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The possibility of elevated lead exposure at a state police firearms range in Simsbury has caused the suspension of live firearms training. Connecticut State Police said they instituted a “Safety Standdown” at the Firearms Training Unit and Range Facility on Nod Road effective April 4. Authorities said they took these steps because of p...

We have two chances to see snowflakes accumulate across a few Connecticut towns – one early Friday morning and again Saturday morning. Early Friday morning, we could see up to two inches of snow accumulation in our highest elevations of northern Connecticut. Most spots will get a coating to an inch in the lower hill towns. Showers will linger...

Southbury Town Hall just announced their new four-day workweek pilot program will start June. 1. Town employees will be working the same number of hours weekly, but with new times. The town said the four-day work week will allow residents to have access to services in the evenings. Employee and public feedback is welcome as the pilot program runs i...

Preparations are underway for the victory parade and rally for the national champion UConn women’s basketball team. “Congratulations, UConn. You guys rock. The best. And I love ya,” Terry Starks, Hartford’s Proud Drill, Drum & Dance Corp, said. There was excitement among Hartford’s Proud Drill, Drum and Dance Corp which will take part in the vi...

A 17-year-old girl was shot in Hartford on Thursday afternoon, according to police. It happened around 3:15 p.m. in the area of 721 Park Street. Police said the girl was conscious and alert and was taken to the hospital to be treated for what were described as non-life-threatening injuries. The teen was not the intended target, police said. The Har...

The state is starting fires in specific locations to help the environment. It’s all part of the state’s prescribed burn program and they allowed us access to observe the work being done. Conditions had to be perfect, and Thursday morning, a window opened for the group to burn in specific sections along the Massachusetts border in Suffield. This was...

State police are investigating after human remains were found in Danielson on Wednesday afternoon. State police said troopers from Troop D responded to Woodward Street around 4:24 p.m. Eastern District Major Crimes Detectives responded as well. State police said the investigation is in the early stages and it is still very active. No additional inf...

Police continue to investigate a hit-and-run in East Haven that sent a pedestrian to the hospital and they said they have found the vehicle that hit the victim. The person was struck on Foxon Road, near Mill Street, on Tuesday night and remains hospitalized in stable condition, according to police. After the crash, East Haven police said they were ...

April 15 is the last day to file your taxes. If you need assistance, a Connecticut coalition is available and free of charge to residents. Since its inception, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) has returned more than $15million in tax refunds and credits to communities across the state.    Eric Harrison, the president and CEO of United Way of ...

Police have identified a suspect in the death of a man who was found near the parking lot at Brass Mill Center Mall in Waterbury in November and he will be arraigned on Thursday. Officers found 57-year-old Paul Barillaro, of Waterbury, in a secluded outdoor area near the mall around 2:25 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23 when they responded to…...

A mother and her 8-year-old daughter were killed in a fire in a three-family home on Otis Street in Norwich overnight. The fire started just before 1 a.m. Thursday, spread through the second and third floors and caused the roof to collapse. Norwich firefighters were dispatched at 12:58 a.m. and arrived 10 minutes later. The delay was due to a&#8230...

Interstate 95 South has reopened in West Haven after a truck rolled over, but a ramp remains closed. I-95 South was closed between exits 44 and 43 and exit 43 off-ramp remains closed. There were miles of delays on the northbound side of the highway as well, but those have cleared. I-95 North was congested for more than five-and-a-half miles…...

Parts of Connecticut could get some April snow overnight Thursday and into Friday morning. Our StormTracker meteorologists are tracking the possibility for some snow accumulation in the northwest and northeast hills. Temperatures dropped overnight, which could lead to frosty spots in parts of the state Thursday morning. High temperatures are expect...

The large fall and rise we’ve seen with the stock market from the news of tariffs has given whiplash for people holding retirement accounts. So what should you do with that money, especially if you’re getting close to retirement? “I want to check for better solutions to make the money grow,” Jason Caraballo, of Hartford, said. “I don’t want......