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A man has been arrested in connection to the apparent deadly killing of a dog in Coventry last week. The Coventry Police Department said a dog owner requested that their dog be killed because it had an aggressive temperament. It happened on Oct. 24. Investigators arrested Anthony Demitraszek as a result of their investigation. Demitraszek faces ani...

It’s Oct. 31 – decorations are up and candy is on deck, but the weather is a bit confusing. “It’s a little humid today so it doesn’t feel like Halloween and fall,” Michael Zeoli, of Sunderland, Massachusetts, said.  “Very, very warm but you know what, I am hoping that will bring out more kids,” Irena Markow, of New Britain,......

A New Britain man charged with seriously injuring a Farmington police officer back in 2021 while fleeing a scene was sentenced in Hartford Superior Court on Thursday. Pedro Acevedo was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in June to charges of assault in the first degree, assault on a public safety officer, and evading responsibili...

Price Chopper/Market 32 is issuing a recall on fresh sliced deli meat that was sold at the Windsor store. The supermarket sent out a notice saying this is a voluntary recall for meat sold at Price Chopper at 675 Poquonock Ave. on Saturday, Oct. 26, between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Price Chopper said one of the slicers in the…

Hours after a truck fire closed lanes of Interstate 84 East in Manchester, there is a crash in the same area and the lanes are closed, according to the state Department of Transportation. The fire was between exits 62 and 63. The three right lanes were closed. As of 3:25 p.m., the state Department of Transportation was reporting a three…...

Wallingford police have arrested a woman after investigating how a man found bleeding from the head in a parking lot at a local bar was injured. They said video showed the woman speeding with the victim on her hood before he fell, motionless on the pavement on Oct. 8. Police arrested a 24-year-old Wallingford woman on Thursday in connection with&#8...

Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, the Connecticut Department of Transportation, and the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles are sending out a warning to both drivers and pedestrians ahead of Halloween night. That message is to prioritize safety as they head out for Halloween. According to the CTDOT, the state has already seen an alarming increase in p...

Someone won $100,000 playing Cash5 on Wednesday night. The winning numbers were 1-5-10-27-34. The ticket was sold at In & Out Market at 88 Quinnipiac Ave. in North Haven, according to the CT Lottery website.

The Office of the Inspector General said it has determined that a police officer who fired gunshots after a woman fired gunshots inside the Bristol Police Department last October was justified. The woman was not struck by gunfire, officials said. The report that the Office of the Inspector General released on Thursday morning provides details on th...

Early voting hours are extended on Thursday and voters can cast ballots at early voting locations from  8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Early voting goes until Nov. 3 and you can vote between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Each city and town has at least one early voting location. You can find the list below:…

A pedestrian and a motorcyclist are both hospitalized with serious injuries after the motorcycle hit the person in Stamford on Wednesday night, according to police. The crash happened at the intersection of Atlantic Street and Tresser Boulevard around 7:41 p.m. Police said a 28-year-old Stamford resident was driving a 2023 Kawasaki, heading west on...

It’s Halloween and the temperatures on Thursday broke records with the high temperature reaching 84 degrees at Bradley International Airport. The old record for the Hartford area was 82, which was set in 1946. The record for the Bridgeport area was 75, which was set in 2004. Thursday, the high temperature in Bridgeport reached 76. We will have plen...

Uniting to fight against hate. The Middlesex NAACP, along with other community groups, held a forum Wednesday with law enforcement to discuss ways to combat hate crimes. “East Haddam is not alone. There are cities and towns all over this state that have the same problems,” Anita Ford Saunders, president of the Middlesex NAACP, said. Problems she sa...

Two people are injured, one seriously, after a crash in a construction zone on Interstate 91 North in North Haven Wednesday night. The fire department said they responded to the crash just after 8 p.m. A car appears to have struck the back of another vehicle that was set up for a construction zone, according to fire officials. Two people…...