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RALLY FOR POTENTIAL DEPORTEE Julian Rodriguez, the New London father targeted for deportation September 12th by federal immigration officials, made a public plea on Monday for continued support of his...

PRISONER ESCAPE AND RECAPTURE MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) - Police say a man being held at a Connecticut police department's lockup escaped only to be found by officers hiding in an office park a few hours...

SEXUAL ASSAULT AT NFA The Norwich Police Department is actively investigating alleged sexual assaults involving a former Norwich Free Academy employee and a student or students attending the school wh...

MGM SPRINGFIELD NOW OPEN MGM has opened Massachusetts' first resort casino - a $960 million complex in downtown Springfield offering expansive Las Vegas-style gambling and entertainment options. Thous...

CITY EMPLOYEES GET NARCAN TRAINING Over a dozen Norwich city employees and officials have been trained to administer the opioid overdose-reversing drug Narcan. Each employee received a two-dose packet...

FIRST GUBERNATORIAL Q-POLL Democrat Ned Lamont holds an early double-digit lead in the gubernatorial race in Connecticut, according to the first Quinnipiac University poll of the campaign season. Lamo...

ALL BETS OFF FOR NOW FOR LEGALIZED SPORTS BETTING HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says a planned special legislative session to take up legalized sports betting appears unlikely because t...

FORMER PRISON NURSE ADMITS AFFAIR WITH INMATE A former nurse at the Corrigan-Radgowski prison in Montville pleads guilty today to having an affair with an inmate. 46-year old Karen Gibson of Montville...

NO ECONOMIC BOND FOR NORWICH A proposed 8-point-47 million dollar economic development bond package for Norwich will not be moving ahead. The measure failed to get enough support tonight from the city...

POSSIBLE RE-TRIAL A re-trial may occur in the Joey Gingerella murder case. The jury who found 32-year old Dante Hughes guilty last month of fatally shooting Gingerella outside Ryan's Pub in Groton in ...