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Firefighters are battling a brush fire on Upper Maple Street in Dayville. The Dayville Fire Company said several fire departments are providing mutual aid and they are asking people to be cautious in the area and seek other routes. They are asking people with personal drone to avoid the area as crews work to put out the fire. The East…...

Several birds died in a house fire in Norwalk on Sunday morning. Firefighters responded to a fire on Lockwood Lane at 2:51 a.m. on Sunday and the initial reports were that one resident was trying to get back inside the burning residence, according to the fire department. The firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the first floor and fire in&#82...

The jury is going to begin deliberating on Monday afternoon after closing arguments were delivered in the trial of Jose Morales, the man who is accused of killing his girlfriend, the mother of his missing daughter, in her Ansonia home in December 2019. Morales has been charged with the murder of Christine Holloway five years ago and tampering with ...

Three months after the first Earth Day was celebrated, a group of 8th grade boys and their camp counselors canoed down the entire Connecticut River. They were known as the Becket Adventurers of 1970, led by Mr. Sidney DuPont, a math teacher at Becket Academy in East Haddam. Sylvester Salcedo, now residing in Orange, was 13 years old and a…...

Police have identified the four people who were killed in a multi-vehicle crash in Newington on Saturday. Firefighters said the crash happened on Willard Avenue at Greenlawn Avenue around 9 a.m. According to police, three vehicles were involved in the crash and four people were pronounced dead. Police identified the four people who died as 17-year-...

Gov. Ned Lamont is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut be flown at half-staff effective immediately in honor of Pope Francis, who died at the age of 88, and remain lowered until sunset on the date of interment, which has not yet been determined. Local lawmakers and churches are reacting to the death of Pope Francis, who died after…...

A Mega Millions ticket sold in Connecticut won $30,000 on Friday night, according to the CT Lottery website. The winning numbers were 5-13-15-17-28 and the Mega Ball was 1. The ticket that won $30,000 matched four numbers and the Mega Ball and it had a megaplier. No information has been released on where the ticket was sold. The one ticket…...

One Cash5 ticket won $100,000 on Saturday. The winning numbers were 6-10-13-19-23. The ticket was sold at Krauszer’s Food Store at 377 Campbell Ave. in West Haven. This was the 12th Cash5 jackpot win this year and the third jackpot-winning ticket that was sold in West Haven. The winner has until Oct. 16 to redeem the ticket.

A fire destroyed a home and sparked a brush fire in Warren over the weekend. Firefighters from Washington responded to Warren on Sunday around 2:15 p.m. to help with a structure fire. According to fire officials, crews from Warren and neighboring towns worked to contain the flames, which destroyed the house and sparked a 1.7 acre brush fire. It too...

We’re learning more about some of the victims in Saturday’s deadly in crash in Newington. That crash killing four people, three of them from the same family, which included a Newington high school student. “They were always helping, always smiling, always helping in everything,” Jose Balbuena, a member of St. Mary Church, said. Members of St. Mary ...

An argument led to a person getting stabbed in New Haven early Sunday morning, according to police. Officers were called to Ellsworth Avenue and Elm Street around 1:45 a.m. Once there, police said they found a 27-year-old West Haven resident being treated. The person was later transported to the hospital where their injuries were determined to be n...

A child was struck during a multi-vehicle crash in Hartford on Saturday. The collision happened on Vine Street. According to police, multiple cars were involved in a crash and one of them hit a child. The child was transported to the hospital. Their injuries are unknown at this time. The car that hit the child remained at the scene and…...

A New Haven police officer was injured after their cruiser was hit by a driver who fled early Sunday morning. According to police, an officer was traveling east on George Street near Church Street around 3 a.m. As the officer proceeded through the intersection with a green light, investigators said the officer was hit by a white BMW. The officer&#8...