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The arrest of Connecticut Congressional candidate Thomas Gilmer on the eve of this week’s Republican primary threw the race into disarray. But details of his alleged violent domestic assault were known in Republican circles for more than two months before anyone contacted authorities. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

New Britain’s Christopher Columbus statue is one of the last ones still standing on public property in Connecticut, but nobody has forgotten about it. The city’s Racial Justice Coalition is still pressing to have it removed, while Italian-American community groups are stepping up their campaign to keep it in place. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut…

The number of domestic violence victims seeking guidance and refuge during the coronavirus pandemic, particularly those reaching out for the first time, is up significantly, victims’ advocates say. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Humidity levels will be low, temperatures near average and no threats of severe thunderstorms, flooding or tropical storms are in the forecast. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The 15-year-old boy was last seen around 7:30 p.m. Thursday walking away from his Waterbury home. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Officers were called to the 300 block of Alpine Street for a person who was stabbed in the leg Thursday afternoon. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

AMC Plainville and AMC Danbury are reopening on Aug. 20, it was announced on Thursday, after being closed for five months as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

In late March as the death toll from the coronavirus inside the state’s nursing homes started to rise and outbreaks were occurring almost daily, state Department of Public Health officials turned to epidemiologists at the Yale School of Public Health — a collaboration that led to an all-encompassing testing strategy that has slowed the deaths…

Without business lunches and event-goers looking for dinner and drinks, Hartford’s downtown restaurants are hurting. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The state has extended the funding, which was set to end this month, through October. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Police said the person’s body was found Thursday morning in the water near Captain’s Cove. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Eversource said the remaining outages are “more complex and take additional time to complete.” Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Gov. Ned Lamont said Monday that people will be required to produce a doctor’s order if they claim they cannot wear a mask. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

More than a week after Tropical Storm Isaias blew through Connecticut with a devastating impact, the state’s two major utilities, Eversource and United Illuminating, have resolved most of the roughly 1 million power outages caused by the storm. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The former commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health, unceremoniously let go during the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, unleashed accusations of racial discrimination on the part of the Lamont administration in a five-page statement she released this week. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Absentee ballots were decisive in the Bridgeport incumbent’s victory, he and his campaign said. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Thomas Gilmer, charged this week with unlawful restraint and second-degree strangulation, leads the 2nd U.S. House district primary with 89 percent of the precincts reporting. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Hot temperatures and high humidity will make it feel like 96 degrees, the National Weather Service says. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Amid a COVID-19 pandemic and persistent power outages, voters returned to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in a range of primaries across Connecticut. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The updated travel advisory comes one day after the state issued its first fines for violating the travel rules. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

UConn President Thomas Katsouleas said Tuesday that due to concerns about COVID-19 the university is closing its residence halls to out-of-state students who are enrolled only in online courses. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

A pool of mosquitoes in Stonington has tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis, which took the lives of three people in the state last year. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service