• Police: Norwich man pulled over with loaded gun and drugs after going through stop sign

    Police: Norwich man pulled over with loaded gun and drugs after going through stop sign
    NORWICH – On Sunday morning just after 9 a.m. police stopped a motor vehicle on North Thames Street in Norwich for a number of violations. After pulling him over, police found the driver to be in illegal possession of a loaded .45 caliber handgun and oxycodone for which he had no prescription.
    Christopher A. Arsenault, 30, of Sandy Lane in Norwich, a previously convicted felon, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of a weapon in a motor vehicl
  • Driver Dies in Bridge Abutment Crash

    Driver Dies in Bridge Abutment Crash
    A driver was killed in a crash in Ledyard late Saturday night.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  • Missing Girl, 17, With Autism Located

    Missing Girl, 17, With Autism Located
    State police have located a teenager with autism who was reported missing from East Granby on Saturday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  • Firefighters to muster in Milford for fun family event Saturday

    Firefighters to muster in Milford for fun family event Saturday
    MILFORD – On Saturday, September 12, the 44th Annual Antique Fire Apparatus Show and Muster will be held from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Eisenhower Park located off Route 121 (North Street) in Milford .
    Activities include a motorcade of more than 50 fire apparatus that will travel from the Liberty Rock Shopping Plaza at 589 Bridgeport Avenue to Meadowside Road, through Milford Center onto North Street, and ending at Eisenhower Park. The motorcade will begin at 9 a.m. and arrive at approxima
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  • Firefighters to muster in Milford for fun family event

    Firefighters to muster in Milford for fun family event
    MILFORD – On Saturday, September 12, the 44th Annual Antique Fire Apparatus Show and Muster will be held from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Eisenhower Park located off Route 121 (North Street) in Milford .
    Activities include a motorcade of more than 50 fire apparatus that will travel from the Liberty Rock Shopping Plaza at 589 Bridgeport Avenue to Meadowside Road, through Milford Center onto North Street, and ending at Eisenhower Park. The motorcade will begin at 9 a.m. and arrive at approxima
  • Tracking Equipment Helps Locate Missing Man, 79

    Tracking Equipment Helps Locate Missing Man, 79
    Tracking equipment helped New Canaan police find a missing 79-year-old man who has Alzheimer's.Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
  • UConn has new website for victims of sexual violence

    UConn has new website for victims of sexual violence
    STORRS — The University of Connecticut has put a new website online to help deal with sexual violence and harassment on campus.
    The site, titleix.uconn.edu, provides information on the school’s sexual discrimination policies and how to file a police report or a report with university officials.
    It also provides links to medical services and counseling as well as information for friends, family and partners on how they can support a victim of sexual assault or harassment.
    UConn agreed
  • Death of New London Woman Deemed Accidental

    Death of New London Woman Deemed Accidental
    The death of a New London woman was ruled an accident after her body was found behind a New London commercial building a day before her birthday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
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  • 85-year-old woman killed when car strikes pillar in Cheshire

    85-year-old woman killed when car strikes pillar in Cheshire
    CHESHIRE — Cheshire police say an 85-year-old woman has died after crashing her car at the entrance to a condominium complex.
    Sgt. Kevin O’Donnell tells the Record-Journal the crash happened at around 7:45 a.m. Sunday at the Copper Hill Condominiums on the corner of Country Club Road and Wolf Hill Road.
    He said the woman crashed her four-door sedan head-on into a brick pillar. She was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury, where she died.
    O’Donnell said it doesn&rsquo
  • Woman, 85, Dies in Crash

    Woman, 85, Dies in Crash
    An 85-year-old woman died after crashing into a condo complex on Country Club Road in Cheshire early Sunday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  • Police seek suspect after two men are stabbed in Willimantic

    Police seek suspect after two men are stabbed in Willimantic
    WILLIMANTIC – Police are investigating a double stabbing at a Cameo Drive apartment complex in Willimantic on Saturday evening around 7:30 p.m.
    A verbal altercation turned physical before two men were stabbed in the road.
    Both men were taken to Windham Hospital and on was taken by LifeStar to Hartford Hospital. Both men underwent surgery, and both are listed in stable condition.
    “The apartment complex was placed into a brief lock-down as police officers began the inves
  • Boy, 7, among 5 shot dead in deadly Charlotte holiday weekend

