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Warming centers are opening their doors across the state amid cold temperatures Friday night. Low temps around 20 degrees are expected, with wind chills in the teens. Temperatures will remain low overnight and through Saturday morning. By the afternoon, temperatures will rise to around 40 degrees. There is possibility of snow Saturday night. A coat...

In January of 2025, Hartford hockey will hit the 50-year milestone. We spoke with those who brought the team to Hartford all those years ago. Hockey fans in Connecticut are familiar with the Hartford Wolf Pack. Fifty years ago, it was the Hartford Whalers. Celebrations are now underway to celebrate this special milestone. When you think of the whal...

Cub Scout Pack 65 in Coventry is looking to recover after their storage building was broken into, leaving the scouts surprised and upset. “They wouldn’t expected someone to come in and steal from them. You know, they’re young kids,” troop leader Brad Manning said. “We always try and teach them a scout is trustworthy and you know this kind...

Tuition will not go up for Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) next year because of a recently-approved tuition freeze. The Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education voted to freeze tuition for all four state universities, Connecticut State Community College and Charter Oak State College during the 2025-26 academic year. “Thi...

A man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a massage parlor worker during an armed robbery in West Haven earlier this year. West Haven police said they responded to a massage parlor in town on Aug. 18 after an armed robbery was reported. Responding officers learned that a worker was alone when the doorbell rang. She went to the&#8230...

Police are looking for the suspect they say shot and killed a man in Waterbury in June. Officers responded to the shooting on Washington Street around 12:15 a.m. on June 4. They found 30-year-old Robert Baez, of Waterbury, suffering from a gunshot wound. Baez later died at the hospital. On Friday, police identified 25-year-old Angel Rodriguez as a ...

Emotions were high on Friday for a big welcome home. “So excited that I might actually fall to the ground,” Lilly Jaremback, of East Lyme, said. “I’ve been waiting for this day to come, 189 days ago,” Jessica McCosker, of New London, said. After being on deployment for six months, U.S. Navy sailors on the USS Virginia submarine made...

Trumbull and Milford police are investigating after receiving reports of more than 45 car break-ins Thursday night. Authorities said all of the cars had their windows smashed. There were about 20 car break-ins in Trumbull and more than 25 break-ins in Milford, respectively. Police said there were similar break-ins reported in other towns, too. Auth...

If you have travel plans over the next few days, you’ll want to hear this.  Nearly one million people in Connecticut are hitting the road to travel for the holidays, and tens of thousands of people will be flying out of the state’s two major airports. Tweed New Haven Airport was buzzing to start the day Friday, but settled......

A man has been arrested for allegedly posing as a contractor and taking money for work he never completed in New Fairfield, police said. State police said they arrested a New York man who posed as a general contractor and collected $265,000 from homeowners who hired him to complete renovations. He was arrested for first-degree larceny in New York o...

Students at Haddam-Killingworth High School raised more than $10,000 at their annual holiday telethon. The 36th annual HKTV Holiday Show took place Friday morning from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., and the three-hour telethon was fully student-run. “Yesterday, we had a run sheet day, so we basically find all of the content that we’ve created — everyone’...

Firefighters rescued a worker who was trapped thigh-high in a trench and suffering from hypothermia in Stamford on Friday morning. Firefighters responded to a home on Hampton Lane around 8:50 a.m. after a worker became trapped in a collapsed trench, according to the fire department. When they arrived, they found a man who was buried up to his thigh...

Meriden police have arrested a suspect in the murder of a 28-year-old woman on the town green in July. Trevor Smith, 42, was arrested on Friday and charged with the murder of Beth Ndwiga, according to Meriden police. They said they arrested him on Friday with assistance from the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force and the West Haven Police...