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How’s this for teamwork? Former UConn women’s basketball player Nika Muhl tallied one more assist for former teammate and fellow Husky Olivia Nelson-Ododa earlier this month. Nelson-Ododa, who plays for the Connecticut Sun, was set to debut her new brand, Kayelise Beauty at Paris Fashion Week, only there was a problem: she plays in China duri...

The funeral for a Yale police officer who died last week after a medical episode was held on Wednesday. The funeral service for Officer Gregory Swiantek was at the Toyota Oakdale Theater at 95 South Turnpike Road in Wallingford at noon. Swiantek joined the Yale Police force in 2007 and served in various roles. He was a community engagement officer,...

Universities like UConn and Yale are constantly doing research and clinical trials with the goal of improving our health, and much of that is funded through federal grants which are threatened with cuts. At Yale School of Medicine, clinical trials are being done to test a vaccine to help treat kidney cancer. “The idea of basically harnessing the bo...

A popular Connecticut amusement park will soon have a new owner. Herschend and Parques Reunidos signed an agreement to acquire all of Palace Entertainment U.S. properties, which will include Lake Compounce. Herschend is a privately-owned company that operates several theme parks across the country, including Dollywood. Palace Entertainment has over...

A man has been arrested for allegedly driving the wrong way on Interstate 84 in Farmington while under the influence, troopers said. Connecticut State Police said a detection system notified them that of a wrong-way driver at Exit 37 on I-84. It happened just before 5 a.m. on Saturday. The man was seen driving west onto the eastbound side of…...

Two Connecticut businesses are ranked under the the world’s 50 most innovative companies of 2025. Budderfly in Shelton is ranked 25 on the list. According to Fast Company, the company takes over customers’ utility bills, uses AI to monitor energy use and pays for the facilities upgrades. The company helps with energy reduction for compa...

Right now, a jury is deciding if two former New Milford police detectives violated Ricky Birch’s rights to a fair trial. Birch, now 58, was wrongfully convicted of murder in his teens, spending most of his adult life behind bars. If found liable, Birch’s lawyers are asking for more than $50 million in damages. That amounts to $5,000 a day…...

The sister-in-law of a Bridgeport man who was killed and cannibalized by another Bridgeport man spoke out against the state’s decision to allow the man back into society. Talitha Frazier is the sister-in-law of Angel “Tun Tun” Gonzalez. She referred to Gonzalez’s killer as a “menace to society.”  In December 2011, Tyree Smith confessed to havi...

The FBI has increased travel warnings for those heading abroad for spring break. This comes after a student disappeared in Punta Cana. We spoke with Kenneth Gray, a lecturer at the University of New Haven, about the increase in alerts from the FBI. “Two weeks ago, a student down in the Dominican Republic disappeared,” Gray said. Officials said Sudi...

As NBC Connecticut continues to dig into the case of a man who claims he was held captive by his stepmother inside a Waterbury home for 20 years, we’re hearing from former classmates of the victim who are sharing their memories of him. Louis Collette remembers asking about the man, then a young student at the now-closed Barnard Elementary School&#8...

A Milford high school basketball coach has been arrested after he allegedly pushed a victim during practice last month. Police said Joseph Meade, 67, turned himself into police on Feb. 28. He is facing a breach of peace charge. Milford Public Schools said Meade, who is the boy’s junior varsity basketball coach at Foran High School, has also b...

In April, Meriden will swear in its 21st fire chief. Cristina Schoeck has been named as the replacement for current fire chief Ken Morgan, who has been with the department since 2013. “About a year ago she became a clear individual that I think would be perfect for taking over this department,” said Morgan. “She’s a smart, dedicated individual.......

The stepfather of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in a go-kart crash in Meriden last year pleaded no contest to two counts of first-degree reckless endangerment on Tuesday, according to court officials. Steven Stolfi was originally charged with two counts of risk of injury to a child after his stepson, Adrian, was killed in Kronenberger Park in Mer...