Connecticut news

• Police investigating hazmat incident in Terryville

  14-07-2017 23:05
  
  TERRYVILLE —  Police said they are investigating after hazardous material was found Friday evening. Around approximately 2:27 p.m. Plymouth police said first responders responded to a hazardous material incident in the area of 10 Agney Avenue. “An unknown white powdery substance, contained in a clear plastic baggie, was located under a mailbox outside 10 Agney Ave. The State D.E.E.P. and United Stated Postal Inspector have also responded to the scene. The white power substance h
  
  Read more

• Keidel: How Does Roger Federer Keep Winning?

  14-07-2017 23:00
  
  By Jason Keidel
  John McEnroe got embroiled in a pseudo-controversy last month, when he was pseudo-tricked into giving a misogynist answer to a misleading question about Serena Williams.
  There are people who don’t worship Serena Williams, many for the wrong reasons, based on race, gender and all kinds of galling bigotry. But McEnroe, an earnest and honest admirer of Ms. Williams for years, isn’t one of them.
  But no matter where we place Williams on the men’s circuit, there&rsquo
  
  Read more

• Which Prospects Might We Soon See In The Majors?

  14-07-2017 22:12
  
  With the All-Star game behind us and the “Super-Two” deadline long in the rear view mirror, many MLB teams will begin to consider calling up their top prospects. We have already seen guys like Clint Frazier and Derek Fisher make their major-league debuts, but what other minor leaguers might get the big promotion in the coming weeks? While Tim Tebow has been raking in Advanced-A, it is unlikely he makes an appearance at Citi Field this season. But here are some prospects who’s n
  
  Read more

• Murphy Amasses Early Campaign Trove For 2018

  14-07-2017 22:08
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Connecticut’s next U.S. Senate race isn’t until 2018, but Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy has already amassed more than $5 million.
  The Democrat announced this week he raised $2 million in the second quarter of 2017 and he now has $5.1 million in cash on hand for his anticipated re-election campaign.
  Murphy says he raised half of what he accumulated for his entire 2012 Senate campaign during the first six months of this year.
  Murphy is at
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Connecticut Man Dead In New Hampshire Plane Crash

  14-07-2017 21:55
  
  WINCHESTER, N.H. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – New Hampshire authorities say aircraft, drones and ATVs were used in an hours-long search to find a small plane that crashed in a heavily wooded area. The pilot was found dead.
  The Federal Aviation Administration said the pilot was the only person aboard the Extra 300 aircraft Thursday. Police identified him as 65-year-old John Everson, of Danielson, Connecticut.
  Authorities said dispatchers started getting reports about a plane crash in Winchest
  
  Read more

• State Officials Say UConn Coach OK To Hire Son As Assistant

  14-07-2017 21:47
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – State ethics lawyers are recommending the University of Connecticut be allowed to hire football coach Randy Edsall’s son as the team’s assistant coach.
  The Hartford Courant reports lawyers for the state ethics board are recommending the citizen advisory panel take no action against UConn or its coach so long as his son’s one-year, $95,000 contract is not renewed.
  The draft opinion, which is slated to be presented to the board Jul
  
  Read more

• NBC CT Anchors and Reporters Share Their School Photos

  14-07-2017 21:29
  
  Photo Credit: Heidi Voight
  
  Read more

• Lawmakers To Return For Meeting, Not A State Budget Vote

  14-07-2017 21:22
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Democratic members of the Connecticut House of Representatives are coming back to the state Capitol, but not to vote on a new budget.
  House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz and House Majority Leader Matt Ritter said Friday they’ve informed their members there will be a closed-door budget caucus meeting on Tuesday, but not a legislative session day.
  Both Aresimowicz and Ritter suggested late last month that a budget agreement could be ready for a vote
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Downed Tree and Power Lines Closes Route 63 in Naugatuck

  14-07-2017 20:39
  
  Route 63 in Naugatuck is closed after a tree came down and brought wires with it. Police warn the road could be closed for several hours.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
  Read more

• Four State Swimming Areas Closed

  14-07-2017 20:25
  
  The swimming areas are closed at Rocky Neck State Park in Niantic, Gay City State Park in Hebron, Mashamoquet Brook State Park in Pomfret and Pachaug State Forest in Voluntown because of water quality.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
  Read more

• DEEP: Some Areas Off Limits To Swimmers

  14-07-2017 20:19
  
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is announcing there will be fewer places to swim this weekend.
  DEEP say in addition to Rocky Neck State Park being closed due to high bacteria levels in the water, three other areas are off limits to swimmers.
  They are Gay City State Park in Hebron, Mashamoquet Brook State Park in Pomfret, and Pachaug State Forest in Voluntown.
  Water at Gay City and Pachaug will be retested July 20. Mashamoquet
  
  Read more

• Ray Dunaway: Taxpayer Subsidies and Tesla

  14-07-2017 19:35
  Lauren Fix “The Car Coach” asks, can Tesla survive without taxpayer subsidies?
  
