Ansonia

In the second day of the trial for Jose Morales, the focus was largely centered around the items found in a donation bin in Derby. On Tuesday, a total of four witnesses took the stand in the case of the State of Connecticut against Jose Morales. Morales is being charged with murder and tampering with evidence after his girlfriend Christine…

On the second day of the Jose Morales trial, the state focused on establishing what happened in the days after the body of Christine Holloway was found in the tub of her Ansonia home.

Jose Morales is accused of killing Christine Holloway, the mother of his missing baby, Vanessa Morales, in 2019 and his trial begins on Monday. 

Ansonia police and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children have released an age-enhanced photo of Vanessa Morales, a child who has been missing since December 2019 when her mother was found dead in their home. Vanessa Morales was 1 year old at the time of her disappearance. She is now almost 6 years old. Ansonia officers responded to…

A missing 2-year-old girl and her mother have been found safe, according to Ansonia police. The police department said a 26-year-old and her daughter were reported missing when they didn’t come home Thursday. They were last seen on Tuesday, and have since been located. The mother and her daughter were headed to New Haven and hadn’t been seen for...

There has been an increase in abandoned pets across the state. Now even exotic animals are being left behind and recently, two tortoises were discovered in Ansonia. They were found in a wooded area by two public works employees on Thursday. “I thought it was fake. At first, I was like, ‘Oh, that can’t be real,’ because I’ve never...

Two tortoises found abandoned in a wooded area of Ansonia died despite efforts to save them.

A paczki-eating contest was held in Ansonia on Tuesday and the winner ate 10 in five minutes. 

A man who was standing outside of his vehicle on Route 8 South in Ansonia on Friday night has serious injuries after being struck by a separate vehicle that was driving on the highway. State police said a 20-year-old man from Stratford had stopped his vehicle in the left lane of the highway shortly before 9 p.m. and was standing…

The Office of the Inspector General has determined that the 2024 Bridgeport police shooting of a man in Ansonia who died was questionable but said there is insufficient evidence to support a criminal prosecution. Jonathan Mark Lewis Bell, 41, was injured in the shooting on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024 and died at the hospital, officials said. The Inspector General has…

A man has been arrested after accidentally shooting his girlfriend while cleaning his gun in Ansonia over the weekend. Police said they were notified of a 27-year-old woman being treated at a nearby hospital for a gunshot wound to the leg on Saturday. The woman told authorities that she was accidentally shot while her boyfriend was cleaning his gun at…

Masuk defeated Windsor 24-21 to win the Class MM title on Friday. Jackson Zylick kicked a field goal to win the Panthers their first football state championship since 2010. “I mean it’s unreal. You see it go through, the world stops,” said Zylick. “Like man we just did it. After all we’ve been through, all season we just battled...

Coverage of Ansonia’s record-setting performance, and other high school football championship games played this weekend.

A man charged in connection with his wife’s murder in Ansonia has been found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, according to officials. The woman, a mother of three young children, was found dead at her home on Root Avenue on Nov. 9, 2021. Officers received a 911 call with yelling and commotion in the background, and…

The father of a little girl whose mother was found dead in their Ansonia home in 2019 will go on trial in March to face a murder charge as the search for the child continues. Jose Morales has been charged with the murder of 43-year-old Christine Holloway as well as tampering with physical evidence. He pleaded not guilty to the…

This week marked five years since the murder of an Ansonia mother and the disappearance of her baby. Back on Dec. 2, 2019, Christine Holloway was found dead in her Ansonia home, and her baby Vanessa Morales was nowhere to be found. Jose Morales, Vanessa’s father, has been charged with the murder of Holloway, however a trial date has not…

this week marked five years since the murder of an Ansonia mother and the disappearance of her baby.

For five years, police have been searching for a little girl whose mother was found dead in their Ansonia home and authorities said they still don’t know what happened to Vanessa Morales, who was just a baby when she disappeared. On Dec. 2, 2019, officers went to the Myrtle Avenue home of 43-year-old Christine Holloway around 1 p.m. that Monday…

A problem with multiple tabulators was reported at a polling location in Ansonia on Election Day and the issues have been resolved. Shortly after polls opened, an NBC Connecticut viewer reported an issue with a tabulator at the Old Armory. According to the registrar, votes that went into the tabulator that didn’t get counted went into a certain bin....

A woman is recovering after being injured during a shooting in Ansonia on Friday night. Officers were called to Griffin Hospital around 7:50 p.m. for a shooting investigation. Police said a 27-year-old woman from Ansonia was shot in Ansonia and was then transported by private car to the hospital. She was then transferred to another hospital for treatment. The woman…