N.Y. man sentenced on heroin trafficking charge in CT

A federal judge sentenced the man to serve six years in prison, followed by several years of supervised release. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Bridgeport police: Woman slashed in Went Field Park assault

Police say a woman who was attacked in a city park Sunday night suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Feds: CT sex offender pleads guilty to receiving child pornography

A former Waterbury resident, and registered sex offender, faces at least 15 years in federal prison on a child pornography offense. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

For these Connecticut workers laid off due to COVID-19, anger and despair fuel a desire for political change

For these Connecticut workers laid off due to COVID-19, anger and despair fuel a desire for political change. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Connecticut high school students pick their president in mock election

Connecticut high school students voted for Democratic nominee Joe Biden by a 2 to 1 margin over President Donald Trump in a mock election run by the state lieutenant governor’s office and the Department of Education in an effort to introduce students to the voting process. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution…

UConn Stamford quarantines 235 students in resident hall after five new COVID-19 cases

A dorm at UConn’s Stamford campus has been quarantined after six positive cases of COVID-19 in the last two days, including five positive cases reported on Saturday. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Police: Bridgeport girl still missing Sunday

The search for a 12-year-old girl from Bridgeport reported missing Saturday continued into its second day Sunday. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Bridge openings could delay CT trains

Scheduled openings of bridges on the New Haven Line could cause delays on Metro-North Sunday. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Gale warning on Long Island Sound Monday

Wind gusts in excess of 40 miles per hour are expected on the Long Island Sound Monday, prompting a warning from the National Weather Service. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

As coronavirus infections surge across Connecticut, cases and deaths climb at nursing homes, other long-term care facilities

As the coronavirus continues to spread through communities across the state, it also is starting to creep back into long-term care facilities as 27 nursing homes are now reporting at least one new COVID-19 case. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Daily coronavirus updates: Connecticut’s positivity rate down after big jump, but deaths and hospitalizations increase; UConn bans off-campus social gatherings over Halloween weekend

Connecticut reported a lower COVID-19 positivity rate Friday than it did Thursday, even as the state’s seven-day average remains far higher than it was even a week ago. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

How to trick-or-treat this Halloween without the door-to-door COVID risk

Where can Connecticut kids go trick-or-treating while keeping safe from coronavirus contamination? Businesses throughout the Hartford area are stepping up to the challenge, providing alternative trick-or-treating options. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Waterbury PD: Man dies after being shot while talking with a friend

The victim and a friend were on the back porch talking when one gunshot was heard, Waterbury police said. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

How much snow did CT get?

With 5.6 inches, the town of Coventry in northeast Connecticut has the highest snowfall accumulation. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Tonight, a rare Halloween full moon and clocks fall back

Seven in 10 Americans prefer not to switch back and forth to mark Daylight Saving time, a new poll shows. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

‘A tough winter:’ Connecticut’s second COVID-19 surge be nearly as nearly bad as its first, experts warn; thousands more deaths possible

Connecticut’s growing surge of COVID-19 could be as devastating as its initial wave last spring, experts warn, citing statistical models that forecast the likely spread of the disease. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Connecticut health officials investigating why coronavirus test results from a chain of urgent care clinics have not been reported to the state

DPH spokesman Av Harris said Friday that the agency’s Facilities Licensing and Investigations Section has opened an investigation into Doc’s Medical Group. Harris said he couldn’t comment further on the scope of the investigation or a timeframe on when it will be completed. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Prosecutor in infamous Greenwich murder case tells judge state will not retry Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel in 1975 Martha Moxley killing

A hearing has been scheduled Friday morning in Superior Court on the case against Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, renewing speculation that state prosecutors have reached a decision on whether to retry him for the murder 45 years ago of his teenaged neighbor in Greenwich, Martha Moxley. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution…

Police: Bridgeport man killed in fiery crash on Route 8 in Shelton

The crash happened on southbound Route 8 about a mile north of Exit 12 in Shelton. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

NWS: Some snow, cold temperatures on way

Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 24 expected in Fairfield, New Haven, Middlesex and New London counties. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Strong wind causing hundreds of power outages

Scattered outages were reported in Norwalk, Roxbury, Norfolk, Cheshire and Mansfield. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Foxwoods bringing back live indoor entertainment at largest venue

Foxwoods Resort Casino has reopened its largest indoor entertainment venue, the Grand Theater, at 25 percent capacity seven months after its closure as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

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