  Read more

• Ray Dunaway: CT Voter Privacy Protections

  14-07-2017 19:15
  Greg Hladky, reporter for the Hartford Courant talks the Trump panel’s push for voting data. Could it lead to more Connecticut voter privacy protections?
  Plus, a federal agency has withdrawn from the controversial shoreline high-speed rail plan. What happens to this project now?
  
  Read more

• Ray Dunaway: Net Neutrality

  14-07-2017 18:51
  
  Lon Seidman of Lon.tv discusses net neutrality.
   
  
  Read more

• Woman Found Passed Out, Child Covered in Flies in Putnam

  14-07-2017 18:39
  
  A Putnam woman who state police found passed out in a home was arrested after troopers found a child covered in flies and bug bites, with drug paraphernalia nearby, according to state police.Photo Credit: CT State Police Troop D Quality of Life Task Force
  
  Read more

• Ray Dunaway: Looking at the ‘Homework Gap’

  14-07-2017 18:25
  Elin Swanson Katz, the State of Connecticut’s Office of Consumer Counsel, looks at a report, Assessment of the Broadband “Homework Gap” In Hartford, detailing the barriers to high-speed internet access faced by students in the North End of Hartford.
  
  Read more

• Sandoval DFA’d By Sox

  14-07-2017 18:22
  
  ‘dBOSTON (AP) – Panda-mania is over in Boston before it ever really began.
  The Red Sox designated third baseman Pablo Sandoval for assignment on Friday,cutting their losses on the $95 million free agent who was never productive orhealthy enough to replicate the popularity _ or World Series success _ he had inSan Francisco.
  The Red Sox have 10 days to trade or release the 30-year-odl Sandoval, who wasactivated him from the disabled list (inner ear infection) and returned from aninjury
  
  Read more

• Trinity Professor Cleared Following Controversial Statement

  14-07-2017 18:10
  
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – The Trinity College professor who sparked controversy with Facebook comments in the aftermath of the shooting of a congressman in Virginia last month has been cleared of wrongdoing by the school.
  Professor Johnny Williams has been placed on leave through the fall semester per mutual agreement.
  Williams referenced an article that supported white supremacist groups and included a hashtag to “let them all (expletive) die”.
  In a statement by Trin
  
  Read more

• Smarter Balanced Results: Math Scores Up; ELA Scores Down

  14-07-2017 18:02
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Preliminary results from the 2016-17 Smarter Balanced assessment show overall mathematics scores increased slightly, while English language arts scores dipped slightly among Connecticut students in grades 3 through 8.
  The initial results, released Friday, show math scores across all grade levels increased 1.6 points to 45.6 percent of students meeting or exceeding the achievement standard, while ELA scores dropped 1.4 points to 54.2 percent.
  The test was
  
  Read more

• Ray Dunaway: Updates From DC

  14-07-2017 17:53
  
  David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers Capitol Hill Correspondent updates with the latest on DC.
   
  
  Read more

• Todd Feinburg: Schools Too Liberal?

  14-07-2017 17:51
  
  How have schools changed over the years? Let’s discuss…
   
  
  Read more

• West Hartford Man Charged With Sex Assault in Canton

  14-07-2017 17:44
  
  A West Hartford man has been charged with fourth-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor in Canton after the state Department of Children and Families reached out to them about allegations of a...Photo Credit: Canton Police
  
  Read more

• Guilty Plea In Drug Sales Scheme

  14-07-2017 17:40
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – A woman who worked as a drug company sales representative in Connecticut, New Hampshire and Rhode Island has pleaded guilty in a kickback scheme involving the powerful prescription painkiller fentanyl.
  Federal prosecutors say 33-year-old Natalie Levine of Scottsdale, Arizona, paid thousands of dollars to induce medical practitioners to prescribe afentanyl-based spray known as Subsys.
  Levine pleaded guilty Tuesday in Hartford to conspiracy to violate an anti-kickback
  
