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WINSTED, Connecticut (WFSB) -- At least 150 cats were removed from a Winsted home in what police are calling a “cat hoarding” situation. Winchester Police Chief William Fitzgerald said cats continue to be removed from the residence. Multiple agencies are assisting in the investigation. Fitzgerald said the cats...

Search for missing person at Candlewood Lake

Police are investigating after two men were taken to a hospital in Hartford after getting injured in shootings early Saturday morning. At this time, authorities are working to determine if the shootings were related. Officers were called to St. Francis Hospital around 5:30 a.m. after getting a report of a...

BROOKFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) — The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection are continuing to search for a man who went missing while swimming in Candlewood Lake on Friday. According to DEEP, a 20-year-old man was reported missing in Candlewood Lake near Chicken Rock. DEEP and the Candlewood Lake Authority responded to the scene, as […]

BROOKFIELD — Emergency responders searching for a man reported missing at Candlewood Lake Friday are asking residents and others to stay away from Chicken Rock — known as Green Island — Saturday while the search resumes. According to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Connecticut State...

Six state parks have closed for the day after reaching capacity, according to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Silver Sands State Park in Milford was the latest, closed at about 3:30 p.m. Millers Pond State Park in Haddam was shuttered to new visitors soon after 11:30 a.m., officials...

Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti confirmed to News 12 Connecticut that Subway reached out to him last week to say it was moving to his city.

TORRINGTON — The Parks and Recreation Department recently announced the summer concert schedule. All concerts will be held at Coe Memorial Park, and will move inside the civic center if it rains. Everyone attending concerts should adhere to all current CDC guidelines and state related to COVID-19, the department...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - A family is in mourning after a double homicide in Hartford earlier this week. Police say three people were shot after an argument over a dog. A man and woman died in that shooting, and another woman was taken to a hospital and is in critical condition.

HARTFORD — Police said Friday they have made an arrest, and are poised to make a second, in a February homicide where two women were shot, one fatally, while asleep in bed. A warrant has been signed for the arrest of Ty-Jeir McCray, 18, of Prospect Street in Vernon, who is in custody on unrelated charges, Hartford police Lt. Aaron Boisvert said. McCray faces felony murder, first-degree assault and other charges.

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A second man was arrested for the murder of a woman on Evergreen Avenue in Hartford earlier this year, police said. On February 7, the Hartford Police Department responded to an apartment at 16 Evergreen Ave. and found a woman suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, as well as another woman, who […]

He’s currently in custody on unrelated charges. He faces murder, assault and robbery charges. In early June, police arrested Troyquan Westberry, 25 of Hartford on murder and assault charges.

A man in Torrington has been arrested after being accused of robbing a bank at gunpoint Wednesday, police said. Officials said they arrested 84-year-old James Thompson after identifying the car used in the robbery at Litchfield Bancorp on East Main Street. Thompson was driving a black Cadillac DTS and was...

NEW HAVEN — A city man pleaded guilty Friday after he was found with a “ghost gun,” heroin and crack cocaine in a stolen vehicle he was using, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Connecticut. Shavarius Smith, 22, pleaded guilty to one count of possession...

CROMWELL — It was a bizarre ending to Jason Kokrak’s second round and the conclusion of his Travelers Championship appearance late Friday. Kokrak hit his tee shot on the ninth hole at TPC River Highlands — his final one of the day — into the fairway bunker. His next shot hit the bridge the players cross over to get on the other side of the fence and into the road, according to playing partner William McGirt.

3 people were shot outside of their homes over a dispute about a dog. The 39-year-old and 27-year-old woman were killed leaving their 4-month-old child.

Police have made a second arrest in connection with the murder of 21-year-old Allison McCoy in Hartford in February. Police said an arrest warrant was signed Thursday charging Ty-Jeir McCray, 18, of Vernon, with murder and additional charges. He is in custody on unrelated charges, according to Hartford police. McCray...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Three additional police officers in Connecticut have been placed on paid leave after a man was seriously injured in the back of a police transport van when one of the officers said he braked to avoid an accident, New Haven authorities announced. The man,...