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A somber procession took place Friday afternoon to escort fallen Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier to a funeral home in Southington. The Connecticut State Police Traffic Services Unit led the escort from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Farmington. TFC Pelletier was conducting a traffic stop on I-84 East near Exit 31 in Southington Thu...

State police have arrested the man who is accused of hitting and killing Connecticut State Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier on Interstate 84 in Southington on Thursday, then leaving the scene. Alex Oyola-Sanchez, 44, of Hartford, has been charged with manslaughter in the second degree, operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol, evading r...

An imposter scam is targeting Connecticut credential holders in an attempt to steal their personal information, according to the Department of Consumer Protection. They are issuing a warning to people who could be affected. The scam appears to target all holders of a license, permit, registration, or other type of credential issued by the state of ...

Five years have passed since Jennifer Dulos, a mother of five, disappeared. Police have searched the state, from her home in New Canaan to Farmington, where her estranged husband lived, and beyond, but they have not located her. Last year, a probate judge declared Jennifer legally dead. Her family and friends marked the fifth year without her by is...

A 38-year-old man who was stabbed in Hartford on Thursday night has died. Police said 911 calls started coming in to respond to New Britain Avenue because of a large a fight and officers arrived at the scene around 8:25 p.m. to find William Jemison, of Hartford, unresponsive. He had what appeared to be a puncture wound, police said. People…...

Michelle Troconis has been sentenced to serve 14-and-a-half years in prison for her role in the disappearance and presumed murder of Jennifer Dulos. Judge Kevin Randolph sentenced Troconis on Friday to 20 years, with execution suspended after 14-and-a-half years. Her sentencing comes five years and one week after Jennifer Dulos disappeared after dr...

Friday started out as a beautiful day with morning sunshine and we will have puffy clouds in the afternoon. We are in for a pleasant day of weather with high temperatures in the 70s. As the weekend begins, Saturday will be beautiful, sunny and in the 80s. Temperatures will stay in the 80s on Sunday and Monday and it will…

A motorcyclist is in critical condition after colliding with a car on Whalley Avenue in New Haven on Thursday afternoon. Police said the crash happened around 1:21 p.m. in the area of Whaley Avenue and Dayton Street. Officers who responded found the motorcyclist, a 41-year-old New Haven man, unresponsive. He was transported to Yale-New Haven Hospit...

A new mural honoring award-winning novelist Toni Morrison, Connecticut’s first female governor Ella Grasso and the first Latina university president in New England Elsa Nunez was unveiled in Willimantic on Thursday. “Deeply touched that the community honored me in this way,” says Nunez. “It’s like I’m leaving, but I’m not. The community has validat...

Local and state leaders raised the Pride flag outside Middletown City Hall as part of the city’s annual kick off to Pridefest. “Pridefest is absolutely incredible. We are largest Pride parade in the State of Connecticut, said Christopher Forte, founder and lead organizer of Middletown Pride. “You know, we at Middletown Pride alway...

First responders in Connecticut and state and elected officials are offering their condolences after a state trooper was killed on Interstate 84 in Southington on Thursday. Governor Ned Lamont has directed all U.S. and state flags to be lowered to half-staff in honor of Connecticut State Police Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier. Trooper Pelletier...

A veteran Connecticut State Trooper was killed in the line of duty on Thursday afternoon when he was struck on Interstate 84 by a driver who left the scene, according to state police. State Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier was a nine-year veteran of the Connecticut State Police and a member of the 125th Training Troop, state police said. He&#823...

A Connecticut state trooper was killed on Interstate 84 in Southington Thursday afternoon, according to state police. Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier was conducting a traffic stop on I-84 East near Exit 31 just after 2:30 p.m. when he was hit by a vehicle and killed, according to state police. According to state police, Trooper Pelletier was wo...

A rare double-stemmed “corpse flower” is almost ready to bloom at Eastern Connecticut State University, according to the school. The Titan arum, or Amorphophallus titanium, is known as the “corpse flower” because it smells like rotting human flesh as it blooms. Its odor can also smell like feces or rotting fish, according to...