  Read more

• Man in Critical Condition After Fight on New Haven Green

  14-07-2017 17:24
  
  A 62-year-old man is in critical condition after he was assaulted during a fight on the New Haven Green Thursday night, according to police.Photo Credit: New Haven Police
  
  Read more

• Alleged Food Stamp Fraud Leads To Arrest

  14-07-2017 17:23
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – A former employee at a Connecticut grocery store has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for his role in a $3 million food stamp fraud scheme.
  The Republican-American reports (http://bit.ly/2tmts68 ) that Tallat Mahmood, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty to unlawful use of food stamp benefits in federalcourt.
  In addition to his prison term, he was ordered Wednesday to pay $1.5 million in restitution.
  A federal agent, with help from an informant, went undercover for ne
  
  Read more

• Greater Hartford Festival Of Jazz This Weekend

  14-07-2017 17:08
  
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – The sound of jazz is permeating throughout downtown Hartford this weekend.
  The 26th annual Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz in Bushnell Park features about a dozen acts from around the country covering all genres: Latin, contemporary, Bop, and Dixieland, to name a few.
  Festival president Charles Christie says there’s a bit of a historical element to jazz. He says it’s America’s truest art form.
  The festival runs through Sunday.
  The com
  
  Read more

• 2 Arrested After Chase from Somers Into Springfield Ends in Stafford

  14-07-2017 15:52
  
  Two people have been arrested on drug and weapons charges after a police chase that crossed state lines early Friday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
  Read more

• City Issues Emergency Demolition Order After Factory Fire

  14-07-2017 14:28
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Officials have filed for an emergency demolition after a fire engulfed the site of a former rubber factory in Bridgeport.
  Firefighters responded to the blaze at the former AGI Rubber Company Wednesday afternoon. The fire was under control by 5 p.m.
  The emergency order was issued less than 24 hours later, with city spokeswoman Rowena White citing fire and safety hazards as the cause.
  White says the city had been planning to demolish the building
  
  Read more

• Branford Police Seize $2M in Opioids During Traffic Stop

  14-07-2017 14:25
  
  Branford police have arrested a Ohio man after finding $2 million-worth of opiods, including fentanyl and the narcotic pain reliever tramadol, during a traffic stop, according to police.Photo Credit: Branford Police Department
  
  Read more

• Hartford Man Charged In Home Depot Return Scam

  14-07-2017 14:22
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Authorities in Massachusetts have charged a Connecticut man they say swindled multiple Home Depot stores out of $50,000 in a return scam.
  The Republican newspaper reports that 49-year-old Daniel Jarrett, of Hartford, was held on $950 bail after pleading not guilty Thursday to a larceny charge.
  The charge is connected to returns at the West Springfield Home Depot authorities say netted Jarrett about $4,600. Prosecutors say he has been tied to si
  
  Read more

• Putnam woman arrested after neglected child found covered in flies, with overflowing diaper

  14-07-2017 14:20
  
  PUTNAM — State Police said they arrested a woman after a neglected child was discovered on Thurber Road in Putnam. Police said while they were investigating a separate incident:  troopers were attempting to find somebody. While they were searching, they had a reason to believe he was at a house on Thurber Road in Putnam. When troopers got there, they saw the door had been damaged, and when they called into the home, no one answered. Troopers entered and found […]
  
  Read more

• ‘Slime eels’ turn Oregon highway into gooey mess after truck overturns

  14-07-2017 14:07
  
  DEPOE BAY, Ore. – A truck filled with slimy, eel-like fish overturned along an Oregon highway Thursday, converting the roadway into a scene reminiscent of the movie “Ghostbusters.” Thanks @OregonDOT pic.twitter.com/SmwHtWLeQ3 — Depoe Bay Fire Dist. (@DepoeBayFire) July 13, 2017 The truck’s cargo was originally bound for Korea for consumption, according to the Oregon State Police, where they are considered a delicacy. The animals are actually hagfish, not e
  
  Read more

• ‘It didn’t seem real’: Mountain lion jumps onto sleeping woman’s bed

  14-07-2017 14:04
  
  COLUSA, Calif. – Surveillance cameras recorded a mountain lion jumping through the window of a Colusa, California apartment, according to KTXL-TV. Wildlife officials say the big cat crashed through the window on July 4, after it ran into a door at a bowling alley next door off Main Street in Colusa. The woman inside was sleeping when the lion jumped on her bed. “She was asleep and it landed on her bed and actually at first I think she said […]
  
