Hartford Courant

HARTFORD FIREFIGHTERS ON SCENE OF ZION STREET FIRE

Hartford firefighters battled a blaze Wednesday night at a building on Zion Street in Hartford just down the hill from Trinity College.

1 PERSON SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER MOTOR SCOOTER CRASH ON MAIN STREET IN HARTFORD

One person was seriously injured Wednesday night after the motor scooter they were driving collided with a pickup truck on Main Street...

DAILY CORONAVIRUS UPDATES: DEATHS IN CONNECTICUT RISING, WEEKS AFTER POSITIVITY, HOSPITALIZATIONS BEGAN INCREASING

More than a month after Connecticut's positive COVID-19 test rate began rising, the state now appears to be seeing a similar rise in...

CONNECTICUT ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM TONG BLASTS DOJ DEAL WITH PURDUE PHARMA OVER OPIOID PROBE

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong decried an agreement Wednesday between the U.S. Department of Justice and Stamford-based...

STATE RULES DOG THAT FATALLY MAULED 95-YEAR-OLD ENFIELD WOMAN CAN BE PUT DOWN

A Department of Agriculture hearing officer submitted a proposed decision Monday to allow authorities to euthanize a dog that fatally...

CHUCKLES X, CONNECTICUT'S OFFICIAL STATE GROUNDHOG, HAS DIED - SEARCH FOR CHUCKLES XI UNDERWAY

The state's official groundhog died over the weekend, and a search has begun to fill the crucial role before Groundhog Day 2021.

SISTERS ARRESTED AFTER THEY FLOOD VERNON 911 DISPATCHER WITH CALLS, CURSING AND YELLING AT HER

Two sisters who called a Vernon dispatcher 12 times in four minutes last month to complain about their sibling's arrest were themselves...

OXYCONTIN MAKER PURDUE PHARMA TO PLEAD TO 3 CRIMINAL CHARGES AS PART OF SETTLEMENT FOR ROLE IN OPIOID EPIDEMIC

Purdue Pharma, the company that makes OxyContin, the powerful prescription painkiller that experts say helped touch off an opioid epidemic,...

MAN MADE CHILD KNEEL ON TACKS, DRINK HOT SAUCE, NAUGATUCK POLICE SAY

A Naugatuck man faces child abuse charges after he forced a child to sleep in a locked closet for months and inflicted punishments...

BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT INCREASES WAIT TIMES FOR COVID-19 RESULTS AT ITS TERMINAL TESTING LOCATION

ANGEL GARCIA DISAPPEARED 9 YEARS AGO WITHOUT A TRACE. HIS MOTHER, AND HARTFORD POLICE, HAVEN'T GIVEN UP HOPE OF FINDING HIM

A tree planted during a ceremony in Hartford Tuesday is a symbol of hope for a mother whose son disappeared nine years ago.

MAN IN SHOT ON ALBANY AVENUE IN HARTFORD; SECOND VICTIM SINCE CITY LEADERS CALLED FOR STATE POLICE REINFORCEMENTS TO QUELL GUN VIOLENCE

The shooting is only the second since Friday, when Hartford officials announced 15 state police personnel would be dispatched to the...

POLICE INVESTIGATING APPARENT SHOOTING OUTSIDE MERIDEN MALL, BUT NO VICTIMS REPORTED

Meriden police are investigating a shooting Tuesday morning outside the Meriden Mall, where at least one person opened fire on another...

NEW HAVEN BABY ABANDONED IN DUMPSTER LAST WEEK RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL, STILL RECOVERING FROM BURNS, POLICE SAY

The 8-month-old baby girl found abandoned last week in a New Haven dumpster has been released from the hospital reunited with her family,...

VERNON DEDICATES PARK FOR NATIVE SON GENE PITNEY, ‘ROCKVILLE'S ROCKET'

Gene Pitney, a 2002 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was born in Hartford and raised in Rockville, where he began his...

MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING SIMSBURY JOGGER MELISSA MILLAN REJECTS DEAL THAT WOULD'VE SENT HIM TO PRISON FOR 35 YEARS

The Windsor Locks man charged with killing Simsbury mother Melissa Millan as she jogged down a busy trail in Simsbury in 2014 rejected...

DAILY CORONAVIRUS UPDATES: CONNECTICUT PLANS TO CHANGE TRAVEL ADVISORY RULES, SO FEWER STATES MEET THRESHOLD FOR RESTRICTIONS

Gov. Ned Lamont said he expects the rules will go into effect “probably in the next day or two.”

CONNECTICUT JOINS OTHER STATES IN FIGHT AGAINST EFFORTS TO PRESERVE PURDUE PHARMA'S OXYCONTIN BUSINESS AS A PUBLIC TRUST

Attorney General William Tong joined two dozen attorneys general last week in voicing opposition to a proposed Department of Justice...

A WIDELY-VIEWED FACEBOOK POST QUESTIONED HOW POLICE IN A CONNECTICUT TOWN TREATED A MAN WITH DOWN SYNDROME, LEADING TO PUBLIC APOLOGY BY TOWN OFFICIAL

OId Saybrook's first selectman made a public apology last week after a much-viewed social media post highlighted police treatment of...

COMEDIAN JOHN OLIVER QUIETLY COMES TO DANBURY FOR SEWER PLANT NAMING

Comedian John Oliver quietly visited Danbury last week for a tongue-in-cheek ceremony to name the city's sewage treatment plant after...