Kent

LifeStar is responding to Kent after a tree fell on a worker, according to state police. No additional information was immediately available.

There was a crash on Route 7 in Kent Wednesday and state police said injuries are reported. A vehicle overturned in the area of Route 7 and Flanders Lane just before 1:30 p.m. and LifeStar was called. State police said no information was immediately available. Route 7 was closed between Cobble Road and Greenwood Lane.

The last of three masked men pleaded guilty to a failed attempt to extort $8.5 million from a wealthy Connecticut arts patron and her companion by threatening them with a deadly virus in a 2007 home invasion. The 38-year-old Romanian citizen, Stefan Alexandru Barabas, had been on the run for about 15 years before finally being arrested as a fugitive…

The Shops teams up with the American Red Cross and offers discounts to donors. 

A Webster Bank employee in Kent is accused of stealing money from several elderly customers’ accounts and has been arrested.    Police said he is suspected of stealing more than $100,000 in total from five customers and told investigators that he felt badly about taking the money and intended to replace it. The investigation started when a Webster Bank employee…

A part of Kent was evacuated Tuesday evening while crews worked to contain a propane leak and the fire department said the incident is all clear. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection responded to a call from the Kent Fire Department regarding a propane delivery truck on Kent Green Boulevard with a leak in one of its lines. The…

Overnight rain turned into early morning flooding Monday in Kent. Water rushing downhill toward the Housatonic River bled over the banks of a brook, washing out entire sections of Preston Mountain Road. “They got flooded out,” said Jennifer Yanick, who lives at the bottom of the road. She took in two neighbors and friends who had to evacuate their home…

Kent was one of the towns that saw upwards of 10 inches of rain in a 24 hour period.

Flooding has closed roads and caused damage across Connecticut on Monday.

Multiple homes in Kent have been evacuated due to flooding from the ongoing rain on Monday. According to state police, the homes are on Preston Mountain Road. Power has been shut off for the entire road. Authorities could not give an exact number on how many homes were evacuated. As much as 4 inches of rain has fallen Monday morning…

Two people were taken to the hospital after a boat explosion in Kent on Saturday. Fire officials said four people were on the boat when it exploded near Club Getaway. According to firefighters, two of the people were transported to New Milford Hospital to be treated for injuries. Their injuries are described as non-life threatening. It’s unclear what caused...