MERIDEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Daniel Loughman was sworn in as the new colonel of the Connecticut State Police on Monday. The ceremony, held at the Connecticut Police Academy in Meriden, [...]

What better way to end the regular season than to treat the season finale like Game 7 of a playoff series? While all other Eastern Conference games on the last [...]

The Avelo Airlines is offering a $32 off round-trip base fares to Husky fans, in celebration of the UConn victory parade. As a sponsor at today's parade and as a [...]

ORANGE, Conn. (WTNH) — Looking for a new pickleball court? Orange has a new option. The Pickle Spot celebrated its ribbon cutting Friday on Boston Post Road. Its owner said [...]

Brian Niemietz | New York Daily News (TNS) The death of former football star and acquitted double-murder defendant O.J. Simpson was met with little sorrow in the celebrity world and within the [...]

Two men have been arrested for allegedly forcing their way into an apartment with a knife in Essex. Police said they were called to a reported home invasion on Main [...]

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Hartford Police Detective Robert “Bobby” Garten, who was killed in the line of duty in September, will be honored at the Hartford Yard Goats’ home opener [...]

Christopher Lawrence | (TNS) Las Vegas Review-Journal LAS VEGAS — It’s the world’s largest LED screen, offering nearly 580,000 square feet of artistic freedom. Each of Sphere’s diodes can display [...]

A police officer is injured after being hit while trying to stop a group of ATV riders in New Haven on Sunday. Officers have been working to deter illegal ATV [...]

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — This year, Hartford HealthCare’s largest fundraiser, the Black & Red, supports the Hartford Hospital’s emergency department, which serves more than 100,000 people annually. On News 8 [...]

Police are investigating after several vehicles were broken into in Norwich early Friday. Calls started coming into the Norwich Police Department dispatch just before 4 a.m. Friday, reporting break-ins throughout [...]

Bridge Street in Suffield is closed because of a serious motor vehicle crash on Thursday evening. The police department said they're responding to the area. Bridge Street will remain closed [...]

ROCKY HILL, Conn. (WTNH) — Two Connecticut women were arrested Wednesday for allegedly stealing a combined total of over $11,000 from public assistance programs. Carmen Rentas, 33, of Willimantic, and [...]

Paige Bueckers vs. Caitlin Clark. UConn vs. Iowa. It’s going to be a blockbuster showdown in the Final Four on Friday night, as the Huskies and Hawkeyes get set to [...]

On Monday, Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam announced the establishment of the Office of Violence Prevention and introduced its director, Chavon Campbell. The office will be tasked with identifying people who [...]

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Fire crews responded to a reports of a house fire in the area of Brookfield Street in the city’s Behind the Rocks neighborhood. When they arrived [...]

BOSTON – When Cam Spencer got on campus, the last piece of the dominant puzzle Dan Hurley and UConn’s staff put together, his first interaction with the other guards came [...]

The Quinnipiac men’s hockey team is making a post-season run as well. The Bobcats are in the NCAA tournament looking to defend their championship title and fans can’t wait to [...]

News 8 will air a special report starting at 10 a.m. Friday, followed by the service for former U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman. A livestream of the special report and service [...]

Yale New Haven Health Services’ certificate of need application to buy Prospect CT’s three Connecticut hospitals has been approved by the state Office of Health Strategy. The three hospitals are [...]

Students and school nutrition workers are pushing lawmakers to continue funding for free breakfasts. Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget proposal includes $11.6 million, a figure advocates would say is enough to [...]

EAST WINDSOR, Conn. (WTNH) — Gov. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.) and state transportation employees announced a new form of public transportation coming to more than a dozen municipalities. It’s called microtransit [...]

The UConn men’s basketball team continues its title defense with a second-round NCAA Tournament game against Northwestern on Sunday on TruTV. Tip time in Brooklyn is set for 7:45 p.m. [...]

A fire damaged a two-story barn in Chester on Saturday. Fire officials said the barn on fire was about 100 feet from a home on Old Colony Road. The fire [...]