    Boy, 7, among 5 shot dead in deadly Charlotte holiday weekend
    CHARLOTTE, N.C.  — North Carolina authorities are still searching for suspects following a shooting that left a 7-year-old boy dead and three others wounded during a violent holiday weekend in Charlotte.
    Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Deputy Chief Jeff Estes said at a news conference that a family was having a party in a yard when Kevin Antonio Calderon Rodas was killed around 9 p.m. Saturday.
    Authorities say two adults and another child were treated at the scene and their wounds weren&
  • Comfortable Humidity Through Labor Day

    Comfortable Humidity Through Labor Day
    Comfortable levels of humidity and nice weather is expected to stick around through Labor Day.
  • Ellington Girl, 14, Dies in Tubing Accident

    Ellington Girl, 14, Dies in Tubing Accident
    Police pulled the body of an Ellington teenage girl from a New York creek on Saturday after she and a man were reported to be in distress in the water while tubing.Photo Credit: Family Photo
  • Young girl provides ‘backup’ for Indianapolis officer pumping gas

    Young girl provides ‘backup’ for Indianapolis officer pumping gas
    INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — An Indianapolis Metro Police Department Facebook post is going viral after a girl provided “backup” to an officer pumping gas.
    Officer Keedy was getting fuel on Emerson Avenue when a girl and her mother stopped him, our affiliate WXIN reported.
    According to Officer Keedy, they told him how much they appreciated what police officers do and that the work of officers does not go unnoticed.
    The girl then told Officer Keedy that she was going to wait with him wh
  • Cheetah tranquilized at Indianapolis Zoo after escaping enclosure

    Cheetah tranquilized at Indianapolis Zoo after escaping enclosure
    INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -– The Indianapolis Zoo lifted their lock down after a scary hour Sunday morning.
    Visitors at the Indianapolis Zoo were instructed to seek shelter around 9:30 a.m. after they were told a cheetah escaped its holding area, our affiliate WXIN reported.
    The cheetah was found and tranquilized. She then walked into the proper holding area on her own.
    According to zoo officials, the cheetah got out of its first enclosure and went into the secondary enclosure. They say she never
  • Grief counselors available after Ellington student death

    Grief counselors available after Ellington student death
    ELLINGTON — The community is mourning the loss of an Ellington High School student and grief counselors were made available Sunday, Ellington schools superintendent confirmed.
    Jordyn Engler, 14, died in a rafting accident in upstate New York Saturday. She was with her father Jeff, who was injured in the accident.
    “Prayers for the Engler family,”superintendent Scott Nicol said. The counselors were at the school 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday.
    The high school
  • 14-Year-Old Girl's Body Pulled From NY Creek

    14-Year-Old Girl's Body Pulled From NY Creek
    Police pulled the body of a Connecticut teenage girl from a New York creek on Saturday after she and a man were reported to be in distress in the water.Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
  • Suspects Shot During Hartford Home Invasion

    Suspects Shot During Hartford Home Invasion
    (HARTFORD,Conn./CBS Connecticut)   – Two home invasion suspects are hospitalized in critical but stable condition after they were shot by a homeowner  at 109  Tredeau Street in Hartford   Saturday night.
    The homeowner returned about  11 pm and found two unknown men in the house, one of the suspects pointed a gun at  him.He fired at both suspects  with his own licensed firearm.
  • Prisoner attempts to escape Hartford Correctional Center

    Prisoner attempts to escape Hartford Correctional Center
    HARTFORD — A prisoner at Hartford Correctional Center was caught while trying to make an escape attempt Saturday afternoon, the Department of Corrections confirms.
    Department officials said Raul Santana was only in custody at the facility for four days before he tried to break out.
    Officers spotted him on the roof near the recreation yard, and the facility was immediately locked down.
    Soon after, police found him hiding in the back of a facility truck parked on the grounds.
    He never l
  • The Real Story: Long lines at the DMV

    The Real Story: Long lines at the DMV
    HARTFORD - There are some long lines at state Department of Motor Vehicles offices, after a computer system upgrade. An explanation and an update with guest, DMV Commissioner Andres Ayala.
  • The Real Story: The latest on the state budget

    The Real Story: The latest on the state budget
    HARTFORD -Two months into the new budget year, Connecticut Comptroller Kevin Lembo certifies a projected surplus of $800,000. At the same time, he warns of factors that could change the black ink, to red. Al and Jenn talk with Lembo about the factors that may reduce the surplus.
  • The Real Story: Fairfield Senator on potential GE move

