Vernon

A large brush fire in Vernon will continue to smolder overnight after crews worked to contain it Monday afternoon. Town officials said firefighters battled a nine-acre brush fire in the northeast section of town just south of Interstate 84. It was reported at 2:30 p.m. and was under control several hours later. A CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection…

Police are investigating a vandalism incident at a store that sells Trump merchandise in Vernon. According to the manager of the Trump for New England store at 154 Talcottville Road, two people sprayed graffiti on the store sometime around 2:30 a.m. Monday. Manager Ken Krajewski said he believes the suspects are the same two people were in the store Sunday…

Vernon police have arrested a 17-year-old girl who is accused of being involved in several bomb and “swatting” threats to local schools and places of worship. They said the teen is also part of a violent online group that has been responsible for thousands of threats and other crimes that have happened around the globe.

Vernon police have arrested a 17-year-old girl who is accused of being involved in several bomb and “swatting” threats to local schools and places of worship. They said the teen is also part of a violent online group that has been responsible for thousands of threats and other crimes that have happened around the globe. Vernon police said investigators determined...

A man who tried to swim across a pond after a crash in Vernon on Thursday night has died, according to police.

A 33-year-old Hartford man who tried to swim across a pond after a crash in Vernon on Thursday night has died, according to police. Police said officers responded to a single-vehicle crash on East Main Street around 10:05 p.m. and found a damaged Chevy Malibu with no one inside. They started searching for the driver and saw a man who…

Police have arrested a man who is accused of exposing himself to a child in the game room at a bowling alley in Vernon. Police said they were notified on Tuesday that a man exposed himself to a child in the game room at Spare Time Entertainment, a bowling alley and entertainment venue on Talcottville Road, and investigated. They said…

State police have arrested a driver who they said was going 118 miles per hour on Interstate 84 in Vernon on Monday night. A state trooper who was monitoring traffic saw a Toyota Camry speeding in the left lane of I-84 East near exit 66 around 9:40 p.m. and the laser showed the car going 118 miles per hours in…

A man was hospitalized with serious injuries after a motorcycle crash in Vernon Sunday afternoon. Vernon police said officers responded just after 4 p.m. Sunday a reported single-vehicle motorcycle crash at the entrance to Henry Park on South Street. According to authorities, the motorcycle’s sole occupant, an adult man, suffered serious injuries in the crash and was airlifted to...

Some of the seniors who live at Grove Court said they moved back into their newly-renovated units to find leaky ceilings and other safety issues.

Residents of a senior housing complex in Vernon are not happy with renovations currently underway. Some of the seniors who live at Grove Court said they moved back into their newly-renovated units to find leaky ceilings and other safety issues. “We moved people into apartments that were supposed to be new. They’re not,” said David Howey, tenant commissioner and...

A moped driver has died after colliding with a vehicle in Vernon on Wednesday. Officers responded to Hartford Turnpike and Dobson Road around 7:45 p.m. for a report of a crash involving a moped and a vehicle. When emergency crews arrived, police said they found a man in the road. Emergency care was administered to him. The man was later…

A person was hit and killed by a car on Interstate 84 East in Vernon Saturday morning, according to state police. It happened just after 5 a.m. near Exit 65, police said. According to state police, the person was lying down on the highway when he was struck. No one in the car was injured. I-84 East was closed as…

The town of Vernon has been awarded a $25,000 grant that will allow them to upgrade their emergency operations center.

The town of Vernon has been awarded a $25,000 grant that will allow them to upgrade their emergency operations center. The center is a hub for emergency response when large-scale situations or weather events happen in the area. The grant, from the state division of Homeland Security, was competitive, and town leaders are excited. “With this money that we’re going…

A homeless shelter that was also operating as a cooling center caught fire overnight, leaving 20 people without a place to stay.  Firefighters responded to heavy smoke and fire coming from the second-floor bathroom of the New Hope Homeless Shelter in Vernon early Friday morning. “Thankfully we were able to get there quickly. Get the fire under the control and…

Vernon community members are doing what they can to help the 20 shelter residents who were displaced by a fire early Friday morning

Interstate 84 West has reopened in the area of Vernon and Tolland after being shut down for more than 90 minutes. State police initially said all westbound travel lanes were closed prior exit 67 due to a fluid spill in the roadway. The Connecticut Department of Transportation, citing a tractor trailer crash, later reported that traffic between exits 69 and…

Vernon police said a man and a woman were struck while crossing the road where the Rails to Trails path meets Warren Avenue Wednesday morning.