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The Office of Inspector General ruled that an East Haven Police lieutenant’s use of deadly force in a shooting along Interstate 95 in Milford was justified. [...]

After what can only be described as the best season in UConn women’s ice hockey history, Huskies head coach Chris MacKenzie was named the National Coach of the Year by [...]

“Sit down and negotiate,” tenants said. On Wednesday, the Lenox Street tenant union gathered outside of the Ocean Management offices in New Haven to call for a change. “Ocean, ocean [...]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — March is Women’s History Month, and we’re celebrating some of the remarkable women in our state. This week, News 8’s Laura Hutchinson introduces us to [...]

Anna Claire Vollers | (TNS) Stateline.org Worried about hospitals closing and higher costs for patients, state lawmakers are increasingly tangling with hospitals over potential health care mergers, in some cases [...]

The families of the two men who died in a boating accident in Bolton last week say their last moments were spent helping someone. Officials with the state Department of [...]

NAUGATUCK, Conn. (WTNH) – Three teens face charges after they intentionally set a dump truck on fire Friday afternoon in Naugatuck, according to police. At around 1:20 p.m., Naugatuck police [...]

A man who was wanted on a felony warrant out of Massachusetts on charges of allegedly assaulting a police officer was arrested in West Hartford on Thursday. At 2:14 p.m. [...]

A judge has granted a motion by the state to modify conditions of Michelle Troconis' release if she is able to post bond. The remote hearing was held Thursday morning. [...]

MILFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The jury is now deliberating the case of Connecticut State Trooper Brian North, who faces a manslaughter charge in the 2020 shooting death of a 19-year-old [...]

By MATT O’BRIEN (AP Technology Writer) U.S. lawmakers are threatening to ban TikTok but also say they are giving its Chinese parent company a chance to keep it running. The [...]

A new report is issuing a worrisome warning for residents in Naugatuck Valley. The Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments (NVCOG) is warning that a nearly mile-long dam at Coe River [...]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz has been on the political scene in Connecticut since the 1990s. What is her relationship like with Gov. Ned Lamont? Does [...]

UNCASVILLE — Paige Bueckers advocated for teammate Aaliyah Edwards to win the Big East Player of the Year award, but the UConn women’s basketball star proved herself more than deserving [...]

An 18-year-old is dead after a shooting in Bridgeport and police are investigating his death as a homicide. Police said they responded to the 300 block of Olive Street just [...]

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The suspect in a West Hartford vandalism case faced a judge in Hartford Superior Court Thursday morning. Hicham Talal, 24, is accused of splashing red paint [...]

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LINLEY SANDERS (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. navigates involvement in the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, few Americans want the country to take [...]

Paige Bueckers is one of five finalists for the 2024 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award, which honors the top shooting guard in women’s NCAA Division I college basketball. The Naismith Basketball [...]

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump won South Carolina’s Republican primary on Saturday, easily beating former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in her home state and further consolidating his path to [...]

A vanilla perfume is an excellent winter fragrance. It can be sensual and sweet but also intense, so it can permeate through layers of clothing. Vanilla is a fantastic scent to wear [...]

A person has potentially life threatening injuries and several others were taken to the hospital after a rollover crash on Route 12 in Ledyard. The crash happened Thursday night on [...]

No issues for the day today with highs in the 40s, but the next system arrives this evening and overnight with rain at the shoreline and a wintry mix inland, [...]

State police are looking to the public for help identifying a suspect allegedly involved in a scam targeting an East Haddam resident and the claim that the victim’s family member [...]

A vehicle has struck a building on Palomba Drive in Enfield and police said they believe someone in the building was injured. The police chief said a vehicle hit the [...]

Icy surfaces early with some flurries, otherwise Valentine’s Day/Ash Wednesday is looking bright and cold with highs in the 30s. With wind gusts of 30 mph, it will feel like [...]

The Internal Audit Commission presented a “scathing” report to the city’s Department of Development Services, including over the handling of a $30,000 check that sat for “months before being sent [...]