HARTFORD (AP) — The state of Connecticut is offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads to a conviction in a 2015 homicide. Police are looking for leads in their investigation of the Oct. 21, 2015, death of Ricardo Rivera…

MANCHESTER (AP) — Police say a man forged thousands of dollars in checks he stole from a hospitalized woman to fund his crack cocaine addiction. Police say 30-year-old Michael Falzone told officers he understood what he did was wrong and…

NEW HAVEN (AP) — A Connecticut attorney has pleaded guilty to a child exploitation charge. Federal prosecutors say 51-year-old Peter Kruzynski, of Shelton, pleaded guilty to enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. Prosecutors say Kruzynski used his…

HEBRON – Most of the Republican candidates for governor stood on a jam-packed stage Wednesday night trying to stand out with sweeping proposals to slash taxes, state employee costs, and red tape. Candidates running as outsiders slammed the two sitting…

STAMFORD – This city’s legislative body has removed gender pronouns from its written rules. The Advocate reports that Stamford’s Board of Representatives voted last week to remove “he/she” and “his/her” from its rules of order, replacing them with specific titles,…

HARTFORD – The replacement of the Mixmaster interchange of highway bridges in Waterbury is among $4.3 billion in future transportation projects that are being postponed indefinitely. The state Department of Transportation is still going ahead with $200 million in planned…

WATERBURY – A sex offender who served prison time for possessing child pornography is under investigation for using his son’s phone to contact middle school girls in Plymouth, asking for nude pictures and sending sexual messages. Michael LaMountain, 30, was…

Judith Labrecque of New Hartford has had many friends and relatives in recent years who have required an infusion of someone else’s blood. Both her husband and her sister died of cancer, and she has a friend with liver cancer…

Sen. Christopher S. Murphy has renewed his effort to boost Connecticut manufacturing by forcing the military to buy only American-made goods. After nearly a decade of promoting “Buy American” legislation with limited success in Washington, Murphy filed a bipartisan bill…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is getting his first medical checkup since taking office, a head-to-toe exam on Friday as questions swirl about the health and fitness of the oldest person ever elected to the nation’s highest office. In…

HARTFORD (AP) – The U.S. Marshals service is now offering a $1,500 reward for information leading to the capture of an inmate who escaped from a Connecticut state prison. Jerry Mercado escaped from the Carl Robinson Correctional Facility in Enfield…

WATERBURY – In an effort to balance its budget, the state Department of Transportation is threatening substantial cuts to transit services, including the Waterbury branch of Metro-North Railroad. A proposal to mitigate the agency’s budget deficit calls for a reduction…

HARTFORD – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Tuesday signaled he will likely follow through on his threat to veto the legislature’s fix for the Medicare Savings Program. Malloy said he will reject the legislation the veto-proof House and Senate majorities…

HARTFORD – Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton is adding his name to the list of candidates for Connecticut governor. The nine-term mayor announced Tuesday that he will seek the GOP nomination. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, a Democrat, is not seeking a…

LITCHFIELD – School officials in Litchfield and neighboring Region 6 have begun exploring a potential collaboration between Litchfield High School and Wamogo Regional High School involving shared courses. Litchfield Superintendent Sherri Turner, commenting during the first meeting of the Litchfield…

WASHINGTON- Sen. Christopher S. Murphy has renewed his efforts to force the military to buy American made products. Legislation filed Tuesday, called the BuyAmerican.gov Act, would increase transparency in the bidding process for military contracts, which would have a major…

MIDDLETOWN – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is proposing Connecticut ban “bump stocks” and other rapid-fire attachments that that allow a semi-automatic rifle to mimic a fully automatic weapon. Malloy on Tuesday announced his intention to ask the legislature to approve…

HARTFORD – State police say an inmate who escaped from a medium security prison this weekend is still on the lam Tuesday. Jerry Mercado, 25, of Hartford, has a tattoo on his neck that reads, “Time Waits For No One.”…

NEW HAVEN (AP) — A judge is weighing whether to dismiss a negligence lawsuit filed by the parents of two children killed in the 2012 Newtown, school shooting massacre against the town and its school district. The plaintiffs’ attorney, Devin…

HARTFORD (AP) — A police officer caught on camera using racial slurs while being arrested on a drunken driving charge has been fired from his department. The Hartford Police Department says 44-year-old Robert Lanza was fired Monday. He had been…