13+ hour, 19+ min ago   (157+ words) As a former patient of the Bridgeport Hospital Burn Center, I applaud the article about it. (A CT hospital treats "worst pain you can imagine." Why 1,200+ patients need it each year, Feb. 2). In my 20s, yes I foolishly tried to burn…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1137+ words) Atop Connecticut's state Capitol building, Captain John Mason, depicted in his 1637 attack on the Pequots in Mystic, is enshrined among the state's founding fathers. Mason led the massacre that nearly extinguished the native tribe and preceded the establishment of the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (974+ words) In third grade, Christian Smith struggled with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. He was having trouble paying attention in class and had a lot of excess energy which led to him being clinically diagnosed. Smith, of Wilton, said he took a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (138+ words) Police and fire officials are investigating a house fire in Bristol that left one man hospitalized in critical condition on Thursday. The Bristol Police Department, along with the Bristol Fire Department, responded to a structure fire on Mitchell Street around…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (285+ words) Police in Bristol are looking for an SUV after a bicyclist died following a hit-and-run collision in Bristol on Thursday evening where he was struck by two vehicles, one of which left the scene. Officers responded to the area of…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (471+ words) Childhood vaccines will remain covered by insurance plans despite recent recommendation changes issued by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, interim state insurance commissioner Josh Hershman confirmed in a statement Tuesday evening. "Parents should be clear on this…...

1+ mon, 8+ min ago   (224+ words) If Gov. Ned Lamont were to win a third term, he could become the longest-serving Connecticut governor since Jonathan Trumbull during the Revolutionary War. But the chances of him outlasting John Winthrop "The Younger," an early governor of the Connecticut…...

1+ mon, 52+ min ago   (483+ words) New Haven Police Chief Karl Jacobson has left the department immediately following allegations of theft and misuse of public funds, Mayor Justin Elicker said on Monday. At a 6:30 p.m. press conference Elicker, flanked by officers, said several New Haven Police officers…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (191+ words) Several people were hospitalized after a transit bus struck multiple vehicles and crashed into the train station in Bridgeport on Tuesday evening. Bridgeport Police Department officers and Bridgeport Fire Department personnel responded to the 500 block of Water Street around 7:41 p.m. on…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (259+ words) A Bridgeport man has been convicted on murder and assault charges in connection with a double shooting where a man was shot multiple times and a woman was fatally struck in the head in 2024. A Superior Court jury in Bridgeport…...