Waterbury

A Connecticut man was arrested for stabbing a Walmart clerk over the price of milk, police said. The assault happened shortly after noon Sunday at a Walmart in Waterbury, the Republican-American reported. Forty-year-old Hichman Asfir, of Stamford, stabbed the cashier in the head with a folding knife after she scanned a gallon of milk and told him the price, police...

The Waterbury community is mourning the life of a beloved UPS driver. Nathan Burk, 28, died at a hospital after he was seriously assaulted on the job, according to state police. Burk’s co-worker, 19-year-old Elijah Bertrand, is facing a murder charge after police searched for him for hours. He was taken into custody in Plymouth on Wednesday afternoon. Loved ones…

A Waterbury police officer was shot while responding to a stolen vehicle investigation Tuesday, according to Waterbury police.

The Waterbury Police are investigating a criminal mischief complaint involving damage to the Christopher Columbus statue Saturday. The statue on Grand Street appears to have been beheaded. This comes after two groups stood outside city hall with two very different views on what the statue means just days before. “I am deeply disappointed and disturbed by the destruction inflicted upon…

Multiple rallies across Connecticut are pushing for change and are calling for justice following the death of George Floyd and protesters have closed down several highways throughout the state on Sunday. The rallies and protests come less than a week after the death of Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white officer knelt on his...

Waterbury police have arrested a man who is accused of intentionally coughing on hospital staff after he claimed he tested positive for coronavirus. Officers were called to St. Mary’s Hospital around 9:20 p.m. on Saturday after getting a report of a disturbance. Investigators said a disruptive person, later identified as 30-year-old Robert Gordon, was not following rules and instructions...

Three children were badly hurt when a woman fell asleep behind the wheel at caused a violent crash in Westchester County on New Year’s Day, State Police said in a statement Thursday. Maribel Mota, a 49-year-old from Waterbury, Connecticut, was driving a Toyota Corolla northbound on I-684 in Bedford, New York, around 11 a.m. when she fell asleep, authorities...

“Hidden in plain sight” for years, there are new hopes – and prayers – that Holy Land USA in Waterbury will soon rise from ruin.

Seven men are facing charges in connection with an alleged multi-million dollar national stolen car ring, New York prosecutors announced Thursday.

The final two victims whose bodies were pulled from the water off the Hamptons after their small plane crashed over the weekend have been identified.

Two more bodies and the fuselage of the plane were recovered from the water off the Hamptons, officials said. Rana Novini reports.

The U.S. Military Academy has opened a new barracks named after a graduate who was shunned by fellow cadets at West Point because he was black.

Steps are being taken to remove Confederate memorials and symbols that are still standing. Katherine Creag reports.

An EF1 tornado, the fourth most powerful on the scale, touched down in Dutchess County, New York, Wednesday as powerful storms ripped through parts of the region, the National Weather Service confirmed.

An F1 tornado touched down north of New York City on Wednesday night. Dutchess County took the brunt of the fast-moving storms. Wale Aliyu reports.

Tornado warnings were issued for Dutchess County in New York and Fairfield County in Connecticut on Wednesday evening as severe thunderstorms rolled through the tri-state area, dropping hail, toppling trees and producing threatening clouds.

Storms with hail, lightning, heavy rain and apparent funnel clouds struck Connecticut, New Jersey and New York on Wednesday. Michael George reports.