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DENVER — The 52-year-old widow of the man who captained a United Airlines flight that crashed into a Pennsylvania field after being taken over by terrorists on 9/11 has died of what her charity says was … More »Widow of United Flight 93 captain dies, had founded charity to honor slain husband

STAMFORD — The city police officer injured in a 20-foot fall during a pursuit last week was released from the hospital Friday and returned to his Fairfield home, police said. More »Stamford officer, hurt chasing suspect last week, released from hospital

HAMDEN — One hundred and nineteen white-gowned young women graduated from Sacred Heart Academy Saturday with a question from their valedictorian. More »Hamden's Sacred Heart Academy graduates 119 'poets'

Three cars collided on Route 2 in Marlborough Saturday afternoon, and seven people were injured. No further details were immediately available. The road was closed very briefly. – Mara Lee More »Multiple People Injured in Route 2 Accident in Marlborough

Get Business Mobile Text Alerts HARTFORD — Federal environmental officials are spending more than $1 million to help Connecticut municipalities clean up and redevelop contaminated properties and boost … More »Federal Money To Be Used For Clean-up Of Contaminated State Sites

The parents of slain University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard are seeking more than $5 million in damages from UConn — claiming that the school provided insufficient security and supervision … More »Jasper Howard's Parents File $5 Million Claim Against UConn

A two-year-old died after falling from a fourth story window in Hartford Saturday. More »Baby dies after 4th story fall

Two men were shot after a fight broke out at a Bridgeport club Saturday morning. More »2 clubgoers shot during feud

Police are investigating an armed robbery that happened in New Haven Saturday afternoon. More »Men in BMW commit armed robbery

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of Connecticut until 8:00 p.m. Photo Credit: nick_ulivieri/Instagram More »Scattered Severe Thunderstorms This Afternoon

A car lands upside during an accident, but the driver is able to walk away Photo Credit: NBCNewYork.com More »Car Hits Rock, Bounces Back Onto Road

Police are investigating a fatal overnight car accident in Meriden. Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut More »Fatal Car Accident in Meriden

Police in Waterford asking the public for help locating a missing man. More »Waterford police looking for missing man

A bicyclist is in the hospital after colliding with a car in Westport on Saturday morning. More »Bicyclist collides with vehicle in Westport

Nearly 2,000 Connecticut Light and Power customers are without power in Ledyard after a tree branch fell onto power lines Saturday morning. More »Fallen tree branch knocks out power to Ledyard residents

Ledyard - Power has been restored to all but 2 percent of Connecticut Light & Power customers in town following a morning incident that wiped out power to close to 2,000 residents. The More »UPDATED: Power back on for most after transformer fire knocks out power on Route 12

New London - Police this morning identified the overnight stabbing victim as Becky Reyes, 32, of New London, but said few details about the incident have been learned. Police said Reyes More »Police identify stabbing victim

Lyme - Residents at the annual budget meeting Friday voted to approve the town's $8,657,809 budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The budget is 2.56 percent less than this year's spending plan More »Lyme voters approve budget; tax rate unchanged

Follow Your Town News On The Courant's Hartford Facebook Page A 2-year-girl died on Saturday afternoon when she fell through a window screen in her family's fourth-floor apartment on Jefferson street in … More »Hartford Toddler Dies In Fall From 4th-Floor Window

Follow Your Town News On The Courant's Hartford Facebook Page A man said he was stabbed on Cleveland Avenue hours after the incident occurred, police said. More »Man Reports Stabbing Hours Later In Hartford

Follow Your Town News On The Courant's Hartford Facebook Page A 32-year-old man who missed a scheduled appointment with a state prole officer was in possession of 1,349 bags of heroin and arrested at his … More »Parole Officer Finds 1,348 Bags Of Heroin, Police Say

George and Debra Loya Jr. of Second Hill Road, New Milford, announce the engagement of their daughter, SPECTRUM/Engagement of Ashley Helen Loya of New Milford to James Lyon III, the son of James and Margaret … More »Engaged: Ashley Loya, James Lyon III

Eighth-grade students at Shepaug Valley Middle School proudly promote the book they have published ìLife Through Letters: Samuel Jayís Story,î to commemorate Washington Civil War soldier Samuel Jay Nettleton … More »Civil War soldier comes to life, thanks to Shepaug students

Owners of the Connecticut Sports Arena in New Milford are interested in expansion of their business to property to the east, above, and south of the current operation. More »Sports arena wants to expand its horizons

MERIDEN – A fatal car accident on Columbia St. early this morning took the life of Raquel Pacheco, a 49-year-old Meriden resident, according to Lt. Tom Cossette of the Meriden Police Department. More »Police: "Seatbelts would have made a difference" in fatal car accident early Saturday morning

Lyman Hall's Joe DeSandre (44) boxes out Notre Dame's Joe Bongiorni (4) grabs a rebound during round one of the SCC tournament at Lyman Hall High School in Wallingford, February 24, 2011. More »On to the SCC quarters for LH

From left: Twins Maureen Hoag DiSorbo and Kathleen Hoag sit for a portrait outside Lyman Hall High School in Wallingford, April 27, 2012. DiSorbo and Hoag are 1998 graduates of Lyman Hall High School and … More »Cheshire Softball coaches and twin sisters Maureen Hoag DiSorbo and Kathleen Hoag

The U.S. Military Academy will commission about 1,000 Army second lieutenants in a ceremony Saturday morning at West Point’s football stadium. More »Biden to speak to graduating West Point cadets

Police said speed and weather played roles in the accident, which remains under investigation. More »Plainfield man involved in early morning car accident

Second-seeded NFA and No. 1 East Lyme were locked into a one-goal match going into the second quarter Friday at New London High, but the Vikings showed what they’re capable of with a five-goal blitz and … More »NFA comes up short in ECC boys lacrosse title game