Bridgeport News

The discovery of asbestos in the city's senior citizen center has temporarily displaced members for the summer while a new facility is built.

A report ranking the country's most violent cities would seem to confirm what suburban neighbors of the state's largest city have long whispered behind their white picket fences -- Bridgeport is the most dangerous place in Connecticut.

Standing with his lawyer, John R. Gulash, left, Jermaine Richards is arraigned on murder charges in the death of ECSU student Alyssiah Marie Wiley at Superior Court in Bridgeport, Conn.

FAIRFIELD, Conn. A Bridgeport man faces weapons charges after displaying a handgun at a Fairfield medical clinic, police say.

It will be up to Gov. Dannel Malloy and legislative leaders to appoint members to the new Connecticut Commuter Rail Council.

Members of the state police gangs unit, along with members of the Bridgeport police department, set up surveillance in the area of Yaremich Drive in the city's north end after getting a tip that there was an assault weapon in a vehicle, according to a release from Bridgeport Police spokesman William Kaempffer.

A giant American flag flies outside Wheelabrator's Bridgeport Resco waste-to-energy plant in celebration of the plant's 25th year in operation in Bridgeport, Conn.

The Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association , the largest specialty bar association in the state, today announced the June 10th election of Douglas P. Mahoney , attorney and partner at the law firm of Tremont & Sheldon, Bridgeport, to the position of President for 2013-2014.

The parking lot at Fairfield Metro Train Station in Fairfield, Conn. had plenty of empty spaces at 10:30 am on Tuesday, June 11, 2013.

The diaper bank at the Parent Center is closed for the season and the latest crop of Parent Leadership Training Institute students graduated last week.

Shortly before adjourning June 5, the General Assembly found the time to pass legislation that marked the 14th anniversary of the sister state relationship between Connecticut and Taiwan, honored various ethnic groups with months to call their own, wrote the Wright Brothers out of Connecticut's version of aviation history and gave us two new state ... (more)

People sometimes do bad things. They sneak a piece of their sister's favorite Halloween candy.

Just a day after the swing bridge carrying four tracks of Metro-North Railroad got stuck in the open position for more than an hour, the railroad revealed why.

The Barnum Festival Royal Family during the Wing Ding Parade at Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport, Conn.

An independent film shot in Bridgeport last year -- "The Word" -- is having its premiere on the opening night of the Manhattan Film Festival on Friday.

Police are investigating the discovery of a 59-year-old man's body in a marsh off Riverside Drive on Saturday morning.

Bridgeport's Downtown Cabaret Theatre welcomes Forever Motown featuring a cast of four male and three female vocalists, backed by a band of musicians for two performances only at 5 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 15, 263 Golden Street.

Destin M. Simmons , 18, of Bridgeport was arrested on drug charges at the C-Town Plaza located at 308 Boston Ave. on Friday, police said.

Rebecca Hill, 18, quietly persevered through the death of one parent and the illness of the other.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and St. Vincent's Health Partners , Inc., announced today the collaboration on a new model of provider reimbursement.