HARTFORD – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is continuing the state’s Severe Cold Weather Protocol due to continuing forecasts of frigid temperatures with negative wind chills. The protocol directs several state agencies to coordinate with the statewide 211 info-line operated by…

HARTFORD – State Comptroller Kevin Lembo is projecting a $224 million budget gap for the current 2018 fiscal year. The January estimate from the comptroller’s office is $3.5 million from the Malloy administration’s latest projection from Dec. 20. Gov. Dannel…

WATERBURY – A brazen morning shooting outside of Waterbury Superior Court has left a man with a gunshot wound to the leg and has closed a portion of State Street. Multiple pops of gunfire were heard at about 11:15 a.m….

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The basketball rivalry between Duke University and the University of North Carolina battle is legendary, but a federal lawsuit says the two elite institutions have agreed not to compete in another prestigious area: the market for…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bone-chilling cold gripped much of the U.S. as 2018 began, breaking century-old records and leading to several deaths that authorities attributed to exposure to the dangerously low temperatures. The National Weather Service issued wind chill advisories and…

Close to half of the nation’s largest public universities do not track suicide deaths among their students, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. Through public records requests, the AP asked the 100 largest public universities in the U.S….

HARTFORD (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court is expected to issue decisions and hear arguments in a variety of notable cases in 2018, including a newspaper’s quest for documents that belonged to the Newtown school shooter and Kennedy cousin Michael…

HARTFORD (AP) — U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy are planning to go to Puerto Rico to meet with local officials and see firsthand the work that remains to recover from Hurricane Maria. Blumenthal and Murphy say they’ll spend…

MANCHESTER (AP) — Police said a worker who was shot inside a restaurant has died and they’re still looking for two suspects in connection with the incident. Manchester Police said Monday that 36-year-old Norris Jackson, of East Hartford, Connecticut, was…

WATERBURY – The driver of a dump truck that hit and killed a 69-year-old grandmother in Southbury will be sentenced to five years in prison as part of a plea deal hashed out in Waterbury Superior Court, according to recently…

LITCHFIELD – State and local fire investigators are investigating the cause of a blaze at a group home in the Northfield section Sunday night. Litchfield Fire Marshal Samuel Kinkade said he is “still trying to put the pieces together” to…

TORRINGTON – A civil case against her now over, Elizabeth Waterbury will return to Superior Court Jan. 11 where criminal charges alleging she caused a fatal crash in Litchfield 15 months ago will move toward trial or end with a…

WATERBURY – A suspected whipping post removed from the City Green in July following public outcry is sitting in storage at the Mattatuck Museum. It will be several months, at least, before the museum has finished its research and is…

LITCHFIELD – A new year got off to a comical and profitable start Monday as the Possum Queen Contest returned to the Litchfield Inn and likely established a record for the amount of money raised. The previous record of $70,000…

LITCHFIELD – Forty-two hardy runners braved bitter cold in starting off 2018 with the Milton Resolution Run on Monday. The 5-mile race sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Department and directed by John Baker of Milton typically draws more than…

WATERBURY – New Saint Mary’s Hospital President Dr. Steve Schneider wants to change the city of Waterbury and the nature of health care in Connecticut. With the help of the hospital’s new parent nonprofit, Trinity Health Of New England, Schneider…

OXFORD – Oxford’s infrastructure expanded and its revenue grew in 2017 and First Selectman George R. Temple expects the trend to continue into the new year. “We continue to move forward with our economic development,” he said. “I see a…

NAUGATUCK – As a new year rolls over, borough officials are looking to make improvements to Rubber Avenue, one of the main commercial strips in town. “Rubber Avenue is a more challenging part of town to upgrade because of its…

Bone-chilling cold gripped much of the United States as 2018 began Monday, breaking century-old records, icing over some New Year’s celebrations and leading to at least two deaths attributed to exposure to the elements. The National Weather Service issued wind…

WATERBURY – The Greater Waterbury area has a new addition – a healthy baby boy who has the honor of being the first born in the area in 2018. Drs. Muhammad Alvi and Tooba Munawar welcomed their first child, a…