    The Real Story: Fairfield Senator on potential GE move
    HARTFORD - Senate Republicans want Governor Dannel Malloy to call a special session on business taxes, to repeal a change in how corporations must report their income. In the spotlight, General Electric, which is said to be seriously considering whether to move its headquarters to another state. Guest, Senator Tony Hwang, whose district includes Fairfield, where GE has been based for four decades, weighs in.
  • Hartford Homeowner Shoots Armed Robbers

    Hartford Homeowner Shoots Armed Robbers
    A homeowner shot two armed robbers during a home invasion in Hartford late Saturday night, critically injuring both of them.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  • New Website Focuses On Sexual Violence And Harassment

    New Website Focuses On Sexual Violence And Harassment
     STORRS, Conn. (AP) _ The University of Connecticut has put a new website online to help deal with sexual violence and harassment on campus.The site, titleix.uconn.edu, provides information on the school’s sexual discrimination policies and how to file a police report or a report with university officials.
    It also provides links to medical services and counseling as well as information for friends, family and partners on how they can support a victim of sexual assault or harassment.
    U
  • Police search for Newington gas station robbery suspect

    Police search for Newington gas station robbery suspect
    NEWINGTON — Police are investigating a robbery at a gas station in Newington Sunday morning.
    Officers said it happened at the Valero Gas Station at 194 Kelsey Street.
    Detectives are searching for the suspect.
    Police did not say what the suspect got away with or if a weapon was shown.
  • Homeowner shoots men during home invasion: Police

    Homeowner shoots men during home invasion: Police
    HARTFORD — Police are investigating a late night home invasion in Hartford.
    It happened on Tredeau Street where investigators said a man was forced into his home by three suspects.
    Police say the man was the owner of a local business and suspects targeted him as he arrived home with cash.
    Suspects pushed the man inside of his home. Then the homeowner shot two of the home invaders, police said.
    Police said the homeowner has a licensed pistol permit and will not face charges.
  • Hartford homeowner shoots men during home invasion: Police

    Hartford homeowner shoots men during home invasion: Police
    HARTFORD — Police are investigating a late night home invasion in Hartford.
    It happened Saturday night on Tredeau Street where investigators said a man was forced into his home by three suspects.
    Police say the man was the owner of a local business and suspects targeted him as he arrived home with cash.
    Suspects pushed the man inside of his home. Then the homeowner shot two of the home invaders, police said.
    Police said the homeowner has a licensed pistol permit and will not
  • Gorgeous weather for all of Labor Day Weekend

    Gorgeous weather for all of Labor Day Weekend
    Wonderful weather sticks around today, with temperatures into the 80s and a ton of sunshine.
    Tonight we'll be mainly clear with lows in the 50s and 60s.
    Labor Day will be another good one. Mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s to near 90 degrees will be pleasing to most of those with outdoor plans.
    Hazy sun/hot and humid weather returns for back to school and work on Tuesday. A cold front will hopefully bring some much need rain by the end of next week.
    Don’t close the pool yet a
  • Attempted Prison Break Fails

    Attempted Prison Break Fails
    (HARTFORD,Conn./CBS Connecticut) –  An escape attempt was  thwarted Saturday  afternoon at the Hartford Correctional Center. 25 year old Raul Santana of Hartford, who was being held in a $15,000 bond on a  Criminal Trespass charge,  gained access to the roof from an outdoor recreation yard.He was apprehended as he tried to hide  in a truck on prison grounds.
    Santana  was charged with  Attempted Escape and was transferred to the Northern Correctional
  • Two Stabbed In Willimantic – Both In Serious Condition

    Two Stabbed In Willimantic – Both In Serious Condition
    WILLIMANTIC, Conn. (AP) _ Police are searching for whoever stabbed two men outside an apartment complex in Willimantic.Police say the two men, who were not identified, were taken to Windham Hospital, and one was later flown to Hartford Hospital. Both had surgery and were listed in serious condition.Police say the stabbing occurred when a verbal altercation turned physical. The suspect or suspects fled. The apartment complex on Cameo Drive was briefly locked down.Police are seeking help from the
  • New England’s Ports, Long Past Prime, Seek To Stage Comeback

