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What’s the deal with the cloudy, cold weather?! We’ve been getting a lot of questions about when we will get a drier, warmer stretch of weather. The answer is a little complicated. The reason it has been so cloudy lately is due to a slow-moving jet stream. The weather pattern this past weekend featured what’s known as a “blo...

Connecticut saw a 6% jump in the number of childcare seats available to families over the last year, a new report from the United Way of Connecticut found. The report also found 20% of authorized childcare seats still aren’t being fully utilized, something United Way said signals the need for more action. “So we know there’s more to be done…...

Members of a Connecticut-based company that ships cheese overseas are in Washington, D.C. this week to talk about the impact of tariffs.  Cynthia Liu, the managing director of Orange Cheese Co., is there attending the annual meeting of the U.S. Dairy Export Council on Tuesday. Since 2014, the company has shipped cheese and other dairy products...

The CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) said a large sewage spill in the Connecticut River has been temporarily repaired. People were advised to avoid parts of the Connecticut River after hundreds of thousands of gallons of sewage spilled into it on Thursday. DEEP officials said a major sewage line break was reported in East...

Husky nation will pour into the capitol city on Saturday to celebrate the national champions. “We are so proud of the UConn women, winning in such dominant fashion,” Mayor Arunan Arulampalam (D-Hartford) said. For the third consecutive year, there will be a victory parade in Hartford. The UConn men’s basketball team won the NCAA championship the la...

The man who crashed into a police cruiser, killing a Hartford police detective, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and other charges on Tuesday. Richard Barrington, 20, was fleeing other police officers during a traffic stop when he struck the cruiser on Asylum Avenue that was responding to a different call on the night of Sept. 6, 2023. The crash kill...

A funeral owner from Coventry is facing charges for allegedly stealing money from several clients and using it to gamble, according to an arrest warrant. Philip Pietras, 51, allegedly took thousands of dollars from at least eight clients over the span of several years. An investigation started in October 2024. Pietras Funeral Home worked with agenc...

A Connecticut woman was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison for firing a gun several times in the lobby of a police department, where an officer fired back but bulletproof glass prevented anyone from getting hurt. Suzanne Laprise walked into the Bristol police department in October 2023 distraught, under the influence of alcohol, and carrying a...

Seven Walgreens stores in Connecticut are slated to close in the next two months, according to the company’s website. Walgreens website lists these seven stores will close: “We will continue to execute our previously announced turnaround plan aimed at stabilizing the retail pharmacy, including our footprint optimization program. Increased reg...

Waterbury police are investigating a report that a bullet was found in a classroom at Gilmartin Elementary School on Friday afternoon. They said a bullet was safely recovered, officers searched the school and they found no threat to students, staff or the public. Waterbury police started the investigation just after 3:30 p.m. on Friday following a ...

A boat that was heading from Connecticut to North Carolina and was feared missing has been found and everyone on board is safe. The U.S. Coast Guard said there were three people aboard, and the boat had not arrived at its destination. The U.S. Coast Guard D1 Command Center said the boat “Hot Chocolate,” which left New Haven, Connecticut,...

A 42-year-old bicyclist was killed in a crash in Hartford on Monday night and police are looking for the driver who hit him. Officers found Nicholas Thompson, of Hartford, unresponsive in the road when they responded to the area of 2155 Main St. around 7:31 p.m. He was taken to the hospital, where he died, police said. Based on the…

Police have identified two men who were killed in a shooting in New Haven on Monday night. Police officers responded to the area of Goffe Street and Winter Street around 9:50 p.m. when they received reports that people had been shot and they found a 49-year-old New Haven man and a 39-year-old Hamden man unresponsive in the street, police said&#8230...

We had more scattered showers, rain and some snow squalls that had no iimpact on Tuesday morning. Then we have partial clearing with a strong gusty wind developing. The northwest winds will be between 20 and 40 miles per hour with a few higher gusts. Temperatures will only be between the high 30s and low-40s on Tuesday. Then it will…