Bridgeport News

Bishop William E. Lori stands before 141 married couples in the airy sanctuary of St.

A convicted felon on probation for sexual assault was arrested Saturday after allegedly raping a woman at knifepoint in his home on Miles Street.

Twice a year, the bank holding the mortgage for the house at 394 Fairview Ave. pays the city the taxes owed.

As legislators pore through a health care reform bill that runs nearly 2,000 pages, U.S. Rep.

The U.S. Supreme Court was the Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport's last hope. The diocese wanted the nation's highest court to hear its appeal of a Connecticut state court's decision to make public thousands of pages of files about sexual abuse by clergy.

'Star Wars: In Concert" comes to the Arena at Harbor Yard Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The multimedia event features music from all six of John Williams ' "Star Wars" scores, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and a full chorus.

Four people are homeless this morning after a fire ripped through the basement of a home last night on the city's West End.

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - A judge has ordered CBS sportscaster Jim Nantz to pay his ex-wife $916,000 a year in alimony and child support.Monday's ruling comes after Nantz and his ex-wife, Lorrie, testified about the breakdown of their 26-year marriage.

The US Supreme Court has refused to review a case in which the Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, were told to release documents on priest-child sexual abuse.

With the end of the 2009 NBAA Convention, the BizAv community has had a chance to take stock of the year that has passed and evaluate their future prospects.

A Bridgeport woman charged in an investigation that resulted in the arrests of more than a dozen people earlier this year has pleaded guilty in federal court to helping supply narcotics to Danbury-area crack houses.

When the city's parents of elementary schools go to report card conferences next month, they will be greeted with smaller, less complex assessments of how their child is doing.

Three months into the new fiscal year, the Board of Education has a brand new budget gap to fill.

Bridgeport suspends 5 police officers BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Bridgeport officials have suspended five police officers after an internal affairs investigation.

WFSB reports : A loaded gun was found in the backpack of a student at Central High School in Bridgeport Friday morning, police said.

The State Bond Commission Friday morning postponed action on Gov. M. Jodi Rell's proposal earlier this month for a $15-million detention center for juvenile girls in Bridgeport.

A Superior Court judge has ordered the reinstatement of a city police officer fired two years ago after he was charged with choking a former girlfriend.

A kitchen fire left two people homeless this morning, officials said. The blaze, in the two-story, single-family home at 242 Trumbull Ave., was called in at 6:40 a.m. By 7:05, firefighters said that the fire was extinguished.

A Fairfield man who stabbed a Muslim religious leader in the chest outside a local mosque after accusing him of having an affair with his wife, was sentenced Wednesday to 13 years in prison.

Located in the back of a Citgo service station on Bridgeport's Main Street, Bereket is a tiny Turkish restaurant with minimal indoor space, a patio for good-weather dining, and an extensive take-out business.