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Former Republican lawyer accused of stealing campaign funds faces dozens of...

The former attorney accused last year of stealing state senate Republican campaign funds was arrested again Tuesday on dozens of felony forgery and identity theft charges in connection with financial...

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Two men in custody after report of armed person prompted lockdowns at two...

Two men are under arrest and a pistol and high-capacity magazines have been recovered after an incident that prompted lockdowns at two Hartford schools Thursday morning.

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Two people charged with murder of missing Waterbury woman whose remains were...

A Waterbury man and woman have been charged with the murder of a missing woman whose remains were discovered earlier this month in Black Rock State Park in Watertown.

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Avon dispute leads to state court decision on examining documents, but it’s...

Arguing that police aren’t entitled to require signatures from people viewing police records, an Avon man is appealing a recent court decision that went against him and the state’s Freedom of...

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Owner of Southington luxury home, scene of raucous and ‘lifestyle’ parties,...

A rented McMansion in Southington was the scene of more than a dozen complaints this summer as hundreds of revelers arrived for bashes that included a “lifestyle” party, a police report released...

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U.S. Drought Monitor: Parts of Connecticut experiencing extreme drought

Long swaths of northern and eastern Connecticut are now experiencing an “extreme drought,” the second-driest level, the U.S. Drought Monitor says.

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Stamford police make assault arrest after deadly outdoor party

Police have arrested a suspect who they say seriously wounded a man at a large weekend gathering in Stamford that turned deadly.

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Mass COVID-19 testing at Department of Correction finds 241 inmates with...

The Department of Correction’s second round of system-wide COVID-19 tests in the past two months discovered 241 inmates with the virus, but officials said they have not had an inmate show symptoms in...

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State police seek public’s help in Manchester double slaying

State police on Friday released photos of a suspect vehicle in a double homicide at a commuter lot in Manchester where car enthusiasts had gathered in early August.

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Hartford police respond to reports of a dead body in the river

Police said they are responding to reports of a body in the Connecticut River.

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Warrant: Police tracked phone of suspected killer to area where missing...

Months after a body was left in a Watertown forest, wrapped in bags and bound by tape, Waterbury detectives tracked the phone of a city man through the area on the night they believe she was killed, an...

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Narcotics officers find $6,000 worth of illegal drugs in car, Vernon police say

Police said they stopped a car with illegal drugs in it in Vernon Thursday and arrested the two occupants, who they said had been dealing in the area.

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Communications contractor dies after fall from tower in Manchester, police say

A contractor died Friday afternoon after he fell from a communications tower he was working on in Manchester.

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No charges to be filed against vandal who defaced ‘Black Lives Matter’...

No criminal charges will be filed against the person who repainted UConn’s “Spirit Rock” last weekend, changing its “Black Lives Matter” message to “All Lives Matter.”

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Hartford detectives recover 8 stolen cars in single day as police continue...

Hartford police recovered eight stolen vehicles on Friday, all of which police believe were taken with their keys inside them.

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Troopers charge man with December armed robbery outside Montville restaurant

A 38-year-old Norwich man was charged Friday with robbing a man of $40 and cutting him with a knife outside a Montville restaurant last winter.

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Connecticut firefighters welcomed home after combating West Coast wildfires

During two weeks of battling massive forest fires in California, 10 Connecticut firefighters never escaped the smoke. The 10 helped preserve the 85,000-acre Hoopa Valley Reservation from one of...

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Police arrest teen after Avon shooting

Police on Saturday arrested a 17-year-old who they suspect shot a 20-year-old during a drug sale in Avon.

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Two men dead after early-morning shootings in Bridgeport

One victim was shot inside Keystone, a bar and club, police said. Police found the other victim on a residential front porch.

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Blumenthal says the only Supreme Court nominee he’d support right now is...

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal has taken a strong stance against the President Trump's Supreme Court nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett.

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