Category Archives: Local News

JAILHOUSE BIRTH EAST LYME, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut officials say an inmate has given birth to a baby at the state's only women's prison and two employees of a medical services contractor have been ta...

ERNIE'S REHABBED The former Royal Hotel and longtime Bank Street staple, Ernie's Caf in New London is going through restoration. Yehuda Amar, a developer with two completed downtown rehabilitation pro...

BODY FOUND IS MISSING SNOWMOBILER A body recovered Tuesday from Pachaug Pond in Griswold has been identified as 56-year old John DuBois. The Griswold resident was reported missing on December 16th, af...

DOCUMENT RELEASED Two days before the state Freedom of Information Commission was to act on a recommendation by its hearing officer that the town of Stonington be ordered to release a consultant's rep...

BODY FOUND IN PACHAUG POND GRISWOLD, Conn. (AP) - State and local authorities have found a body in a pond where a snowmobiler went missing in December after falling through the ice. The body was found...

HOTEL PROPOSAL DROPPED A $15 million hotel and conference center on Fort Trumbull in New London is no longer on the table now that the developer and City of New London have parted ways. Attorney Gordo...

INVESTIGATION OF INTERIOR INACTION REQUESTED The U.S. Department of Interior is not commenting on a request by Connecticut officials for an investigation of the agency's failure to act on agreements b...

POLICE CHASE, CRASH CAUSES OUTAGES Norwich police say a vehicle they were in pursuit of crashed into a utility pole around 10:15 Sunday night in the area of Laurel Hill. One man was taken to the hospi...

OFFICER JUSTIFIED IN SHOOTING NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - New London State's Attorney Michael Regan says a police officer was justified in firing shots at a 23-year-old man who then jumped to his death f...

DOLLIVER SURPRISES SCHOOL BOARD Last night, Norwich Superintendent of Schools Abby Dolliver dropped a bombshell saying the district desperately needs to trim $800,000 from its budget. Her plan, as rep...