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A large brush fire in Vernon will continue to smolder overnight after crews worked to contain it Monday afternoon. Town officials said firefighters battled a nine-acre brush fire in the northeast section of town just south of Interstate 84. It was reported at 2:30 p.m. and was under control several hours later. A CT Department of Energy and Environ...

Firefighters have been working to contain a massive brush fire that broke out on a mountain in Berlin Monday evening. The fire department said they responded to the area of Lamentation Mountain. Crews said they tried to box in the fire, which continued burning overnight, and it is expected to take multiple days to contain. The fire is slow moving&#...

A man was hit by a car in New Britain around 5 p.m. Monday evening, according to the New Britain Police Department. Police said the man has been transported to a local hospital and the extent of his injuries are unknown. According to police, the man crossed the street without using the crosswalk. The driver is being cooperative, and police…...

A man has been arrested after he allegedly assaulted multiple police officers during a domestic incident in East Haven on Friday. The police department said they responded to Highland Avenue at about 5:45 p.m. on Oct. 18 after getting a report of an unwanted person at a home. Responding officers found a man in his 40s who became combative and&#8230...

A 12-year-old boy was hit by car around 4:20 p.m. in Fairfield Monday, according to police. The 12-year-old was taken to the hospital and is being treated for minor injuries. Police issued a citation to the driver for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk. Police are said the sun glare could have affected this accident. The crash…...

Monday marked a historic day in Connecticut with the first chance to vote in a general election early. Voters came out across the state – the roughly 40,000 people who cast a ballot Monday were more than double the nearly 18,000 who did so during April’s presidential preference primary. “I couldn’t wait to vote,” Maria Giacco, of West Hartford, sai...

On Monday, a group of Southington residents gathered outside of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. racial equity mural on North Main Street to bring light to what they are calling an injustice. “Today I stand in resistance and in grief for the kids whose pictures are coming down off that mural and what that says to them,” Southington resident…...

Wrong-way detection systems continue to roll out across the state in hot spots for wrong-way drivers. This weekend, another driver was killed in a wrong-way crash in Waterbury, bringing the total to 13 wrong-way crash deaths this year. “Just a usual commute back home, just getting dark,” Mark Vecchitto said of his commute from work a week ago. He w...

Police are investigating a vandalism incident at a store that sells Trump merchandise in Vernon. According to the manager of the Trump for New England store at 154 Talcottville Road, two people sprayed graffiti on the store sometime around 2:30 a.m. Monday. Manager Ken Krajewski said he believes the suspects are the same two people were in the stor...

An Orange police officer that fired his gun during a violent encounter in the parking lot of a department store last year was found unjustified in his actions, which could have endangered human life, according to the Office of the Inspector General.

A man and a woman were taken to the hospital with serious injuries after a motorcycle crash on Route 63 in Litchfield. State police responded to the crash scene, near Webster Road, around 3:35 p.m. on Monday. They said the motorcycle the man and woman were on hit the back of an Audi Q5 that was stopped in traffic on…

State police are searching for a car that collided with a motorcycle in Woodstock and then took off Monday afternoon. It happened on Route 169 around 2:30 p.m., according to state police. The motorcyclist suffered injuries, but the extent of those injuries weren’t immediately known. Police described the vehicle that left the scene as a blue S...

All buybuy BABY locations will be closed by Oct. 18-31, including Connecticut’s West Hartford location. The last Connecticut store can be found at 1433 New Britain Ave, West Hartford, CT 06110, will be closing its doors. This comes after years of discussion of Bed Bath and Beyond owner, discussing on selling buybuy BABY. The store will contin...

A 22-year-old Norwich man was going more than 120 miles per hour in Bozrah on Sunday evening, according to Connecticut State Police. A state trooper was conducting speed checks on Route 2 around 6:52 p.m. and saw a Range Rover traveling at a high speed. The state trooper clocked the speed at 120 miles per hour and stopped the driver,…