Top News

Sunday will mark five years since George Floyd was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis. And for his uncle and others the work to turn their grief into action continues today. “Continued disarray, dysfunction, continued death, oppression. We’ve seen quite a bit of that in the last five years. Has laws changed? Yeah. But will we ever have...

Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport has a new addition –an 11-month-old female red panda named Ponya. She is making her public debut this week in the Natt Family Red Panda Habitat. Ponya made the move from the Detroit Zoo to Connecticut as part of a collaborative effort to ensure the long-term survival of red pandas through carefully managed breeding progr...

After some early sunshine across the state, scattered showers moved in Friday afternoon. Showers are possible after 2 p.m., especially through northern Connecticut. Cool temperatures will persist as we enter Memorial Day weekend. Saturday will be partly sunny with a sprinkle or two while Sunday is brighter and Monday is brightest. Monday’s hi...

A private jet carrying a music talent agent and five others hit a power line in foggy weather early Thursday and crashed into a San Diego neighborhood.

State police have arrested a school paraeducator and basketball coach accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old student in New Fairfield. Police began their investigation into 26-year-old Christopher Fernandes in March after receiving a complaint from two students that Fernandes was sending inappropriate text messages to a different student. The...

A seventh-grade student was arrested in connection with a fire at Washington Middle School in Meriden on Monday. Firefighters responded to the school on North Broad Street around 11:45 a.m. on Monday and found someone had set fire to paper towels in a second-floor girls bathroom. There was a heavy smoke condition in that area of the school, accordi...

Flags from different Asian countries were walked in by students and staff at Connecticut River Academy (CTRA), a Goodwin University magnet school in East Hartford, to kick off the third annual AAPI magnet theme day.  “I love to see that it’s continuing on and the students are actually making a dedication to make it work,” former CTRA stu...

Sunday, June 1 marks the official start to the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season. The season is defined from June 1 to Nov. 30, when tropical systems are most likely to form across the Atlantic Ocean, with the peak of the activity in September. This year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, predicts an above-average season of...

A man who killed his former girlfriend, a mother of three, in her Milford home in 2022 while two of her children were home has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. In March, Ewen Dewitt, 45, accepted a plea deal for 40 years to serve. During Thursday’s sentencing hearing, the court heard from Julie Minogue’s sister, mother and eldest…...

Police officers and firefighters rescued a litter of kittens they found stuck in a drain. The fire department was responding to a call on Tuesday night when a resident told them that it looked like a litter of kittens was stuck in a drain, so firefighters and police officer worked together to free them, police said. The kittens have been…...

Any time heavy rain is on the way, people in Norwich keep a close eye on the Yantic River. After years of devastating floods, business and homeowners are looking for solutions to keep the water out. “We flood many, many times. Back from the ’70s all the way through,” Lori Danis, a commercial building owner, said. She’s no stranger...

Cancer is the leading cause of death for firefighters and their turnout gear has chemicals that have been linked to the disease. Lawmakers are now considering a bill that would help departments replace that gear. The jacket and pants that firefighters wear to fight flames contain PFAs, a class of fluorinated chemicals known as “forever chemicals,” ...