Tolland County, CT

Following additional charges filed against a Connecticut state trooper for alleged domestic violence, state officials released a statement saying the officer remained suspended. Tolland County resident Trooper Jaime Solis, age 29, of Vernon, who was first arrested on Monday, Aug. 1, for allegedly beating a woman, was arrested again on...

A Connecticut state trooper has been suspended and placed on administrative leave following an alleged domestic violence arrest. Tolland County resident Trooper Jaime Solis, age 29, of Vernon, was arrested at 6 p.m., Monday, Aug. 1, for domestic violence. Upon arrival, Vernon Police located a victim with a head injury....

The Tolland County Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for the second-annual Food Truck and Brew Fest, subtitled “Rally on the Green,” Saturday, Aug. 20 from 2 to 10 p.m. at the CT Golfland at 95 Hartford Turnpike in Vernon. This year’s event promises to be bigger and better than last year, with more entertainment, more breweries, more food trucks, and more vendors. “We’ve got eight breweries, ...

A Connecticut man was killed after losing control of his car, skidding off the roadway and striking two utility poles, according to authorities. Windham County resident, Luis Enrique Aguilar-Ceron, age 40, of Canterbury, was killed in Tolland County around 11:20 p.m., Saturday, July 23 in the town of Stafford. According...

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. A Connecticut resident was killed this week by a lightning strike during a training exercise with the U.S. Army Reserves in Georgia, officials said. Sgt. 1st Class Michael D. Clark, 41, who is from Bolton in Tolland County, was...

TOLLAND — A training session on how to use equipment to conduct oral histories that was to be held Sunday at the Old Tolland County Jail and Museum is now cancelled. The town’s Public Library Foundation decided to cancel the event because of the ongoing heat wave, as the museum does not have air conditioning, said Secretary Kate Farrish.

A soldier who was killed by a lightning strike during a training mission has been identified as being a Connecticut resident. Tolland County resident Sgt.1st Class Michael D. Clark, of the town of Bolton, died on Wednesday, July 20, at Fort Gordon, in Augusta, Georgia. During the training exercise, Clark,...

More than 1 million Americans have died from COVID-19 – more than the total number of Americans killed in World War I and World War II combined. In the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metropolitan area, located in Connecticut, a total of 3,980 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 329 fatalities for every 100,000 […]

A Massachusetts native was the only one who lost his life during an army training exercise in Georgia earlier this week.  Sgt. 1st Class Michael D. Clark, a Springfield native who was a resident of the town of Bolton in Tolland County, Connecticut, was killed when he and eight other soldi…

A Connecticut man is recovering following a rollover crash that left him hospitalized with serious injuries. The 37-year-old was driving in Tolland County at around 10 p.m. Thursday, July 21, when he crashed in the Town of Stafford near Tetrault and Hampden roads, according to a report by Connecticut State Police.

To date, 88,027,926 Americans are confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19 — and over 1 million have died as a result. On a per capita basis, the U.S. has one of the highest known infections rates in the world. In the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metropolitan area, located in Connecticut, a total of 259,857 COVID-19 […]

Rural sections of eastern Connecticut, especially Windham and Tolland counties, lack services for those with substance use disorder, as well as transportation to get to the help available. A new Yale School of Medicine study will help determine the best way to help inmates who have been released within 30...

More than 40 million Americans live below the poverty line, and of those facing such financial hardship, children are disproportionately affected. Nearly 12.6 million children under age 18 live in households with poverty level income. Not only are children at higher risk of poverty, they are also especially vulnerable to poverty’s harmful effects, both in […]

A 26-year-old woman was charged after police said she struck a Connecticut State Police trooper and a patrol vehicle with her car while fleeing from police. Troopers in Tolland County responded to a report of a disturbance at a home on Cindy Road in Ellington at about 4:20 a.m. on Sunday, July 17, according to Connecticut State Police.