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09/26/2024

Animal control officers are looking for whoever abandoned a dog in West Hartford on Wednesday. The male dog was found in a crate in Beachland Park around 2:30 p.m. Anyone with information is asked to call West Hartford police at (860) 523-5203. They are seeking information only and ask that people n...

09/23/2024

Someone who played Lucky for Life in Connecticut on Sunday has won $25,000 a year for life, or $390,000, depending on whether the winner chooses the annuity or the cash option. The winning numbers on Sunday were 5-13-27-35-48 and the Lucky Ball was 14. The winner of the $25,000 for life prize matche...

09/20/2024

A man has serious injuries after a reported stabbing in New London on Wednesday night. Police said they responded to Mountain Avenue in the area of Prest Street around 8 p.m. for the reported stabbing. Officers found a man that had been stabbed with serious, non-life threatening injuries. He was tak...

09/19/2024

Police are investigating after finding a dog tied up and abandoned in the Moosup section of Plainfield Wednesday. The police department said they responded to Olearos Hill Road at about 5 p.m. Authorities said they found an abandoned female German Shepherd tied up to a gate using a horse lead. The d...

09/18/2024

Police are asking for the public's help after a car was reported stolen in Gales Ferry.

09/13/2024

Dozens of frustrated electricity customers gathered at the Capitol Thursday, pleading with lawmakers to return for a special session to address a recent rate hike. The rally-goers want lawmakers to remove the public benefits portion from electricity bills, saying a July 1 hike to the public benefits...

08/30/2024

A 78-year-old woman has died after she was struck in Jewett City by a driver who state police said went off the road and hit a sign before hitting her, then crashing into a building and two vehicles. The driver of a BMW was heading north on Main Street in Griswold around 3:44 p.m. Thursday when he c...

08/28/2024

Police are looking for a man and woman accused of ramming a police cruiser and taking off Monday evening. It happened at about 4:15 p.m. Officers were called to a local business for a reported shoplifting attempt and determined that the suspect, 35-year-old Kayla Link, is also wanted on numerous arr...

08/27/2024

Mystic Aquarium announced the first birth of a Northern fur seal pup in 20 years! Weighing in at 11.4 pounds, a male Northern fur seal pup was born at the aquarium on July 31. “This momentous event not only signifies a milestone for Mystic Aquarium but also adds to the population of only nine nort...

08/23/2024

Fed up over spiking electric bills has some people calling for action. “Enough is enough. They keep raising the prices and it’s just enough,” Joseph Sellari, of Waterford, said. Soaring electric bills are driving some customers to demand changes including with an online petition. It has racked...

08/22/2024

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced that a deer infected with EEE has died. State officials said a white-tailed deer that exhibited neurologic symptoms in Lisbon died on Aug. 12 after being infected with eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE. EEE is a ser...

08/21/2024

A house fire in Norwich late Tuesday night has left six people without a home and investigators are working to determine what started it. Firefighters were called to a home on Alice Street around 10:30 p.m. after getting a report of a garage fire. When crews arrived, they said they found fire in an....

08/20/2024

A woman has died and a man has serious injuries after a crash and vehicle fire on Interstate 395 in Lisbon on Monday night. State police said a 34-year-old man from New London was driving on I-395 North between exits 18 and 19 around 10:15 p.m. While driving, investigators said the man went off of t...

08/19/2024

More than a dozen people and one dog were rescued from a flooded restaurant and nearby home in Beacon Falls on Sunday. Firefighters rescued the people from the Brookside Inn Restaurant and from an adjacent home. A crew was staged near the restaurant when it was reported that the flood water was risi...

08/16/2024

Essex Steam Train and Riverboat is on track to make a meaningful difference in our state. Throughout the month of August, it’s hosting a fundraiser called “Dog Days of Summer” that benefits animal shelters around the state. “I myself have two rescue dogs that I adopted in the past five years...

08/16/2024

New London police are issuing a warning after a card skimmer was found at a supermarket. Police said they found a card skimmer at NSA Supermarket at 332 S. Frontage Road while conducting inspections for card skimmers at retail locations. Card skimmers are devices that could illegally capture your cr...