Windsor Locks

Students at Windsor Locks Middle School were sent home at 11:15 a.m. Thursday and will be learning remotely through Nov. 4 after the Windsor Locks Public Schools learned that two members of the school community tested positive for coronavirus. A message from Superintendent Shawn Parkhurst said the last day one affected person was at Windsor Locks Middle School was Oct….

New data from the American Academy of Pediatrics shows a 13-percent increase in children infected over the first two weeks of October.

Gov. Ned Lamont attended a grand opening ceremony Thursday for a new apartment complex in Windsor Locks. The Montgomery Mill apartment complex is a 160-unit building that was once an abandoned factory, according to the governor’s office. It is located on Canal Bank Road and is within walking distance of the train station, which will soon be served by...

Police have arrested a man who is accused of stabbing and killing his mom at their home in Windsor Locks on Monday afternoon. Officers said they received a 911 call from a man, later identified as 29-year-old Kevin Thomas Landry, reporting that he had just killed his mother at their home on John Street around 1 p.m. Police rushed to…

A man has been charged with murder after police say domestic violence led to the death of a woman in Windsor Locks. Police said the suspect called 911 Monday afternoon to report a murder. When officers arrived at the home they found a woman with fatal knife wounds. She was pronounced dead on scene. The suspect was arrested and charged…

An NBC CT Back to School Exclusive: We got a look inside Windsor Locks High School as it prepares to reopen to students.

A suspect wanted in connection with the shooting death of a 16-year-old in Windsor Locks has been extradited back to Connecticut from South Carolina, Windsor Locks police confirmed Tuesday. Officers said 18-year-old Sydney Witchard helped facilitate the meeting between the victim, Elijah Ortega and the murder suspect, 22-year-old Daniel Phillip Baez. Baez is accused of shooting Ortega at Pesci Park…

Saturday marks the start of a new process for travelers coming into Connecticut. The decision was made earlier this week by Governor Ned Lamont in an effort to keep COVID-19 infection rates low. The policy requires any traveler returning from any of the 31 states to fill out a health questionnaire and quarantine for 14 days. The news comes as…

Travelers returning or visiting Connecticut are required to fill out a travel health form if they have traveled to one of the 31 states a part of the state’s travel advisory.

Police have arrested the man suspected in the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy in Windsor Locks last month. Daniel Phillip Baez, 22, of Hartford, was wanted for the shooting death of 16-year-old Elijah Ortega at Pesci Park in Windsor Locks on June 24, according to police. Police said Baez has been on the run since the murder took place….

Windsor Locks police are investigating a bomb threat at a business in town on Sunday. Police said they responded to a bomb threat that the Auto Zone in Dexter Plaza received by phone. The area was evacuated and a police bomb sniffing dog from Hartford responded to the scene, officials added. “No suspicious packages or explosive chemicals were discovered by…

Police have identified a suspect in the shooting death of a 16-year-old Windsor Locks High School student at a park last week. Daniel Phillip Baez, 22, of Hartford, is armed and dangerous, according to Windsor Locks police. Investigators say Baez shot and killed the unarmed teen during an altercation at Pesci Park Wednesday night. Windsor Locks school superintendent Shawn Parkhurst…

A 16-year-old boy is dead after a shooting at a park in Windsor Locks Wednesday night and police said they have “persons of interest” in the case and they are following leads. School officials identified the teen who was killed as Elijah Ortega. a student at Windsor Locks High School, where he was a member of the basketball team “It…

A 16-year-old has been killed in an overnight shooting in Windsor Locks Wednesday.

A Windsor Locks man was able to finally go home after spending more than a month in the hospital and rehab because of COVID-19

The report of newborn from Windsor Locks that tested positive for COVID-19 was not correct, according to First Selectman Chris Kervick. Kervick originally posted a public notice on the town’s website that an infant had tested positive for the disease. On Tuesday, he posted that the patient in question was actually between the ages of 70 and 79. The original…

A passenger who was on an incoming flight to Bradley International Airport and had flu-like symptoms was taken to the hospital on Saturday. Firefighters responded to a medical call onboard a Spirit Airlines flight around 11:45 a.m. after getting a report of a passenger with mild flu-like symptoms, Connecticut Airport Authority officials said. The passenger, described by state police as…

The Connecticut Department of Transportation has received a grant to build a new Hartford-Line train station in Windsor Locks. Governor Ned Lamont announced the $17.4 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration on Saturday. The new station will be about a mile north of the existing Hartford Line station. It’s also part of a larger transit-oriented development project in historic…

Windsor Locks police are looking to identify the suspect in a bank robbery. Police said around 1:37 p.m. Monday a male suspect entered the People’s United Bank at 20 Main St. and displayed a note demanding cash. No one was hurt during the robbery, police said. The suspect is described as male and walking with a limp. He was wearing…