    New England’s Ports, Long Past Prime, Seek To Stage Comeback
    NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) _ New England deep-water ports that once nurtured the beginnings of New World commerce are struggling with how to stay relevant in an age of ever-larger ships.Ports in the region have seen their national rankings in terms of total trade plummet since the 1970s.Outside of Boston, many of the region’s ports are not equipped to handle the biggest ships. Ports also constantly need costly dredging, and the will has not always kept up with the need to remove silt.As govern
  • Bristol Bark in the Park brings a dog-gone good time

    Bristol Bark in the Park brings a dog-gone good time
    BRISTOL - Four-legged friends came together at a Bristol park Saturday afternoon raising awareness for pit bulls and shelter animals.
    The Bark in the Park at Rockwell Park in Bristol event to raise awareness for shelter animals featured food, raffles, carnival games and animal adoptions.
    Dogs could also participate in a talent show, costume contest and a dog obstacle course.
    All proceeds raised from Saturday's event will be donated to local shelters in need.
  • Mets Shutout Marlins 7-0

    Mets Shutout Marlins 7-0
    MIAMI (AP) _ Bartolo Colon pitched a nine-hitter and made a nifty behind-the-back toss on a grounder, and the New York Mets hit three homers in a 7-0 victory over the Miami Marlins on Saturday night.
    Colon (13-11) struck out two and walked none while throwing 100 pitches and extending his scoreless innings streak to 25. The 42-year-old right-hander became the oldest Mets pitcher to throw a shutout. He topped Miguel Batista, who threw one at age 40 in 2011.
    Travis d’Arnaud and Wilmer Flores
  • Rays Edge Yankees 3-2

    Rays Edge Yankees 3-2
    NEW YORK (AP) _ Didi Gregorius lined out with the bases loaded to end the eighth inning and whipped his bat toward the dugout, a telling sign of frustration for the New York Yankees during a costly 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday.
    Asdrubal Cabrera hit a two-run single and Kevin Kiermaier had an RBI single as the Rays handed Nathan Eovaldi (14-3) his first loss since mid-June, snapping the right-hander’s nine-game winning streak.
    Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria left the gam
  • Sox Defeat Phillies 9-2

    Sox Defeat Phillies 9-2
    BOSTON (AP) _ David Ortiz is climbing the charts to history, and the rest of the Boston Red Sox are locked into watching every swing.
    Ortiz hit his 496th career home run, reaching 30 in a season for a team-record ninth time as the Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-2 Saturday.
    “You know we’re all engaged every time he comes to the plate,” Boston’s interim manager Torey Lovullo said. “It’s an exciting time for every one of us. No matter what we try to say
  • Pirate-themed food truck festival comes to Enfield

    Pirate-themed food truck festival comes to Enfield
    ENFIELD - Kids First of Enfield hosted a Pirate and Food Truck Festival on the Enfield Town Green Saturday.
    Guests enjoyed pirate-themed entertainment throughout the day on several stages including comedy, music, swordplay, parrots, photo ops, and plenty of interactive family fun.
    “Families really enjoy the pirate aspects of this festival,” said Tom Arnone, Founder of Kids First of Enfield, in a statement. “Some guests even come dressed as pirates. The kids love it.”
    In
  • Babysitter Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter

    Babysitter Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter
    NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) _ Parents whose 19-month-old son died after they allowed a baby sitter suspected of abuse to care for him alone have been granted probation.
    The New Haven Register reports (http://bit.ly/1iolXWX) a judge granted accelerated rehabilitation to 35-year-old Sivakumar Mani and his 26-year-old wife Thenmozshi Rajendran. Charges of risk of injury to a child and interfering with a police officer will be dismissed in two years if they complete a court-ordered program. They also were
  • Families of Old Lyme crash victims plan to weigh in during criminal case

    Families of Old Lyme crash victims plan to weigh in during criminal case
    NEW LONDON – The truck driver charged in an East Lyme accident that killed two women on I-95 last month was in New London Superior Court Friday.
    Sixty-one-year-old Hilda Thomas of Maryland and 39-year-old Stacy Lockhart of Alabama were travelling through Old Lyme to a vacation on Martha’s Vineyard when they were killed in a crash that injured eight others on August 15.
    Sixty-six-year-old Rowan A. Phillip of New Jersey faces multiple charges, including two counts of misconduct wi
  • Motorcycle crash in Bloomfield leaves one man dead

    Motorcycle crash in Bloomfield leaves one man dead
    BLOOMFIELD – On Friday night just before midnight, a crash occurred at Blue Hills Avenue in Bloomfield, involving a pickup truck and a motorcycle.
    The driver of the motorcycle Joseph Caruso, died of his injuries.
  • Plainfield hit-and-run injures man in wheelchair

