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Eversource 37 mins ago

Here's what Eversource's credit downgrade could mean for customers

Could your electric bill be going up yet again? That’s what some of the state’s utility companies are saying after their credit ratings were downgraded. There’s frustration for many when it comes to e...

Stratford 45 mins ago

Stratford police detective in need of kidney transplant
New Haven 2 hours ago

Former Yale New Haven Hospital nurse says he tampered with and stole medicine

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politics 5 hours ago

Groups try to influence legislature over fiscal guardrails

A new report from the Connecticut Project Action Fund Wednesday suggests lawmakers look at relaxing some of the state’s fiscal guardrails. Vice President of Advocacy and External Affairs Melvin Medina...
New England Patriots 2 hours ago

UNC taps Bill Belichick as new head coach to ‘evolve, compete and win'

Bill Belichick is about to lead the University of North Carolina’s football program as its new head coach, per multiple reports.
Danbury 6 hours ago

Woman escapes from prison in Danbury but police find her 45 minutes later

A woman serving time for a gun charge and setting fire to an Alabama church in 2021 managed to escape from a federal prison in Danbury for about 45 minutes before being captured, prison authorities sa...

Haddam 2 hours ago

Children rescued from school bus trapped under live wire

A school bus with more a dozen kids inside was trapped underneath a live wire in Haddam Wednesday evening, according to fire officials. The Haddam Fire Department said firefighters responded to Maple Avenue West just after 4 p.m. A primary line fell on top of the bus, trapping 13 students and the driver, fire officials said. The incident happened a...
New Haven 5 hours ago

New Haven food pantry helps hundreds before the holidays

Four-hundred people in New Haven received free boxes of food and hygiene necessities on Wednesday. “One in eight people in New Haven are food insecure,” said Loaves and Fishes Executive Director Lorrice Grant. “Food insecurity is so prevalent in our city. Every week we’re feeding hundreds and hundreds of people.” The event was hosted by Loaves and ...
Health & Wellness 5 hours ago

Jefferson Radiology patients are seeing longer-than-normal wait times

If you need an MRI, CT scan or an ultrasound, it may take some time to get your results. Some patients who go to Jefferson Radiology are waiting longer than they would like to get their medical imaging results. We spoke with Barbara Barry, a relative of one of our employees, who experienced these delays. “It took three weeks for…
Waterbury 7 hours ago

Man arrested on many charges after hitting police cruisers, parked cars in Waterbury

A man has been arrested on a slew of charges after crashing into multiple police cruisers and parked cars after fleeing from officers in Waterbury. The police department said a 22-year-old was taken into custody after police tried to serve an outstanding warrant around 9 a.m. on Friday. Authorities responded to an apartment on Grove Street, where t...
Colchester 6 hours ago

Crews respond to propane leak in Colchester

Emergency crews responded to Old Hartford Road in Colchester for a large propane tank leak on Wednesday afternoon. The leak happened in the 300 block of Old Hartford Road. People were being asked to stay away from the area, but the scene has since been cleared. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) said the tank started off-g...
New Britain 9 hours ago

New Britain offering free 2-hour parking at some downtown meters during holiday season

New Britain is offering free parking in parts of downtown for the holiday, according to Mayor Erin Stewart. Starting Dec. 16, the city will allow free two-hour parking at parking meters on Main Street, West Main Street, Arch Street, Broad Street, and those inside the Badolato parking garage. The Blogoslawski/Courthouse and Szczensy parking garages ...
New Haven 10 hours ago

Pedestrian injured in hit-and-run in New Haven: police

New Haven police are investigating a hit-and-run that injured a pedestrian on Tuesday night. The person was struck on Whalley Avenue by Sherman Avenue around 11:29 p.m. and the driver left the scene, police said. Investigators are trying to identify the driver who hit the person. Officials said the pedestrian was not in a crosswalk and the injuries...
Brookfield 11 hours ago

Driver punched 78-year-old after ramming car during road-rage incident in Brookfield: police

State police have arrested a man who is accused of ramming into a 78-year-old man’s car and punching him in the face during a road-rage incident in Brookfield. It happened on Saturday morning, around 11:44 a.m. on Route 7 South near Exit 11, state police said. Then the driver got onto Interstate 84. The victim told police that he had…
Woodbury 13 hours ago

Power outage affecting two schools in Woodbury

One school in Woodbury is closed Wednesday and another dismissed early because of a power outage. Mitchell Elementary School is closed and Woodbury Middle School had an emergency dismissal for students beginning at 8:30 a.m. The buses started picking students up from Woodbury Middle School at 8:30 a.m. The Region 14 School Department said Nonnewaug...
Crime and Courts 4 hours ago

Alex Jones keeps Infowars for now after judge rejects The Onion's winning auction bid

A federal judge in Texas rejected the auction sale of Alex Jones’ Infowars to The Onion satirical news outlet, criticizing the bidding for the conspiracy theory platform as flawed as well as how much money families of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary shooting stood to receive. The decision late Tuesday night is a victory for Jones, whose Infowars sit...
CT Lottery 15 hours ago

Cash5 ticket won $100,000 Tuesday night

There was a $100,000 Cash5 winner in Connecticut on Tuesday night. The winning numbers were 3-6-8-18-20 and the ticket was sold at Sam`s News at 60 Access Road in Stratford, according to the CT Lottery. The winner has until June 8 to claim it. There is one other Cash5 jackpot-winning ticket out there that has not been claimed and...
Old Saybrook 11 hours ago

Loaded car carrier catches on fire under overpass on I-95 North in Old Saybrook

A fire on a car carrier closed Interstate 95 North in Old Saybrook on Wednesday morning and traffic getting by again. State police said a loaded car carrier caught on fire underneath the I-95 overpass and the fire spread to cars on the carrier itself. The highway was closed between exits 65 and 66, according to CTRoads. It has since…
Hartford 5 hours ago

Underground electrical fire caused thousands of power outages in Hartford

An underground electrical fire in Hartford on Wednesday morning knocked out power for thousands and Hartford Hospital was operating on generator power. An underground electrical vault fire on Elm Street around 3:30 a.m. knocked out power to around 9,000 Eversource customers. “It appears there was an issue with customer-owned underground elect...
UConn 16 hours ago

UConn Board of Trustees to vote on closing three programs on campus

The University of Connecticut Board of Trustees is voting to formally close three academic programs on campus on Wednesday. Others may be suspended or consolidated. This comes two months after the Board of Trustees said they were reviewing 70 majors, specifically looking at those with low graduation rates. In October when they first announced it, t...

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