Connecticut

Connecticut state police have released data showing their responses to traffic incidents from Wednesday morning through Saturday morning. Troopers say there have been 3,845 calls for service from Nov. 27 through early on the 30th, resulting in a total of 845 traffic stops. Here are additional statistics provided by state police for their activities from 12 a.m. Wednesday through 8 a.m. Saturday:

Former Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell died on Wednesday after a brief illness, according to her family. They said she died at a Florida hospital. She was 78 years old.  Gov. Ned Lamont is calling for U.S. and state flags in Connecticut lowered to half-staff in her honor. effective immediately until sunset on the date of interment, which has not yet...

The race between Hayes and Logan is among the state’s most closely watched contests on an Election Day when voters will also choose state legislators, a U.S. senator and the next U.S. president.

Connecticut voters will decide Tuesday whether to get rid of rules preventing the state from joining the 36 others that allow people to cast ballots by mail or through drop boxes without needing an excuse for not going to a polling place in person.

A state of emergency has been declared because of the critical fire weather conditions that exist throughout the state. Governor Ned Lamont made the announcement Friday afternoon, referencing the massive brush fire at Lamentation Mountain which has been burning since Monday. Firefighters continue to work around the clock to contain that fire. “The filing of this declaration will help provide...

Police departments across the state have been having issues with 911 calls, routine calls or both on Tuesday afternoon and a state emergency alert went out notifying residents. The state Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection said the CT 911 capability began experiencing issues across the state at 11:49 a.m. on Tuesday and urged people who cannot call 911...

It’s one of the oldest documented parts of our state’s history, and also one of the darkest. The Connecticut Witch Trials occurred from 1647 to 1663, more than four decades before the trials in Salem, Massachusetts. “The witch trials in Connecticut were extremely deadly. The first seven people who were accused and then indicted were convicted and subsequently hanged. Seven…

A 6-year-old died after his stepfather beat him with a baseball bat in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Police reports say a man charged with stalking UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers was found with an engagement ring and lingerie when he was arrested near a Connecticut airport.

Four Connecticut residents were killed in a plane crash in Vermont over the weekend, including a 15-year-old Middletown girl who was taking flying lessons from one of her teachers, authorities said. Vermont State Police identified the four as 55-year-old Paul Pelletier, of Columbia; 88-year-old Frank Rodriguez, of Lebanon; and 51-year-old Susan Van Ness and her 15-year-old daughter, Delilah Van Ness,…

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey isn’t too happy with some new signs welcoming drivers from her state into Connecticut. The signs were unveiled Wednesday by Gov. Ned Lamont. The signs on the state line along I-91, I-84, and I-395 read “Welcome to Connecticut, Home of the Basketball Capital of the World.” After the UConn men’s basketball head coach Dan Hurley...

Connecticut has a new way to welcome drivers as they enter the state on interstate highways and a state road. The new “Welcome to Connecticut” signs are meant to highlight aspects of the state that are near and dear to Nutmeggers. “These new signs are not just markers on our highways, they are a reflection of what makes Connecticut special,”…

Two men are still missing after a boat crash in Long Island Sound on Labor Day that killed one of their friends and a search for the missing boaters is underway on Wednesday. Nine friends were on the 31-foot motorboat, returning from a day on Block Island, when it hit a jetty at the mouth of the Connecticut River around…

One person has died after a boat crash in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, Monday night, while two others are missing and five people are in the hospital.

The calls also included threats to carry out mass shootings at New York City synagogues and to set off explosives at the U.S. Capitol and a university, the indictment said.

A family in Connecticut received a scare when a black bear took a stroll through their neighborhood.

A chance encounter led to some good news for a Connecticut mom whose home collapsed during the deadly flooding that struck parts of the state on Sunday.

Parts of southwestern Connecticut were hit hit by severe flooding from as much as a foot of rain Sunday, washing out roads, trapping people in cars and a restaurant, and killing two women who were swept away into a river. Gov. Ned Lamont has also declared a state of emergency on Monday as a result of the damage. He said…

Historic flooding in parts of Connecticut closed roads, forced water rescues and caused mudslides on Sunday. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency for the risk for catastrophic flooding in Fairfield and New Haven counties through the evening. The Southbury Police Department asked residents in a Facebook post to stay home while roads were closed and crews responded…

The heavy rain is causing flooding in some cities and towns in Connecticut on Sunday. The flooding is creating dangerous driving conditions and multiple roads are closed. Officials said these roads are closed: Bethel Danbury Multiple buildings in Danbury have also been evacuated due to what city officials said was a “mudslide situation” and because of flooding. Roxbury Southbury Woodbury…