  Read more

• 1970s Ford F100 Pickup Stolen in East Windsor Found

  14-07-2017 13:56
  
  A 1970s Ford F100 pickup that was stolen from the Broad Brook Garage on Main Street in East Windsor was found in South Windsor.Photo Credit: East Windsor Police Department
  
  Read more

• ‘It’s made me stronger’: Woman burned in campfire accident and left by husband speaks out

  14-07-2017 13:55
  
  TALLAPOOSA, Ga. – A woman who survived being severely burned in a campfire accident is talking about about what happened that day, and the obstacles she’s had to overcome since as she rebuilds her life. Courtney Waldon, 27, of Tallapoosa, Georgia, says she was sitting by a campfire, cooking last September when her husband lit the fire. Some of the gas got on her body, then she was engulfed in flames. “I thought I was dying,” she told People Magazine. Waldon
  
  Read more

• Manchester bridal shop suddenly closes

  14-07-2017 13:47
  
  MANCHESTER — One of the largest bridal gown retailers has suddenly shut down. Alfred Angelo Bridal closed down all 60 of their stores Thursday with little notice. Employees said they were notified Thursday morning of the closures, and that the business is filing for bankruptcy. Women posted on twitter that they were unable to get their dresses, even though they paid in full for them. Stay with FOX61 as this story develops.
  
  Read more

• 2 Israeli police officers killed in shooting in Jerusalem’s Old City

  14-07-2017 13:27
  
  JERUSALEM — Two Israeli police officers were killed in a shooting Friday in Jerusalem’s Old City, just outside one of the world’s most important religious sites. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said three armed assailants, whom he identified as terrorists, targeted police units in the area. One tried to stab a police officer, he said. All three attackers were shot and killed and the area has been closed off, according to Rosenfeld. The injured were taken to nearby hosp
  
  Read more

• Beyoncé debuts newborn twins

  14-07-2017 12:59
  
  Forgive the Beyhive if they are tired on Friday. Shortly after 1 a.m., Beyoncé debuted the long awaited photo of her newborn twins on her official Instagram account. Naturally it was glorious. The photo was just what we have come to expect from the superstar. It featured Queen Bey cradling her babies while swathed in fabric including a blue veil. She is posed before a stand of flowers with the ocean in the background. The image is similar to ones […]
  
  Read more

• France puts on military show as Trump marks Bastille Day

  14-07-2017 12:32
  
  PARIS — France is treating President Donald Trump to an elaborate military display on Friday, a strategic show of friendship by the new leader here who hopes to elevate his country’s global standing by flattering his US counterpart. Thousands of French troops parades down the Champs-Élysées in a dramatic show of pageantry to mark the storming of the Bastille military prison in 1789, a turning point in the French Revolution. This year the celebration is also meant to com
  
  Read more

• This Morning With Ray Dunaway July 14, 2017

  14-07-2017 12:26
  
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  6:50- Lauren Fix “The Car Coach” asks, can Tesla survive without taxpayer subsidies?
  7:20-  Greg Hladky, reporter for the Hartford Courant talks the Trump panel’s push for voting data. Could it lead to more Connecticut voter privacy protections?  Plus, a federal agency has withdrawn from the controversial shoreline high-speed rail plan. What happens to this project now?
  7:50- Lon Seidman of Lon.tv disc
  
  Read more

• AP source: Man killed 4 after feeling cheated in drug deals

  14-07-2017 12:22
  
  DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — A person with firsthand knowledge of a drug dealer’s confession to killing four young Pennsylvania men says the man killed them after he felt cheated or threatened during three drug transactions and then burned their bodies. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss details of the case against 20-year-old Cosmo DiNardo. The details were provided after one of DiNardo’s lawyers said Thurs
  
  Read more

• Mitchell’s Restaurant in Vernon offers comfort food in a homey atmosphere

  14-07-2017 12:12
  
  VERNON — When you walk into Mitchell’s Restaurant in Vernon there is a down-home, country feel and a sweet smell of freshly made goodness. Greeted by a smiling server and a sign that reads “enter as strangers, leave as friends”, this family restaurant serves up breakfast all day, lunch and dinner on Thursday and Friday. “We put everything we have into making Mitchell’s a place where our customers feel good,” said owner Jay Merluzzo. Merluzzo sp
  
