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HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - All this month Channel 3 is celebrating the Class of 2024. Your photo could be featured in our newscasts and social media pages. Upload a photo of your graduate today! *No professional photos, please. Congratulations to the class of 2024!
Simsbury Meadows 2024 summer series includes a symphony, a circus and Swifties
The Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center recently unveiled an excitingly diverse summer schedule for 2024. Along with the five-concert Talcott Mountain Music Festival, the outdoor venue will host a circus troupe, pop tributes to Taylor Swift, Billy Joel, Elton John and Walt Disney, plus several ukulele events. Simsbury Meadows, part of a sprawling expanse of fields, parks and ballfields ...
Mass School Bus Driver Accused Of Raping Child Younger Than 14
A 32-year-old Marlborough man has been arrested and charged with raping a young boy last year when he visited the man's home, authorities announced this week. Derek Thistle, of Marlborough, was charged on Friday, May 3, with forcible rape of a child, aggravated rape of a child, indecent assaul…
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! Check out these deals and freebies
(WFSB) - Teacher Appreciation Week runs from Monday, May 6 through Saturday, May 11. The National Education Association urged students and parents alike to thank a teacher on social media with the hashtag #ThankATeacher. Businesses sought to get on board with the celebration and offered a number of deals and...
Gas prices in the Hartford area, statewide rise once again
HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - The average price of gasoline rose nearly 2 and a half cents over the last week in the Hartford area. According to the analysts at GasBuddy.com, the average price for a gallon of regular gas averaged $3.69 on Monday. GasBuddy said it surveyed 418 stations in...
Young Woman Seriously Injured in Violent Rollover Crash in Springfield
A woman in her 20s was hospitalized with serious injuries after her car violently flipped over in a Springfield crash, authorities reported. The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Friday, saw the woman's vehicle leave the road and rollover, eventually coming to rest on its roof after traveling more than 100 feet.
Crews respond to wreck on Berlin Turnpike
BERLIN, Conn. (WFSB) - First responders rushed to a crash on Rt. 5 late Sunday night. It occurred on the Berlin Turnpike close to Selden Street. According to the Berlin Volunteer Fire Department, a person had to be removed from one of the vehicles. The severity of the victim’s injuries...
Police arrest person of interest in 2023 Burlington shootout
A Springfield, Massachusetts, man is a person of interest in a shooting incident that took place in Burlington nearly a year ago. The Burlington Police Department says Walter Jones, 28, was arrested in the Bay State in March on unrelated charges. He’s awaiting extradition to Vermont in connection with a shootout on Riverside Avenue in Burlington last May where bullets struck buildings.
Woman Runs Over Kitten On Purpose In Southington, Cops Say
Hartford County resident Ana Rodriguez, age 65, of New Britain, turned herself in to Southington Police on Friday, May 3, for the Monday, April 15 incident. According to Lt. Keith Egan of the Southington Police, officers responded to the Walmart parking lot that had dropped off a cat and a kitten in the parking lot and then ran over the kitten.
CT: 'Safe haven' for transgender youth? For some, not safe enough
When LGBTQ+ activists, lawmakers and students gathered at the Capitol on February 28 to honor the life of Nex Benedict, a nonbinary teenager from Oklahoma, their loss felt a lot closer to home than the nearly 1,500-mile distance. “We gathered together today as a community to grieve the loss of...
Archdiocese of Hartford holds their first mass with their new Archbishop
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) – New Archbishop Christopher Coyne presided over his first mass at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph Sunday morning in Hartford. Archbishop Christopher Coyn became the sixth Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford after Pope Francis approved the resignation of Archbishop Leonard Blair on May 1st. He will be the 14th Bishop to […]
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