thompson

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. 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…

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.

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….

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…

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

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.

There is a call for people to come to Thompson on Friday to honor a Korean War veteran who has no living relatives in Connecticut. Lionel Lussier died at a nursing home in Danielson in January at the age of 91, according to the Shaw-Majercik Funeral Home. Lussier served honorably as a member of the U.S. Army during the Korean…

Interstate 395 North is closed in Thompson and officials from Quinebaug Valley Emergency Communications said the highway will be closed for most of the day. The CT Travel Smart website says the highway is closed between exits 50 and 53 because of a paving equipment fire. Quinebaug Valley Emergency Communications supervisor Travis Irons said a machine with more than 20…

A Connecticut man accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl from a park in Massachusetts and sexually assaulting her last year has pleaded guilty to the charges. Prosecutors said 36-year-old Joshua Besaw, of Thompson, encountered the 12-year-old at a park in Webster, Massachusetts and tricked her into getting into his car. Besaw, who identified himself as “Chuck,” then drove her to…

Interstate 395 North is closed in Thompson, according to CT Travel Smart.

A father from Thompson is accused of hitting a crossing guard with his car at an elementary school Monday morning, then continuing to assault the elderly man until other people intervened, according to state police.

Police are investigating reports of a man approaching an 11-year-old child at a bus stop in Thompson Friday morning and telling the child to get in the car.

Crews responded to a possible drowning in Thompson Sunday night.

A Connecticut man who is suspected of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl from a park in Massachusetts and sexually assaulting her in Thompson has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint in connection with the case. The arrest comes after DNA from cigarette butts linked him to the case, according to the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut.

Here’s how Connecticut residents can stop relying on fossil fuels to power their homes and switch to energy sources that are less damaging to the environment.