thompson on Thursday was likely from a small tornado.

A storm in Thompson Thursday morning was likely a small tornado.

Thompson Public Schools are having a two hour delay on Wednesday. District officials said the delay is due to a power outage. It’s unclear what may have caused the power outage.

Some of the first teachers in the northeast part of the state received their COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday.

Education workers in Thompson received the first dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday. Day Kimball Healthcare hosted a clinic in the high school’s gymnasium, kicking off teacher vaccinations for the region. “It means a lot of the stress and anxiety about being exposed to COVID-19 is going to be reduced,” said Melinda Smith, superintendent of Thompson Public Schools. Smith...

A Connecticut man is facing sentencing after he pleaded guilty to kidnapping a 12-year-old girl from a Massachusetts park and sexually assaulting her before abandoning her in an unfamiliar neighborhood. Joshua Besaw, 37, of Thompson, is set to be sentenced to 20 to 25 years in prison Monday in federal court in Hartford. He pleaded guilty to a kidnapping charge…

Icy conditions caused a mess on roads in eastern Connecticut Tuesday morning and several schools were delayed because of it.

Icy roads in eastern Connecticut have caused several crashes and highway closures and now multiple schools are delayed or are remote learning for today.

Black ice and multiple crashes have closed both sides of Interstate 395 in Thompson on Tuesday morning.

Icy conditions caused a mess on roads in eastern Connecticut Tuesday morning and several schools were delayed because of it. There were school delays in Canterbury, Griswold, North Stonington, Putnam, Union and Voluntown as well as some additional schools. See the list here. Interstate 395 was closed in Griswold and officials from the state Department of Transportation said there were…

In Connecticut’s “Quiet Corner,” there’s one girls soccer coach who has been anything but quiet. For three decades, Tourtellotte Memorial High School’s Deb Spinneli has been setting records and expectations. Wherever you look in Deb Spinelli’s office, you’ll see reminders of a successful 30 year career. You’ll see records of a career that almost didn’t happen at all. “I...

A 28-year-old Dayville man has died after a crash on Interstate 395 North in Thompson on Thursday afternoon. State police said Louis Chrisovechotis was driving a Chevrolet Tahoe and hit the back of a tractor-trailer just after 12:45 p.m. and was pronounced dead at the scene. The highway was closed from Thompson to the Massachusetts state line as police investigated….

Residents near one state park are raising concerns over visitors seen swimming in prohibited areas who they said were also acting recklessly.

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is increasing patrols at Quaddick State Park in Thompson after receiving complaints about crowds gathering at the lake and ignoring safety rules. “This has to stop,” said Jane Howell, who lives on Quaddick Lake. “Someone will get hurt.” Howell and her neighbors have documented groups of people she said are acting recklessly on…

Strangers gathered together at East Thompson Cemetery Friday morning to honor a local veteran who they had never met. “We are all here and we are all here for one reason. That is to honor our veterans and Lionel in particular,” said Khrystne Keane, who drove to Thompson from Watertown. “I do not know Lionel. I had never heard of…

Strangers gathered together at East Thompson Cemetery Friday morning to honor a local veteran who they had never met.