Category Archives: Local News

ROUGH WEATHER COMING BOSTON (AP) - People across the East Coast are preparing for a major Nor'easter to hit the region. Heavy rain, intermittent snow and high winds with gusts exceeding 50 miles per h...

FARE INCREASES PANNED A proposal by the state Department of Transportation to increase the fares for buses, rail, and paratransit services is generating some stiff opposition from local residents. Las...

PLEA DEAL IN VOODOO PRIESTESS CASE NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - A Norwich man charged with fatally stabbing his pregnant wife because he thought she was a voodoo priestess who planned to kill him has been...

LOCAL STUDENTS TO WALK OUT On March 14th at 10 a.m. high schools and some middle schools throughout eastern Connecticut will participate in an approximately 17 minute event in what is being called "#N...

UTILITIES BOARD TO REVIEW BY-LAWS COVERING EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS Norwich's Board of Public Utilities Commissioners will be reviewing the by-laws surrounding the panel's role in future NPU employee compl...

NEW COUNCIL REVIEWS RT 82 RENO Norwich's current city council last night receives its first official look at the state department of transportation's plan to lessen the hazardous driving conditions on...

NL MAN CHARGED IN OFFICER-DRAGGING A New London man has been charged in connection with an incident this morning where a Groton town police officer was dragged a mile in a highway chase. 22-year old T...

OFFICER DRAGGED, INJURED A Groton police officer was transported to a local hospital with non life threatening injuries this morning, suffered during a traffic stop overnight in the area of Routes 117...

NEW LAWYER FOR ALLEGED WIFE-MURDERER An accused Norwich murderer will be getting new legal representation. The special public defender for Chihan Eric Chyung has been withdrawn from the case, at her r...

CONDEMNATION APPEAL DENIED The Norwich Building Code Board of Appeals Thursday voted to deny a Norwich landlord's plea to overturn the condemnation of a boarding home at 41 Boswell Ave. Officials said...