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Connecticut State Police arrest juvenile accused of vandalizing, stealing from cemetery
(WJAR) — Connecticut authorities are searching for a property owner after a juvenile was arrested after allegedly damaging and stealing an item from a Killingly cemetery. According to the Connecticut State Police, they responded to Holy Cross Cemetery on Sunday for a report of ongoing vandalism. A witness observed...
Connecticut Animal Controls Seeks Public Help After Person Abandons Dogs Tied to a Pole
How a person can ever just abandon their animals I will never know. You see these awful posts of people just dumping their animals because they don't want them anymore. They are a part of your family, how can you just leave them somewhere and drive away?. I have a...
Willimantic woman killed in Woodstock crash
A Willimantic woman has died after a crash in Woodstock on Friday morning. State police said 35-year-old Elise Marie Ortiz was driving a Toyota Camry on Roseland Park Road around 10:17 a.m. on Friday when she went off the road near Arvidson Road and hit a fence, then a utility pole, went down an embankment and hit a tree.
Ex-Boston Prosecutor Gets 5-10 Years For 2021 Rape; Victim Says Her Life Full Of Fear, Paranoia
Zerola, 52, of Salem, was found guilty last month after prosecutors said he broke into a 21-year-old woman's home in the middle of the night and sexually assaulted her. He had been accused and acquitted of several rapes in 2008, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. Zerola's victim submitted...
Alfredo Pizarro-Franco Killed In Wrong-Way Crash With SUV:PD
Alfredo Pizarro-Franco was driving the opposite way of traffic along Hanover Street when he blew through the Mifflin Street intersection without stopping — slamming into the driver's side door of an SUV around 8:30 p.m., on Sunday, July 14, city police detailed in the release. He was taken to...
19-Year-Old Man Charged For 2023 Death Of Hartford County Girlfriend: Police
Cooper Oullette, age 19, was arrested in connection to the Hartford County incident, which occurred over a year before in the town of Burlington. At around 1:30 a.m. on May 21, 2023, the family of 17-year-old Sophie Ringquist brought her to Bristol Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. Original...
Weekly scoreboard: July 15-28, 2024
Kieran Beman, Will Gills (5), Lucas Gifford (7) and J. Guilmartin; Kaiyo Sharkey, Brendan Grady (6) and Trevor Tanis; WP: Sharkey; LP: Beman; 3B: Chase Hanawalt (WH) Bristol at Torrington, 6:30 p.m. TRI-STATE BASEBALL. Naugatuck at Canton (Mills Pond), 6:15 p.m. Valley Ducks vs. Burlington Hunters at Dunkin Donuts Park...
USJ welcomes three new members to its Board of Trustees
The University of Saint Joseph welcomes three new Trustees, each bringing experience that will help inform the Board’s decisions. The new trustees are Vivian Chow, Keith J. Hubert, and Sr. Sue Keefe. Vivian Chow is a retired vice president of Human Resources at Travelers, where she managed talent sourcing,...
Men's Basketball: Cadets receive NABC Team Academic Excellence nod, Liss, Pakak named to Honors Court
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) has announced its recipients of the 2023-24 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards and NABC Honors Court, with the Norwich University men's basketball team earning the Team Academic Excellence distinction while Owen Liss (West Suffield, Conn.) and Donato Pakak (Sarasota, Fla.) were named to the Honors Court.
Crowds came out in Plainville for the 17th annual Petit Family 5K Road Race
PLAINVILLE, Conn. (WTNH) – Hundreds came out in the heat Sunday morning in Plainville to support the Petit Family Foundation’s 17th annual Road Race. The annual race is in honor of Jennifer, Hayley and Michaela Petit who were killed in a 2007 home invasion. Since 2008 the surviving member of the Petit family, Dr. William […]
The Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival is Now Through Sunday, August 4th
Capital Classics Theatre Company is thrilled to stage TWO plays — HAMLET and THE TAMING OF THE SHREW — this July 10 – August 4 for the 2024 Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival on the beautiful outdoor grounds of the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, Connecticut.
Connecticut Sun's Rachel Banham Makes WNBA History Against Mercury
The Connecticut Sun took handled the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday afternoon with a final score of 96-69. The 27-point blowout for the Sun was much thanks to a couple of incredible performances by DiJonai Carrington and Rachel Banham. Carrington recorded her first career double-double, notching ...
Southington family hosts 4th annual swim-a-thon to support veterans
A number of families spent the morning by the pool at Shuttle Meadow Country Club in Berlin, but not to escape the heat. They were raising money for veterans in need. And behind it all are two young teens. The Ahern family gathered their community on a beautiful day to...
WEATHER ALERT: Tornado warning no longer in effect for western Massachusetts
A Tornado Warning was issued Tuesday evening by the National Weather Service for parts of Hampshire and Franklin County, causing outages and damage. The 22News Storm Team has also issued a Weather Alert for the chance of evening/overnight thunderstorms on Tuesday that could be strong to severe.
4 firefighters injured after fire at multi-family home in New Haven
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A fire at a three-floor multi-family home in New Haven Monday evening left four firefighters injured, according to city officials in New Haven. The three-alarm fire happened around 7 p.m., with heavy flames at the home on Dixwell Avenue as firefighters arrived, city Mayor Justin Elicker said.
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