    Plainfield hit-and-run injures man in wheelchair
    PLAINFIELD – A man in motorized wheelchair was hit by car in Plainfield on Saturday afternoon just before 3:30 p.m.
    Todd Butler, 55, of Tarbox Extension was operating his motorized wheelchair southbound on Norwich Road in the area of Old Norwich Road, when he was hit by a car also traveling in the same direction. The car, a white Ford Mustang, kept going on Norwich Road.
    Butler suffered minor injuries to his left arm and was taken to William Backus Hospital.
  • Two injured in Willimantic stabbing

    Two injured in Willimantic stabbing
    WILLIMANTIC – Police are investigating a stabbing at on Cameo Drive in Willimantic on Saturday evening around 8 p.m.
    Two victims were taken to the hospital and police are on scene.
    Stay with FoxCT as this story develops.
  • Crews Battle Brush Fire in New Fairfield State Forest

    Crews Battle Brush Fire in New Fairfield State Forest
    Multiple departments responded to battle a brush fire that broke out in New Fairfield Saturday afternoon.Photo Credit: Connecticut Civil Air Patrol
  • Driver Strikes Man in Wheelchair Then Flees: Police

    Driver Strikes Man in Wheelchair Then Flees: Police
    Plainfield police are asking for the public’s help to find a driver that struck a man in a wheelchair and drove away Saturday afternoon.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  • Two teens arrested for North Stonington truck stop robbery

    Two teens arrested for North Stonington truck stop robbery
    NORTH STONINGTON – State police say that Christopher Devin Hilbert, 19, of Stonington, and a 17-year-old juvenile male robbed the American Auto Truck on Clark Falls Road in North Stonington on Wednesday, July 15.
    The two suspects were wearing dark-colored clothing and hooded sweatshirts and entered the rear door of the truck stop, according to police.
    One suspect was armed with a gun and the other suspect was armed with a knife. They held up the store clerks and left with over $300.
    On Thu
  • Enjoy the perfect weekend – hot and humid again next week

    Enjoy the perfect weekend – hot and humid again next week
    We’re one-for-one so far this holiday weekend, with no changes on tap for day two.
    If anything, we’re adding a few degrees to the highs, getting a little warmer inland thanks to a developing south windflow.
    Temps reach 80 at the shore, perfect for the beaches, and the mid 80s inland, perfect for the lakes and pools.
    Labor Day is the warmest, with the most humidity, with temps getting to the upper 80s, but still no rain.
    Back to work – it’s hot and humid, with badly needed
  • Motorcyclist Killed in Bloomfield Crash

    Motorcyclist Killed in Bloomfield Crash
    Police are investigating a fatal crash in Bloomfield involving a pickup truck and a motorcycle that occurred on Friday.
  • Canoe Westport Rescue For Three Fisherman

    Canoe Westport Rescue For Three Fisherman
    WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) _ Westport police say three men have been safely rescuedfrom the waters of Long Island Sound.
    Police said the men were fishing in an 18-foot canoe that overturned at around11 a.m. Saturday east of Cockenoe Island.
    Two officers in a patrol boat found the men, who were wearing life jackets,floating in the water.
    The men told police their canoe capsized in the choppy waters. They were in thewater for about 15 minutes before a passing sailboat saw them and radioed forhelp.
    The c
  • 3rd-floor apartment damaged in Hartford fire Saturday morning

    3rd-floor apartment damaged in Hartford fire Saturday morning
    HARTFORD – Firefighters battled an apartment fire at 332 West Preston Street Saturday morning.
    The call came in at around 9:45 a.m. reporting smoke coming from the third floor of the building .
    The fire was extinguished in just over an hour.
    There were no reports of injuries to residents nor firefighters.
    The Hartford Fire Marshall is investigating the cause of the fire at the three-family residence.
    “Right now we have special services on the way to assist anyone that might
  • New Fairfield Forest Fire

    New Fairfield Forest Fire
    According to New Fairfield First Selectwoman, Susan Chapman, Fire officials are currently responding to a brush fire in the area. The brush fire is in a state forest off of Beaver Bog Road in New Fairfield, and there is reportedly no injuries or risk to structures or homes at this time.
    Firefighters from Putnam Lake, Sherman, Patterson and Danbury have responded.

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