Windsor Locks

Police are searching for a man who is wanted by Connecticut State Police for escape and may be armed after he eluded officers during a pursuit in Windsor Locks on Tuesday. Officers attempted to conduct a vehicle stop on a gray 2019 Subaru Impreza with a Connecticut license plate of BH27022 that was being driven by 37-year-old Bruce Michaud. As…

Connecticut State Police have arrested a man who is accused of driving over 130 miles per hour while trying to elude a trooper on Interstate 91 last month. A trooper was conducting traffic enforcement on I-91 north in the Windsor Locks area on Tuesday, March 21, when he saw a dark-colored Dodge Challenge driving erratically and aggressively. According to state…

The Serta Simmons Bedding plant in Windsor Locks is closing and 157 employees will be affected. The company, SSB Manufacturing, has notified the state Department of Labor that it will be closing the plant at 100 D. Neil Hagen Drive. The company said in a letter that the closure is expected to happen over time with the final plant closure…

The woman who died on a flight diverted to Bradley Airport after experiencing turbulence earlier this month died of blunt injuries to the head, neck, body, and extremities, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The incident happened March 3. The Bombardier executive jet was heading from Keene, New Hampshire to Leesburg, Virginia when it experienced severe turbulence…

A man is facing several charges after police say he made two bomb threats towards two Windsor Locks schools earlier this year. 41-year-old Dahari Martin of Windsor Locks is facing two counts each of act of terrorism, threatening, breach of peace, and falsely reporting an incident. Police say Martin had called in two bomb threats back in mid-February to the…

The man found guilty of shooting a man in the hallway of a Windsor Locks apartment building has been sentenced to 50 years in prison, according to Hartford State’s Attorney Sharmese L. Walcott.

Federal officials are investigating a passenger’s death after a private plane made an emergency landing at Bradley International Airport.

Federal officials are investigating a passenger’s death after a private plane made an emergency landing at Bradley International Airport. The National Transportation Safety Board says the plane experienced severe turbulence just minutes after takeoff. A Bombardier Challenger 300 business jet is the focus of the NTSB investigation. The agency now says a passenger died due to injuries from a “severe…

A passenger on a plane that was diverted to Bradley International Airport after a medical emergency on Friday has died and the National Transportation Safety Board said it was related to turbulence.

A man and woman have been sentenced to prison on manslaughter charges in connection to the death of a Windsor Locks man several years ago. Police said 51-year-old Michael Keene was found dead in a plastic storage bin in his home in November 2018. The State’s Attorney’s Office said the man’s daughter and her boyfriend pleaded guilty to accessory...

Windsor Locks Police have charged a 17-year-old with kidnapping after he allegedly stole a car with a 5-year-old inside several months ago. Authorities said the incident happened on July 9, 2022, at the Pride gas station on Ella Grasso Turnpike. Responding officers learned that a woman’s 5-year-old son was taken during a car theft at about 9 a.m. A few…

Students at Windsor Locks High School were sent home for the day after a bomb threat was found written on a bathroom wall Monday morning. The police department said the threat was found written on a bathroom wall of the high school at about 8:15 a.m. The threat suggested that a bomb would go off at 2:15 p.m. As a…

Students in Windsor Locks were sent home early Friday after bomb threats were called in to two of the town’s elementary schools.

All Windsor Locks schools have been closed Friday and students have been sent home due to bomb threats, according to police. Police said a bomb threat was called into the North Street School at 10:44 a.m. and the school was placed in lockdown, then the school was evacuated. Erring on the side of caution, students were dismissed, police said. Around…

Leaps & Bones introduce a unique, family-friendly event coming to the New England Air Museum on Saturday, February 11, 2023.  The Paws to Planes event will feature three local animal shelters with many furry friends for you to meet and consider adopting. The event will include local artisans, live music, and food vendors.  The New England Air Museum admission to…

A fire truck was struck while at an unrelated crash on Interstate 91 south in Windsor Locks on Wednesday morning.

A fire truck was struck while at an unrelated crash on Interstate 91 south in Windsor Locks on Wednesday morning. State police said the fire truck was blocking the right and right center lanes of four just before exit 38 after a crash. The fire truck was parked and unoccupied when it was struck around 4 a.m. by a Suffield…

One person is injured after a wrong-way crash on Interstate 91 south in Windsor Locks on New Year’s Eve. State police said 37-year-old Calvin Ennis, of Hartford, was traveling northbound in the southbound lane of I-91 near exit 40 around 5:30 a.m. According to state police, Ennis was in the right lane going the wrong way when he collided with…

An exciting event honoring three pilots who not only fought the Germans, but also fought prejudice and discrimination at home is about to get underway in Windsor Locks as the New England Air Museum continues to build a brand-new exhibit honoring their service. “An Evening with the Tuskegee Airmen” is a fundraiser for that new exhibit and will feature three…

An exciting event is scheduled to get underway Saturday evening to honor three surviving airmen who not only fought Germans, but also fought prejudice and discrimination at home.