Category Archives: Local News

NO RECONSIDERATION BY STATE HIGH COURT HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut's highest court has rejected a request to reconsider its ruling that the state's education funding system is constitutional. T...

BEMER REJECTS PLEA DEAL DANBURY, Conn. (AP) - A local businessman charged in a sex trafficking ring has rejected a plea deal that would have allowed him to avoid prison time. Bruce Bemer was arrested ...

MALLOY CALLS FOR TOLLS, GAS TAX HIKE HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has proposed reinstating highway tolls and increasing the state gas tax by 7 cents to help pay for improve...

PENALTIES AVOIDED The federal government has penalized hospitals with the highest rates of infections and injuries for the past four fiscal years by docking their Medicare payments. A total of 15 hosp...

SCENE FINALLY CLEARED AT WILLI FIRE WILLIMANTIC FIRE CREWS HAVE LEFT THE SCENE OF A MASSIVE FIRE THAT DESTROYED A BUILDING AT WILLIMANTIC WASTE PAPER INCORPORATED. FIREFIGHTERS LOGGED MORE THAN 36 HOU...

UNEXPECTED SNOW CAUSES PROBLEMS Local commuters had a rough drive this morning. At least four inches of snow fell overnight and this morning causing accidents on I-95 in Stonington, Waterford, East Ly...

WILLI FIRE UNDER CONTROL WILLIMANTIC, Conn. (AP) - A day after a massive fire broke out at a Connecticut waste and recycling plant, the blaze has been declared under control. Windham Fire Chief Marc S...

MASSIVE FIRE IN WILI WILLIMANTIC, Conn. (AP) - Fire officials in Willimantic say they could be on the scene of a large fire at a waste and recycling company for several days. Departments from several ...

ARSON ARREST A registered sex offender whose last known address is in Taftville, has now been charged with arson and attempted murder in connection with a Norwich fire. 38-year old Tyree Davis is bein...

UCONN BASKETBALL UNDER INVESTIGATION The University of Connecticut confirms it is the target of an NCAA investigation into its men's basketball program. University President Susan Herbst, in a stateme...