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A Connecticut father of three is among the dozens of people presumed dead after a midair plane crash near Reagan National Wednesday night. A local pastor spoke about Casey Crafton’s impact on the community.

A Connecticut father of three is among the dozens of people presumed dead after a midair plane crash near Reagan National Wednesday night. Casey Crafton, of Salem, died when his flight from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington, D.C. collided with a military helicopter and went down in the Potomac River. Crafton was husband and a father to three sons. State...

Halloween is a time for costumes, candy and community spirit. But for one boy who uses a wheelchair, this year’s celebration is taking flight.

Local leaders and advocates in Salem are asking the state for help to clear the Hydrilla found at Gardner Lake State Park.

Back in mid-July, Hydrilla, an invasive species, was found at Gardner Lake State Park in Salem. “It spread significantly in a month and a half,” advocate Kate Johnson said.  Now, the Hydrilla is almost reaching the shoreline. “There is a whole clump of it,” First Selectman Ed Chiemlewski (R-Salem) said. Hydrilla negatively impacts fish, plants and water activities. “As...

A man has serious injuries after a rollover crash in Salem on Friday night. A 51-year-old man from Old Lyme was traveling south on Route 85 around 5:20 p.m. when he lost control of his vehicle while going around a slight curve. State police said his vehicle then went off the right shoulder, hit a stone wall and a tree….

Authorities said a six-page, handwritten note was found in a flower bed near the spot where the bomb was found.

Police are investigating a burglary at a business in Salem on Friday morning.

Police are investigating a burglary at a business in Salem on Friday morning. State police said troopers from Troop K in Colchester responded to a commercial security alarm at the Salem Town Center Plaza at 1 New London Road in Salem at 4:51 a.m. and learned that there was a commercial burglary. The NBC Connecticut crew at the scene saw…

Two people have been taken to the hospital after a head-on crash in Salem on Wednesday evening. State police said they responded to New London Road just before 4:30 p.m. Serious injuries have been reported, and two people have been hospitalized with injuries, according to police. New London Road has been shut down as police investigate. Drivers are being asked…

State police arrested a Salem bus driver earlier this month who they say grabbed a 9-year-old and dragged him across the bus. According to the arrest warrant, the bus dropped students from a nearby school off at a daycare in Salem on Jan. 5. Daycare workers called the Department of Children and Families after hearing from students that their bus…

A 63-year-old Uncasville woman has serious injuries after a crash in Salem on Tuesday afternoon, according to state police. They said a Honda Civic was going south and a Ford F-150 Super Cab was heading north when the two vehicles collided on Old Colchester Road at the Rattlesnake Road intersection around 2:12 p.m. The woman who was seriously injured was…

There has been an outpouring of emotion after a volunteer with the Gardner Lake Volunteer Fire Department was tragically killed this weekend. Crossing a dark road (Route 354) directly across from the department, 69-year-old Willis Sands was headed home after a Halloween Trunk or Treat. Grief counselors will be at the firehouse Monday night. They will be offering assistance to…

A Salem volunteer firefighter was hit by a car and died while walking home from a Halloween event at the Gardner Lake Volunteer Fire Company Sunday night.

A volunteer firefighter who was walking to his house after a Halloween event at the firehouse in Salem on Sunday night has died after being hit by a vehicle.

A volunteer firefighter who was walking to his house after a Halloween event at the firehouse was struck and killed by a vehicle in Salem on Sunday night. State police said the 69-year-old firefighter, Willis Sands, was walking across the street to his house when a vehicle going north on Route 354 struck him around 7 p.m. He later died…