MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on the large lottery jackpots (all times local): 8:25 a.m. The owner of the New Hampshire convenience store that sold the winning ticket for the $570 million Powerball lottery jackpot says he is very…

APALACHICOLA, Fla. (AP) — Reminders of the oyster’s pre-eminence in this slice of northwestern Florida are everywhere, from the shells that line the edges of downtown buildings to the paintings of oysters that dot the walls of Apalachicola’s art and…

BEIJING (AP) — An Iranian oil tanker collided with a bulk freighter and caught fire off China’s east coast, leaving the tanker’s entire crew of 32 missing and causing it to spill oil into the sea, authorities said Sunday. Chinese…

CANTON, Mass. (AP) — So long strawberry banana smoothie. Goodbye steak and egg breakfast sandwich. Dunkin’ Donuts is cutting back on its food and drink offerings. The Boston Herald reports the new, simplified menu is expected to roll out in…

TORRINGTON The Torrington Area Health District inspected the establishments listed below between Dec. 18 and Dec. 29. A minimum score of 80 is required to pass. “Pre” means the operation was inspected at its opening, after a change of ownership…

TORRINGTON – The frigid temperatures of late have brought back memories of the early days in Christopher Smedick’s police career. Like all Torrington police rookies more than three decades ago, he was given a walking beat. Smedick recalls the sub-zero…

CHESHIRE – FoodWorks Natural Market will close its doors in Cheshire in the coming months. FoodWorks at 965 South Main Street is closing due to “a lack of business at the location”, store manager Nancy Edman said. Edman said the…

WATERBURY It was a Three Kings Day to remember for some of the city’s most recent arrivals – former Puerto Rico residents who fled the island after Hurricane Maria. Three Kings Day commemorates the arrival of the Wise Men at…

WATERBURY It was a Three Kings Day to remember for some of the city’s most recent arrivals – former Puerto Rico residents who fled the island after Hurricane Maria. Three Kings Day commemorates the arrival of the Wise Men at…

A string of frigid days have left numerous car batteries dead, kept heating oil delivery drivers scrambling, and burst at least one water main in Litchfield County. Just before 3 p.m. Saturday, Shane Campbell, of Torrington towing company Campbell Transport,…

WATERBURY – Thanks to brutally cold temperatures, business for the American Motor Lodge on South Main Street is booming – and much of it is on the city’s dime. Renters who are displaced from their homes due to fires and…

PLYMOUTH – The town’s building committee has voted against expanding the police department to occupy the entire basement of Town Hall. The department, which currently uses 2,600 square feet of the basement, would have expanded to 8,000 square feet with…

NAUGATUCK – Town officials offered praise and a raise to golf professional Bryan Nixon this week. Over the past three years, the Hop Brook Golf Course went from losing money to making a profit, Mayor N. Warren “Pete” Hess said…

WOODBURY – The Region 14 Board of Education Community Relations Committee is hosting another Community Conversation on Jan. 11, where attendees will ponder the question: “Are the facilities and resources in Region 14 appropriate for the current and future learning…

TORRINGTON – Police allege a city man kicked an officer after he was escorted out of a grocery store on Friday. Frank Stephens, 56, of 192 Elm St., was making a scene inside the Price Rite at 695 Main St.,…

TORRINGTON/GOSHEN – At least two meetings are planned to discuss the proposed sewer line from the Woodridge Lake Sewer District in Goshen to Torrington after it submitted its application last week to the Water Pollution Control Authority. An information session…

WATERBURY – It was a Three Kings Day to remember for some of the city’s most recent arrivals – former Puerto Rico residents who fled the island after Hurricane Maria. Three Kings Day commemorates the arrival of the Wise Men…

In a political version reminiscent of “everybody’s doing it,” one legislator says legal recreational marijuana could mean more green for the state’s hungry coffers. Voters in Maine and neighbor Massachusetts have approved referendums to allow legal recreational marijuana. Vermont and…

WINSTED Ask the volunteers at the RR Model and Hobby Supply shop at Whiting Mills why they are so passionate about building model train sets and they will all give similar answers. They need something to do during retirement. It…

WOODBURY – Developers from Garrett Homes LLC have submitted a new application to build a Dollar General store on Main Street South. A previous application submitted in September 2016 by Sound Garrett LLC was denied by the Inland Wetlands Agency…