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The ramp from Interstate 91 South to Interstate 95 South is closed in New Haven because of a crash, according to the state Department of Transportation. The crash was reported around 12:21 p.m.

Bridgeport police have arrested a suspect in a 10-year-old sexual assault cold case. Investigators had closed the case from 2014 in 2021 because of the statute of limitations and the lack of suspects or DNA at the time. But then, a Bridgeport detective received a notification in October of this year that there was a hit from the national DNA…...

Police are investigating an armed robbery at a deli in New Haven on Thursday night. Police responded to Jax Deli at 1314 State St. around 9:32 p.m. to investigate. The victim told police that two masked males went into the store, one showed a handgun, and the ran off after getting cash.

Two high schoolers have been arrested after a plastic Airsoft gun was brought to school, causing a lockdown at West Haven High School on Friday morning. Police said a student resource officer called police around 10 a.m. and said they were investigating an incident in which a student possibly had a weapon at the school. Another student had reported...

A state trooper collided with a wrong-way driver on Route 8 in Harwinton early Friday morning. Troopers received several 911 calls about a wrong-way driver in the area of Exit 44 just after 12 a.m. A trooper who responded to the area was driving north on Route 8 when he saw the wrong-way driver approaching him in the left lane….

There is a water main break on Main Street in Cheshire and detours are in place. Police said there is a “significant water main break” in the area of 660 West Main St. and all eastbound traffic will be detoured until the water main is fixed, which could take into the evening hours. Police are asking drivers to avoid the…

A dive team responded to Long Island Sound Friday morning after a boat was found capsized near the break wall in in West Haven and crews have determined that the boat was empty, according to state police. Officials said someone spotted a capsized 17-foot boat against the break wall the area of April Street and Monahan Place and a search…...

Connecticut will be receiving nearly $291 million from the federal government for several transportation and infrastructure projects meant to provide safer, more reliable service for commuters. “We’re talking here about transforming rail,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) said during a press conference at Union Station in Hartford on F...

A red flag warning is in effect for Connecticut on Friday, high temperatures will be near 60 degrees and we’ll see more sun than clouds in the afternoon. Northwestern Connecticut is now in a severe drought while most of the rest of the state is in a moderate drought. The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has listed the&#...

A Massachusetts man has died after the car he was driving went off Interstate 95 in Groton on Thursday night and hit a parked construction vehicle, according to state police. State police said Paul Robert Bigos, 37, of Dighton, Massachusetts was driving a 2012 Subaru Impreza on I-95 North in Groton around 11:48 p.m. when he went off the road…...

A car crashed into a school bus on Roosevelt Drive in Derby Thursday morning. The extent of injuries is unknown, but crews described the crash as serious. Storm Engine Co. said firefighters had a busy morning, responding to five calls within 30 minutes. It’s unknown if any kids were on the bus at the time of the crash. No additional…...

Police and fire officials are investigating multiple reports of tremors in Stamford Thursday night and into Friday morning. The police department said they received reports of tremors and shaking in the Turn of River Road and High Ridge Road area around 6:30 p.m. Some residents described the noise as a series of loud explosions, causing homes to sh...

Update: State police said a 37-year-old Dighton, Massachusetts man died after the crash. Interstate 95 North was closed in Groton because of a car crash involving a construction vehicle and has reopened. The highway was closed between exits 88 and 89, and traffic was being diverted off exit 88, troopers said. State police said a car crashed into a ...

Johnson Memorial Hospital in Stafford will be allowed to keep their labor and delivery unit closed. This comes after an agreement was reached with the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy where the hospital will fund an independent study to see whether a stand-alone birthing center is feasible in the area. The hospital closed the unit back in 2022...