Willimantic

Police are investigating the untimely death of a man found in a home in Willimantic Monday. Willimantic police first responded to the home on Aspen Place around 11 a.m. and found a man dead in the residence. The Connecticut State Police Eastern District Major Crime Squad also responded and took over the investigation at the request of the Windham...

A man was shot on a footbridge in Willimantic Monday night and police are investigating the shooting. The victim, a 20-year-old man, called 911 at midnight and said he had just been shot and was near a restaurant, police said. Dispatchers tracked his location to the Crosby Lot on North Street. Willimantic officers responded and found the victim, who had…

Willimantic police are investigating after shots were fired on Ash Street early Sunday morning. It happened around 3 a.m. in the area of Ash Street and Whittmore Street and Ash Street and North Street, according to police. Detectives were able to find evidence of a crime scene in those areas, police said. Police say it appears to be an isolated…

Homeless Persons’ Remembrance Day is held nationally on Dec. 21, the longest night of the year. To commemorate the lives lost in the homeless community in 2022, Willimantic gathered for a memorial Tuesday night. “They were people who were really important to us and really important to our community. Just share memories and be there and recognize them,” said Avery Lenhart,…

To commemorate the lives lost in the homeless community in 2022, Willimantic gathered for a memorial Tuesday night.

The university’s annual Day of Giving returned after a two-year pandemic pause.

Eastern Connecticut State University served more than 300 Thanksgiving meals to community members on Wednesday. The university’s annual Day of Giving returned for its 16th year after a pandemic pause. “To be in person – it makes it just that much more special,” said Lana O’Connor, associate director of the Center for Community Engagement at ESCU. “We do it because…

Healthcare workers are on strike at Windham Hospital in Willimantic Monday as contract negotiations continue. The strike started at 7 a.m. and organizers said more than 100 people will take part throughout the day. Their demands include mandatory overtime, fair wages and affordable health insurance, which are all things the employees feel should be a given. Technical and service employees…

Healthcare workers are going on strike at Windham Hospital in Willimantic on Monday as contract negotiations continue.

About 100 nurses at Windham Hospital went on strike Thursday morning demanding better work hours and wage increases.

Nurses at Windham Hospital went on strike Thursday morning after months of negotiations with the hospital. The nurses say they are striking to call further attention to a patient care crisis in the region. They have worked through covid, they’re forced to work mandatory overtime and they can barely afford to use their own health insurance because of the...

Nurses at Windham Hospital are set to strike on Thursday morning. It comes after months of negotiations with the hospital. The point the nurses are making is that at one point or another, everyone will most likely need to go to the hospital and will get cared for by a nurse, but these nurses say they are exhausted. They have…

Nurses at Windham Hospital are set to strike on Thursday morning. It comes after months of negotiations with the hospital.

The return of Willimantic’s Third Thursday Festival this summer, was a return to normalcy for the town after putting them on hold for two years during the pandemic.

A person was hospitalized after police say they were struck by a vehicle in Willimantic. This all unfolded around 3:30 Friday afternoon near the Village Heights Apartments on Cameo Drive. Authorities say they had initially responded to the area to investigate a reported shooting when they learned that a vehicle that was fleeing the scene had struck a person. Police…

Big crowds turned out in Willimantic this past weekend for a Latin Multicultural Music Festival.

A man has been arrested and faces charges in connection to the 2019 overdose death of Khrista Bishop, police said. Officials said they’re arrested William Sonner, whose DNA was found on drugs used by Bishop. During their investigation, authorities determined there was evidence of fentanyl use found at the scene. In 2020, Sonner was arrested for possession with intent to…

Police are investigating after a bullet went through the outside of an occupied apartment in Willimantic on Monday and landed in an interior wall. Officers were called to the Kingswood Apartments around 4 p.m. after getting a report of a shooting. When police arrived, they said they determined that an apartment had been struck by a single bullet. The bullet…

Police are working to identify a vehicle that is believed to have been used during a drive-by shooting in Willimantic over the weekend. Officers were called to the intersection of South Street and Young Street around 1 p.m. on Saturday after getting a report of a possible drive-by shooting. A witness in the area told police that they heard numerous…

Firefighters are responding to a scrap fire in Willimantic. Dispatchers said the fire is on Chapman Street and mutual aid was called to provide station coverage. No injuries are reported. No additional information was immediately available.