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Jessica Chapman, 34, has been an educator since 2013 and after years of service, she was recognized with the Milken Educator Award. “I had no idea, absolutely none,” the Norwich Free Academy high school teacher said. “A little overwhelmed, very surprised, shocked, all of the things.” The Milken Educator Award was created in 1987 with the goal of ce...

A Plainville woman is being honored for helping police after the death of a state trooper earlier this year. Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier was conducting a traffic stop on Interstate 84 in May when police say a truck fatally hit him, and continued driving. Police say a passerby saw it happen and helped track that driver do...

Anne Fiyalka, an 103-year-old woman from Easton who is known for having flown in a plane with Amelia Earhart, has died. First Selectman David Bindelglass said Fiyalka served the town in many ways for countless years. When she was in high school, she had the chance to fly with Earhart. A few years ago, through the AARP’s “Wish of......

Greenwich police believe members of a group that is affiliated with a transnational criminal organization have been burglarizing luxury homes in town and they are investigating. Greenwich police said a group known to law enforcement as the “South American Theft Group,” an element of a transnational criminal organization, is suspected of some recent...

The Hartford Yard Goats’ head groundskeeper has received a big honor. Matt Piersanti, the Yard Goats field operations manager, has been named Eastern League, and Double A Head Groundskeeper of the Year by Minor League Baseball, according to the team. The yard Goats said people from across the industry, including field managers, provide feedback thr...

A person is in critical condition after being hit by a vehicle that took off in New Haven Tuesday morning, according to police. It happened around 9 a.m. on Chapel Street near Temple Street. The victim, a 63-year-old Wallingford man, was crossing Chapel Street when he was hit by a vehicle described as a gray 4-door Honda. Witnesses told police&#823...

Serious injuries are reported after a crash on Route 8 in Trumbull on Tuesday. The crash happened on Route 8 North near exit 7 around 9:53 a.m. State police said one person was transported to be treated for serious injuries. No additional information was immediately available.

Hundreds of rounds of ammunition ignited when a car caught fire after a crash in Granby on Monday night, according to police. Officers responded to Barkhamsted Road around 9:50 p.m. after learning of a crash and they found a car on fire. Police said several hundred rounds of ammunition that were in the car ignited. The two people who were…...

Fire has caused extensive damage to a vacant house that was under construction in New Haven. A social media post from the fire department said the two-story house is on Castle Street in the Fair Haven neighborhood. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Operations chief New Haven fire (@newhavenfdops_car_39_)

Someone won nearly $243,000 playing the $10 Stacks of Cash lottery game on Monday. The CT Lottery said the ticket for the fast-play game was sold at the Citgo at 2407 Berlin Turnpike in Newington. The winner won $242,930.

Thanksgiving is almost here and one school is getting ready for it by hosting a turkey drive on Tuesday. The Thanksgiving for All turkey drive happens every year at Goodwin University in East Hartford with the help of Connecticut Foodshare. “We are a CT Foodshare partner, so we feel that it’s our due diligence to make sure that we&#8217...

Unidad Latina en Accion in New Haven gathered folks to talk about what a second term of President-elect Trump might mean. “Everybody’s facing this new, you know, this new administration and, you know, with the different levels of danger,” John Lugo, Unidad Latina en Accion organizing director, said. Among the group was an undocumented college...

Injuries are being reported after a car caught fire following a crash in Granby Monday night. The police department said Barkhamsted Road is closed from Route 20 to Case Street. A car crashed and caught fire, according to authorities. Injuries are being reported, but the extent is unknown. Drivers are being asked to avoid the area. No additional in...

The two people charged in the murder of an 18-year-old in Hartford last week are the victim’s cousins, the family tells NBC Connecticut. Edgar Josué Chiche Martínez was just days away from his 19th birthday when his body was found wrapped in a comforter on Pope Park Highway in Hartford. Police said they believed he’d been there for about...