Windsor Locks

A plane with a landing gear issue landed gear up at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks on Thursday. Airport officials said a Piper Aerostar aircraft with two people onboard reported a landing gear issue around 1:12 p.m. The aircraft later landed gear up at Bradley International Airport at approximately 1:35 p.m., the airport said. There are no reported injuries….

Windsor Locks police are investigating the deaths of two Suffield residents found on Christmas Day as a murder-suicide. Police said they received a 911 call just before 6 p.m. reporting a murder-suicide on Dale Street and found a man and a woman. They were pronounced dead at 6:10 p.m. Police have identified the two people as 59-year-old John Liquori and…

The National Transportation Safety Board has released information they’ve gathered in their ongoing investigation into the B17 plane crash that happened in Windsor Locks last year. The WWII-era bomber crashed at Bradley International Airport in October of 2019. Seven people were killed and seven others were injured. The information released by the National Transportation Safety Board Wednesday does not give…

A 76-year-old man has died after a fire in Windsor Locks on Sunday afternoon. Police said officers and firefighters responded to 94 Woodcock Court at 2:50 p.m. after receiving reports of fire and found 76-year-old David Lingua deceased on the outside porch area. He suffered from burns, police said. The state fire marshal responded and the medical examiner will conduct…

This week, Bradley International Airport saw an increase in passengers for the first time since March. One reason for the uptick in traffic is due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Colleen Petersen and her husband are erring on the side of caution. The couple immediately got a COVID-19 test after landing at the airport. “We’d rather be safe than sorry...

There are long lines at airports across the country as millions of travelers head home for the holidays despite warnings from health officials. The travel wave is also making for long lines at testing centers. A new coronavirus drive-thru testing center is opening at Bradley International Airport on Monday. Hartford Healthcare is opening the drive-thru site in Parking Lot 3…

A new coronavirus drive-thru testing center is opening at Bradley International Airport on Monday.

Many people are scrambling to get tested for COVID-19 before gathering with family including those arriving at Bradley International Airport on Sunday.

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…