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Suspect fled the scene after crashing into house in Plymouth
PLYMOUTH, CT (WFSB) – A suspect fled the scene after crashing into a house in Plymouth on Saturday night. The incident occurred around 10:35 p.m. at the intersection of High Street and Bemis Street, where Plymouth police responded to a car that had crashed into the front porch of a house.
Person rescued from Waterbury house fire
WATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) – One person had to be rescued from a house fire on Hillside Avenue in Waterbury early Saturday afternoon. A fire department spokesperson says firefighters were called to the 2 family home at 12:13 p.m. and upon arrival had to rescue a homeless person from a second floor window by ladder. The […]
Two in hospital after car hits motorcycle in Seymour
SEYMOUR, Conn. (WTNH) — Seymour police responded to a crash that landed two individuals in the hospital on Friday afternoon after a motorcyclist collided with a car on Derby Avenue. According to police, a car was traveling northbound and attempted to turn left onto Emery Street before cutting off a motorcycle traveling the opposite way. […]
Stew Leonard's sued for wrongful death in mislabeled cookie case
WATERBURY, Conn. -- Stew Leonard's is facing a wrongful death lawsuit from the estate of a woman with a peanut allergy who died after she ate a mislabeled cookie and suffered a severe reaction. Orla Ruth Baxendale, 25, died on Jan. 11 after she ate a Florentine cookie sold by Stew Leonard's and went into anaphylactic shock, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday in Waterbury, Connecticut.Cookies recalled after woman's deathThe holiday cookies were sold under the Stew Leonard's brand at stores in Danbury and Newington in late 2023 before the grocery store issued a recall. The cookies were produced by Cookies United, a...
Monroe hosts mass casualty drill, sharpens first responders’ skills
An horrific four-vehicle-crash left 12 people injured, nine of them with serious injuries. Emergency responders from Monroe and nearby towns encountered screaming victims trapped inside damaged vehicles, including a crying baby, and tended to one patient who was ejected from the impact and landed in the woods. One of the...
Congressional candidates attend Memorial Day observances
WATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — The City of Waterbury held a series of Memorial Day observances, including its annual parade, on Sunday afternoon. Waterbury distinguishes itself as a “Gold Star Family City”. This distinction honors more than 500 servicemembers from Waterbury who died in uniform. The observances also became a backdrop for the politics of the […]
Cross Principal Adapts To Overenrolled School
Wilbur Cross Principal Matt Brown has a math problem to solve:. How do you lead a school where the building’s capacity is for 1,300 students, its enrollment tops 1,700, and the number of students who actually show up to class each day is somewhere in between — given the district’s persistent struggles with chronic absenteeism?
Waterbury teen hits 4 cars in stolen vehicle
WATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — A 16-year-old from Waterbury drove a stolen Volkswagen into four vehicles, including two police cruisers, according to officers. Waterbury police first spotted the 2017 Volkswagen Touareg at about 5 p.m. Wednesday in the area of Midfield Drive and Meriden Road. The vehicle had been stolen out of Stamford. When police tried […]
MCCs annual Strawberry Festival is coming to the church green this June
MONROE, CT — Monroe Congregational Church’s 52nd annual Strawberry Festival will be held on the church green and grounds, at 34 Church St., on Father’s Day Weekend, June 15 and 16. Organizers welcome the public to join them for an old-fashioned, New England church festival with modern...
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