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A toy sold at Ocean State Job Lot locations in Connecticut is being recalled because it poses a choking hazard to children. The Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) is warning the public to avoid a toy that contains small parts. The Little Tikes Wood Lacing Shapes, which is manufactured by Creative Kids Far East Inc., has been banned by DCP&#823...

A firefighter has died after being hit by a vehicle in Portland on Wednesday night, police said. The police department responded to a reported pedestrian crash across from the police station in the 200 block of Main Street around 6:20 p.m. The firefighter was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, according to police. He was later pronounced ...

A person is injured after their car went into the Connecticut River in Cromwell Wednesday evening. The police department said they were called to River Road just before 5 p.m. Responding officers said a car went into the river, and the driver was found walking on the road. They were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, according to police&#82...

A scathing audit outlined spending by several top Connecticut State College and Universities officials that appeared to be for private use. “It was a lax attitude toward the use of taxpayer dollars,” said Comptroller Sean Scanlon, who released the audit Wednesday.   The findings prompted calls from Gov. Ned Lamont and lawmakers from both parti...

The holiday season is upon us. And that means a lot of giving and receiving gifts. But those gifts do not always end up in the right hands. We spoke with Ruby Russell, someone who had her package stolen by so-called “porch pirates.” She said she had two Apple Watches stolen from her last year. “They were delivered to my…

“It is always humbling to come back and be in the same gym,” The Leadership University Inc. CEO Anthony Ireland said. Ireland made his mark at Crosby High School. With the Bulldogs, Ireland won a basketball state championship in 2008. During his high school career, he scored nearly 1,500 points. He was also recently inducted into the Crosby Sports ...

A sophomore student at Southern Connecticut State University is giving back this holiday season in a unique way. Ella Bernegger started Guiding Eyes Puppy Raising at SCSU to bring people together while addressing the demand for service dogs. “There are visually impaired and blind people waiting for these dogs for years,” Bernegger said. She s...

A man accused of stalking and harassing UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers and who said on social media he intended to marry her pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a stalking charge. Robert Cole Parmalee, 40, who had an engagement ring and lingerie with him when he was first arrested in August, received a one-year suspended sentence and three years&#...

A Wallingford woman is in a stinky situation, and it appears she’s not alone. Judy Senft was psyched when she got an email saying she won a year’s worth of Charmin toilet paper. But hours later, the company sent her another email with this subject line “Oopsie, we made a Poopsie!” The company said unfortunately the message was sent...

State police have arrested a man in connection to a deadly crash that happened on Interstate 95 North in Stonington earlier this year. Troopers said a man in his 20s turned himself in on Wednesday after a January crash that left a woman dead. Authorities said a car rear-ended another vehicle, which then hit another car before stopping in a…...

A health equity clinic will open at Hartford Hospital in January 2025. This comes thanks to a partnership with the UConn School of Law. “What we really want is to build a community where there are no inequities in care,” said Hartford Hospital Chair of Medicine, Dr. Suparna Dutta. “We all live in the same area, same place, same country…....

A 76-year-old Clinton man has died after a two-vehicle crash on Route 1 in Westbrook on Wednesday evening. State police said the driver of a Honda Civic that was heading south on Hammock Road North did not stop at a stop sign at the intersection with Route 1 and the Civic collided with a Ford 150 pickup just after 5:30…

Some animal advocates say Connecticut has an overpopulation of stray cats and would like to see the state do more to curb the issue. Two independent rescuers in Vernon are trying to tackle the issue in their own neighborhoods, creating Forgotten Paws CT, a resource to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome stray cats. Fran Skoglund and Tiffany DuBois esti...

It ends a century-long postseason ban originally aimed at allowing the athletes to focus on their schoolwork.