  Read more

• Lightning Strikes Man Before The Start Of Town Fair

  14-07-2017 12:06
  
  NORTH STONINGTON, Conn. (AP) — Officials say a man was likely struck by lightning on what was supposed to be opening day for a Connecticut town’s fair.
  Stonington Fire Marshal George Brennan says the 30-year-old man was working at North Stonington Fairgrounds during a thunderstorm Thursday afternoon.
  Brennan says the man was leaning against a metal panel when there was a crack of thunder, and he fell to the ground unconscious.
  The man regained consciousness
  
  Read more

• Sisters killed while watching TV when car crashes into Indiana home at 80 mph

  14-07-2017 06:12
  
  CLINTON COUNTY, Ind. – Police arrested a 17-year-old girl after she crashed her vehicle into an Indiana home Wednesday night, killing two sisters inside, according to officials. Family members said the girls, 17-year-old Haleigh and 9-year-old Callie Fullerton, were watching TV in the living room when the car plowed into the house just before 9:30 p.m. They were killed on impact, according to WXIN-TV. It’s still unclear what caused the driver, who police say was t
  
  Read more

• Sammy Sosa looks dramatically different, and the internet is going crazy

  14-07-2017 06:02
  
  HOLLYWOOD —  A former Chicago Cubs player is back in the news and this time, it’s not for sports. Former star Sammy Sosa, who played for the Cubs from 1992-04,  has become a trending topic on Twitter. Recently, Sammy Sosa appeared on ESPN earlier this week and looked totally different. In the interview, he is seen wearing a pink fedora and his complexion looks to be much lighter. In 2009, the former slugger did an interview on Univision and addressed […]
  
  Read more

• New York City subway rider wakes up to man urinating on her face: police

  14-07-2017 05:52
  
  NEW YORK — Police are looking for a New York City subway rider wanted in a stomach-churning incident Thursday. A woman riding the J train in Brooklyn told officers she woke up to a man urinating on her face, police told WPIX-TV. It was shortly before 2 a.m. when a woman was sitting on a southbound J train listening to headphones with her eyes closed, police said. The train was passing the 75th Street-Elderts Lane station when she felt a liquid […]
  
  Read more

• Person of interest confesses in murders of 4 missing Pennsylvania men

  14-07-2017 05:49
  
  HOPE, Pa. – A Pennsylvania man has confessed that he was involved in the deaths of four missing men in eastern Pennsylvania, his lawyer told reporters Thursday. Cosmo DiNardo, 20, confessed on Thursday to “his participation or commission in the murders of the four young men,” attorney Paul Lang said. Bucks County prosecutors promised not to seek the death penalty in exchange for his confession, Lang said. DiNardo told authorities where to find the bodies, the lawyer said, He de
  
  Read more

• Residents are cleaning up after storm rips through state

  14-07-2017 05:30
  
  ANSONIA — A user submitted video shows the storm ripping through Ansonia with high winds and intense rain. “Branches were falling down. And I heard something but I though it was these little trees hitting the house,” says Brad Haug, a resident of Ansonia. Instead, a massive, dry rotted tree fell onto his front lawn, knocking out his cable line. Haug said he saw everything from his front window, an experience he’s used to. “I was enjoying it. I was […]
  
  Read more

• Exclusive: Calls for further investigation into Connecticut soldier’s out-of-state death

  14-07-2017 05:00
  
  HARTFORD —  The family and friends of a Connecticut soldier hit and killed by a car in Tennessee last year are crying foul over his death. Austin McGeough, 21 of East Granby, was an Army Specialist stationed at Ft. Campbell, TN. In the early hours of October 15, 2016, Cheatham County investigators said McGeough left a house party in the town of Pleasant View, drunk and on drugs. They said he broke into a nursery, called 911 to report being […]
  
  Read more

• PD: Stafford man admitted to having sex with 12-year-old girl

  14-07-2017 04:24
  
  STAFFORD —  A Stafford man is facing criminal charges after police said he sexually assaulted a minor. On Thursday, Stafford police said Matthew Noto, 20, turned himself in following an arrest warrant stemming from an incident that occurred in June. Police said Nato admitted to having sex with a 12-year-old girl, but thought she was 15. According to the affidavit,  DCF was tipped off by one of the girl’s elementary school classmates after rumors of her being pregn
  
  Read more

Follow @NewsConnectic on Twitter!