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Utah-based AR Industries shut down by CT Attorney General for illegal ghost gun sales
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Attorney Gen. William Tong has shut down another firearms dealer for illegally selling ghost gun parts in Connecticut, according to a release from his office Wednesday. AR Industries, based in Utah, will cease operations after settling with the state for selling prohibited items in Connecticut....
Major CT company orders workers back to office full time, ending pandemic-era alternatives
Office employees at one of Connecticut’s major utilities are now back in the office 5-days-a-week, bringing to an end remote work arrangements that dated back to the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. Avangrid, the parent of United Illuminating Co. and two natural gas providers in Connecticut, said it began the transition back to the office in early 2024 “as a way to maximize efficiency, ...
Connecticut's Broko's Law protecting Police K-9s takes effect
HARTFORD, Conn. — A new law in Connecticut took effect Oct. 1 in honor of a state police k-9 killed in the line of duty last year. K-9 Broko was fatally shot while officers were serving a search warrant in Pawcatuck in December 2023. His death rocked the law...
Exploring the Creepy Abandoned Buildings of Connecticut’s Mansfield Training School Hospital
WARNING: Under no circumstances should you enter this property. By doing so, you risk bodily harm and/or prosecution for trespassing on private property. According to Wikipedia, a hospital was built in 1860 and offensively titled "The Connecticut School for Imbeciles." 55 years later, in 1915, the name was changed to the Connecticut Training School for the Feebleminded, which is also equally offensive. In 1917, it merged with the Connecticut Colony for Epileptics (founded at Mansfield in 1910) and acquired its present name, the Mansfield Training School and Hospital.
New York man accused of fleeing traffic stop on I-95 in Westbrook
WESTBROOK, Conn. (WTNH) — State police say a New York man was arrested Monday after trying to flee from a traffic stop. Police said a trooper stopped a black Volkswagen Jetta around 11:38 p.m. on Interstate 95 southbound, after seeing it allegedly speeding up and slowing down in a dangerous manner. The vehicle stopped for […]
Report: UConn Makes Final Decision On The Pac-12
Conference realignment is at it again but it doesn't sound like the UConn Huskies will be taking part (at least for now). After the Pac-12 scored Gonzaga University on Tuesday, talks of Connecticut joining the new-look conference as a football-only entity were explored. But according to the ...
A CT service dog is credited with saving life of his person. Here’s why he’s getting national recognition
A Connecticut service dog has been named a top 25 semifinalist in the 2024 Hero Dog Awards after being credited with saving the life of his handler. It was just another day of classes last November for Gateway Community College student Ariana Parker, when suddenly her service dog Percy, a Labrador retriever, began pawing at her to try and grab her attention. When mast cells detect stress, ...
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