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A 22-year-old woman has died after she was found inside of a vehicle in Lakewood Lake in Waterbury early Sunday morning. Officers responded to Lakewood Road around 3:45 a.m. after getting a report of a vehicle submerged in the water of Lakewood Park. Dispatchers a utility company worker who was working on a utility pole because of a power outage…

A Connecticut man who allegedly struck two people in Brooklyn with a stolen vehicle late Friday is also suspected of stealing another vehicle just the day before, according to authorities. Kahlil Ivey was arrested in Brooklyn on Thursday on charges of grand larceny and possession of stolen property based on a reported car theft out of Waterbury, and he was…

A Connecticut man has been arrested for the second time in just a few days for stealing a car. Authorities say he crashed one of those vehicles into two people in Coney Island.

A New York man has been charged with killing a man in Waterbury last month

Thirteen Connecticut towns and cities in Connecticut have been identified as COVID-19 hotspots and now state and local leaders are focusing in on vaccination efforts in those areas.

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.

What started out as a joyful reunion of a young woman with her birth parents soon turned sour, then shocking, and finally deadly.

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.

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.

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.