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2024 Halloween events happening in Connecticut Autumn is here and there are plenty of Halloween events during the fall 2024 season for friends and family. Here is a list of things happening around Connecticut. Sept. 21 to Oct. 27, Phantom Fall Fest at Lake Compounce in Bristol: there are four new haunted houses for 16 haunted nights of terror. Sept...

State police responded to Franklin after a train collided with a tractor on Wednesday morning. It happened along Meeting House Hill Road around 10:15 a.m., according to state police. There were no injuries. State police said the railroad has been contacted about the incident, but it’s not clear which rail company operates the train that was i...

Two teens have been arrested in connection to a potential school threat in Norwalk. Norwalk Police Department’s Special Victims Unit learned about a Snapchat post on Tuesday that referenced a potential school shooting and bombing. During the investigation, the post was traced to a home in Norwalk. Police said they identified a 14-year-old who...

A New Jersey teen who is suspected of committing a home invasion in Stratford in July is suspected in a spree of crimes in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, according to police. Stratford police said he is suspected of stealing $200,000 worth of vehicles and other valuables in the three states since July 2024. An 18-year-old Newark, New Jersey&...

A mother and two children are in critical condition after they were assaulted in an apartment in Bridgeport during a domestic incident on Wednesday morning, police said. A suspect has been arrested. Police officers responded to an apartment in the 2400 block of Main Street around 10 a.m. when they received a report that an adult and children had be...

Nine people were rescued after a boat lost power and started taking on water in East Haven on Tuesday night. The fire department said it happened I the water off Cozy Beach Avenue and no one was injured.

Hip-hop artist Fatman Scoop, who collapsed onstage while performing in Connecticut last month, died of heart disease, the state medical examiner’s office has determined. The official cause of death for the performer, born Isaac Freeman III, was hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, a spokesperson for the Connecticut medical...

A woman’s death at an apartment in Wethersfield is under investigation and police are calling the circumstances suspicious. Officers were called to an apartment in the 1300 block of Berlin Turnpike on Tuesday around 6 p.m. by EMS. EMS had responded to a medical emergency at the location and determined a woman was dead in the apartment. Her id...

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ‘ Infowars media platform and its assets will be sold off piece by piece in auctions this fall to help pay the more than $1 billion he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, under an order expected to be approved by a federal judge. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston&#8...

The Connecticut Sun will take on the Indiana Fever and Caitlin Clark on Wednesday night in game two of the WNBA playoffs When the teams faced off on Sunday, the Sun won, 93 to 69, to take game one in the best of three series. Sun forward Alyssa Thomas had her fourth career triple-double in the playoffs and 15th overall…

A teen and a woman have been taken to the hospital after the scooter the teen was on and the car the woman was driving collided in New Canaan on Tuesday night, according to police. Police said the sedan and the Vespa collided on South Avenue near the ramp to the Merritt Parkway just after 7:30 p.m. The investigation is…

Mostly cloudy conditions for today with an isolated shower possible. Temperatures are expected to warm into the upper 60s later this afternoon. Rain chances will increase for Thursday with on-and-off-showers possible throughout the day. A few heavier downpours will be possible and a rumble of thunder cannot be ruled out come tomorrow night. Some ar...

Route 159 in Suffield and Windsor Locks has reopened on Wednesday after an ammonia leak at a dairy supplier prompted a portion of the road to close for several hours and caused multiple businesses and homes to be evacuated. Suffield police were called to HP Hood on East Street around 12:45 a.m. for a reported ammonia leak. Emergency crews responded...

Moving forward to reopen a popular recreation area with some improvements. The Glastonbury Town Council voted to fund improvements to reopen Cotton Hollow Preserve Tuesday evening. It’s been being closed since July due to safety concerns. In a unanimous vote, the Glastonbury Town Council approved funding for improvements at Cotton Hollow Preserve d...