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Melodic Thriller Closes TheaterWorks Hartford’s ‘24-’25 Season
Theatergoers can expect an exciting and bold end to TheaterWorks Hartford’s 2024-2025 season with SANDRA—a theatrical one-woman thriller. Obie-Winner Jared Mezzocchi Directs this performance, written by David Cale with original music by Matthew Dean Marsh, that explores how people reinvent and transform themselves when faced with adversity. The show also features original video design and creative content by Camilla Tassi.
Dom Amore: UConn’s baseball team took the long way home, then punched its NCAA ticket
STORRS — There wasn’t a whole lot to say, but a whole lot to think about. The UConn baseball team, after dominating the Big East all season, took an early, rather unceremonious exit from the conference tournament. After failing to get the winning run in from third with no outs in the ninth, they lost to Xavier in 11 innings, the completion of a suspended game. Then after leading four different ...
UConn baseball on the bubble, sweating out NCAA Tournament selection process
The UConn baseball players and coaches figured to do some tossing and turning Sunday night, and wake for an anxious breakfast on Memorial Day. The NCAA Tournament Field of 64 will be announced at noon on Monday (ESPN 2) and, though the Huskies have been a tournament fixture over the last decade and a half, they will have to sweat out the process this year. After an out-of-character early exit ...
Teen car theft suspect arrested after troopers hear alarm go off in Sterling
STERLING, CT (WFSB) - A stolen abandoned vehicle in Sterling led to the arrest of a teen from Willimantic. State police only identified the suspect as a 17-year-old boy. They said they were first alerted to a suspicious vehicle on Sterling Road on Monday around 2:40 a.m. The vehicle was...
Downpours ending, remaining mostly cloudy into Tuesday morning!
All of the rain and the chance of a storm will come to an end after overnight but skies will remain mostly cloudy. There may be some low clouds and fog early on Tuesday morning but that will give way to plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures for the day with highs in the low 80s.
Pedestrian seriously injured in Newington crash
NEWINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — Police are investigating what led up to a vehicle crash involving a pedestrian on Richard Street in Newington Monday night. The crash happened around 9:30 p.m. near Richard Street. The road was shut down between Willard Avenue and Revere Drive for several hours and reopened just before 4 a.m. Police said […]
East Hartford lieutenant charged with DUI slapped with suspension and duty reassignment
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — The East Hartford police lieutenant charged on suspicion of DUI was just disciplined as the result of an internal affairs investigation. Lt. Joseph Ficacelli has been suspended without pay for 30 days. In January, state police charged Ficacelli with DUI. He was accused of being...
Police arrest suspect in Windsor Locks stabbing
A man was stabbed several times in Windsor Locks on Sunday night. Police said someone made an anonymous call just before 8 p.m. reporting that a person was stabbed several times and others were holding down the person who did it. Officers responded and found people holding down a suspect.
Suspects arrested for tailgating, dragging woman in carjacking on I-84 in Vernon
VERNON, CT (WFSB) - Two men were arrested for tailgating and trying to carjack a woman on Interstate 84 in Vernon, according to state police. Troopers identified the suspects as 21-year-old Emmanuel Nina-Saldana of Boston, MA and 20-year-old Bryan Saldana of Hazelton, PA. State police said they received multiple 911...
Grenade-like paperweight brings police & firefighters to Hartford Hospital
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) – Hartford police and firefighters were called to Hartford Hospital just after 3 p.m. Saturday on the report of a suspicious item. According to a fire department spokesperson the initial belief was that it may be a grenade which was removed from a patitnet at the Red Pod at the hospital but […]
Popular CT bakery up for sale as owners plan retirement
A beloved Connecticut bakery is up for sale after the franchise’s owners said it’s time to hang up their aprons. Great Harvest Bread Company on Talcottville Road in Vernon is listed for sale, but the franchise’s owners plan to keep the business open until a sale is finalized, which could take several months. The bakery has been a staple in the community since 2015. Franchise owners and ...
Man fires gun, barricades himself inside home in Vernon
VERNON, CT (WFSB) - A man was arrested after firing shots and barricading himself inside a home in Vernon early Sunday morning. Police say that the incident occurred in the area of Old Dobson Road. The suspect was identified as 36-year-old Michael Methot of Vernon. The Capital Region Emergency Services...
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