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The state prison system will resume social visits for inmates next week after banning the practice because of the pandemic, the Department of Correction says. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

A Hartford public magnet school has been closed for the next two weeks due to a number of COVID-19 cases, becoming the first in the district to experience a prolonged shutdown due to the virus. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Halloween delivers safe fun fears for the entire family, as many traditions are revised for the COVID era. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Those living in motels are unable to afford more stable housing, but are not considered homeless and are not prioritized for the state’s housing assistance programs. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Connecticut’s 12 community colleges have seen a 15 percent drop in enrollment this fall, including a substantial number of Black and Latino students. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The 129th Training Troop graduated Thursday, entering the field when a police accountability movement subjects them to increased scrutiny and higher expectations. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

But she added that, with the proper interventions, the Northeast doesn’t have to become the next coronavirus hotspot. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Trinity College in Hartford has moved all classes online after test results from earlier this week revealed more than 20 new active cases of COVID-19 among the student body. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Bradley International Airport will add a non-stop route in March to Nashville, with connections from there to destinations on the West Coast. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

There’s no way to gauge if more Connecticut students are attending more often than in the spring, because the state isn’t asking about it. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Police said they located the male victim in the driver’s seat of a 2020 Kia Optima that was involved in a motor-vehicle accident. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

As of around 6:45 p.m., 23,554 Eversource customers were without power, the state’s largest electrical utility provider reported. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Snow days could be a thing of the past in Connecticut schools this winter as the state Department of Education is developing guidelines on how students may learn online from home instead of missing class due to inclement weather. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

CVS Health Corp. confirmed Wednesday it eliminating jobs at Hartford-based Aetna as it moves ahead with integrating the health insurer into CVS, an acquisition that was completed at the end of 2018. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

All students in a University of New Haven residence hall must quarantine for two weeks after an “unauthorized large-scale gathering” over the weekend led to seven new cases of COVID-19 in the school community over the past 24 hours. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The Fairfield accident is causing the biggest delays, according to the Department of Transportation. Just before 7 a.m., the average southbound speed was 19 mph. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The wind advisory is in effect from 2 p.m. Wednesday to 2 a.m. Thursday. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

State Police said they are investigating a homicide in the Willimantic section of Windham that occurred Tuesday afternoon. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Connecticut’s largest teachers union released a survey of its members Tuesday that revealed concerns about “huge inequities” in COVID-19 resources and funding between school districts. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Connecticut has emerged as a top destination for those relocating due to the coronavirus pandemic, a new survey by a national moving company shows, a finding that’s been reflected through a hot real estate market and reports of increased enrollment at schools near the New York border. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release…

Crosby High School in Waterbury is closed for two days because of a coronavirus infection, a school spokeswoman says. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

A group seeking to lift the state’s requirement for students to wear masks in school says it’s struggling to find doctors to testify in the case. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service