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Candidates in races around the state spent Monday making one last pitch to voters before Election Day. According to Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas, Connecticut has just over 2.5 million registered voters. A combined 850,000 voters cast a ballot between early voting and absentee ballot voting, but that leaves plenty of voters for candidates...

Puerto Rican and Latino voters are gearing up to have their voices heard in the presidential election. Voters are split on who they want in office.  “I don’t want to vote for Trump, never do it. He don’t understand Hispanic people,” Mirva Irizarry of New Britain said.  “I don’t like the other [candidate], Kamala Harris,” Jessica Ros...

One person is in critical condition after being pulled from Long Island Sound Monday afternoon, according to Milford fire officials. Emergency crews received a call around 12:45 p.m. about a sinking vessel with three people in the water somewhere near Milford Harbor. Milford Marine units and the U.S. Coast Guard responded and learned that an oyster...

The New Haven Police Department plans to take a more aggressive approach to combat illegal street takeovers after multiple incidents and related arrests in the city of New Haven. On Saturday, a street takeover was reported at the intersection of Shelton Avenue and Bassett Street in the Newhallville neighborhood. The street takeover ended at the Int...

A father is dead and his 2-year-old son was taken to the hospital after a drive-by shooting in Hartford Monday evening. The shooting happened during rush hour in the area of Pleasant and Main streets near Dunkin’ Park and Capital Preparatory Magnet School. A car was stopped at a red light when another vehicle pulled up and the driver started&...

According to UConn’s crash data dashboard, through Nov. 4, we’ve had at least 53 fatal crashes involving pedestrians in 2024, and at least four in October alone – a near record year. Safety leaders are searching for solutions when it comes to how to stem the surge in pedestrian traffic deaths in our state. It turns out the best solution&#8230...

The town of North Stonington is looking to get in contact with hundreds of voters who did not sign their ballots during early voting. The Registrar of Voters believes that voters were inadvertently misinformed about the need to sign their early voting ballot envelope through Oct. 31. Ballot envelopes must be signed by voters, which is required by l...

Sunnybrook State Park in Torrington remains closed because of a fire, according to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Sunnybrook State Park, Torrington is closed due to Fire https://t.co/kPSBeWBE3q — DEEP (@CTDEEPNews) November 4, 2024 Torrington police said they were called to Newfield Road at about 2 p.m. Crews dis...

The public health coordinator for the town of Cromwell has been arrested and charged with sexual assault in the fourth degree and disorderly conduct, according to police. Officials said Salvatore Nesci, 55, turned himself in to Cromwell police on Halloween and he was released on a $5,000 non-surety bond. No additional information was released about...

A South Dakota man has died and three other people were taken to the hospital after a crash in New London on Sunday afternoon. The crash happened at Colman and Vauxhall Streets, near the New London Shopping Center entrance, around 4:47 p.m. Police officers and firefighters responded and found two sedans and a motorcycle had been involved in the cra...

Norwich Public Utilities has issued a water supply advisory and asks residents to cut back on water use when they can as dry conditions continue. “While we are not in an emergency situation, we are asking our customers to help us manage through the current conditions and cut back their water use whenever they can,” Chris LaRose, general manager of&...

A crash on Route 164 in Preston on Sunday night has left one person dead. Troopers responded to a crash on Route 164 and Deerbrook Road around 8 p.m. According to state police, 78-year-old Frederick Coonan, of North Grosvenordale, was driving when he crossed the southbound lane, went into the shoulder and crashed into a tree. Coonan was pronounced ...

An 80-year-old man was killed in a crash in Willington over the weekend. State police said 80-year-old Paul Butcher, of Taftville, was driving westbound on Turnpike Road on Sunday around 12:20 p.m. when he went off of the road and hit a tree. Butcher was transported to Rockville Hospital by Willington EMS. He was later pronounced dead. The crash re...