Norwich

The community is grieving after a 7-year-old girl died in a house fire in Norwich on Tuesday night. Norwich firefighters and Norwich police responded to 83 Summit St. just before 5:30 p.m. after receiving several 911 calls about a large home on fire with a child trapped inside, according to police. Neighbors say everyone jumped into action trying to help....

A 7-year-old girl has died following a house fire in Norwich. Norwich firefighters and Norwich police responded to 83 Summit St. just before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday after receiving several 911 calls about a large home on fire with a child trapped inside, according to police. When they arrived, they found the two-story house engulfed in flames, police said. “There was…

The Norwich Police Department released body cam video Monday from a fight that broke out at an outdoor charity basketball tournament on June 29. “We understand police use of force is very controversial and sometimes use of force like this is needed to bring a situation, a very chaotic scene, into control,” said Norwich Police Chief Patrick Daley. The body…

Norwich’s police chief plans to address a fight and police response to the incident that occurred in Jenkins Park on June 29. Chief Patrick Daley has scheduled a news conference for 2 p.m. on Monday to answer questions and to release video from police body-worn cameras. A charity basketball tournament ended in chaos after a fight broke out at the…

Two officers are hospitalized and one person who is accused of attacking police has been arrested after officers responded to a fight at a park in Norwich on Saturday, police said. Police said law enforcement from several departments responded and officers used pepper spray on a crowd that “had grown hostile” toward police. Initially, two Norwich police officers responded to…

A woman has died after being struck by a vehicle near a cemetery in Norwalk on Friday. Dispatchers received a 911 call about a pedestrian being hit by a vehicle near Riverside Cemetery on Riverside Avenue around 9:20 a.m. Emergency crews responded to the area and began providing medical aid to the pedestrian, who police have identified as 59-year-old Kathleen…

Several small business owners in Norwich were assessing damage Thursday after the Yantic River flooded several properties on Wednesday. Paragon Salon & Spa on Pleasant Street in Norwich had roughly five inches of water seep inside, according to the owner, Danielle Barth. “There were sandbags in front of the doors, which was helpful. Unfortunately, they didn’t sandbag the back...

Flooding in Norwich was so severe on Wednesday morning that rising water trapped people inside the Domino’s on New London Turnpike. Keith Santor, of Norwich, said he went to check on his wife’s business, Busy Bees Play Hive, at 6 a.m. and there was a foot of water at the door and six inches inside. There was nothing he...

A 17-year-old is dead after being trapped underneath a car following a shooting incident in Norwich on Wednesday night, police said. Officers were called to Cedar Street for a reported disturbance at 7:50 p.m. They later found out that a man had been shot. The man told police that he drove down the road after getting shot and crashed, but…

A man was found dead as firefighters were responding to a fire in Norwich Tuesday morning. Michael Dziavit, battalion chief of the Norwich Fire Department, said the fire was reported at 7:47 a.m. at a mixed-use building at 197-199 Central Ave. and the reports were that a person was possibly trapped. Firefighters responded three minutes later and found smoke coming…

A child was taken to the hospital after falling out of a window in Norwich on Sunday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to Laurel Hill Avenue around 3:05 p.m. According to fire officials, a child fell out of a third floor window. Police said the 3-year-old appeared to fall about 20 feet. The child was conscious and was transported to…

A fire has damaged a historic Norwich church that is over a century old. Firefighters were called to North B Street at the Taftville Congregational Church around 10 p.m. Saturday after getting a report of a structure fire. When the fire chief arrived about a minute later, a working fire was declared and about 20 percent of the 119-year-old church…