Windsor Locks News

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The wife of a Windsor Locks man accused of breaking the collarbone of their 3-year-old son in May has been charged with hindering the prosecution of the case.

An East Windsor man whom police describe as a heroin-addicted serial robber was arrested Wednesday in connection with April holdups in East Hartford and South Windsor. Thomas Phillips, 41, was arrested on warrants charging him with robbing five stores in the two neighboring towns. He lived on South Main Street in East Windsor until his May 3 arrest by Windsor Locks police, who say they found him in a motel lobby after he struggled with the owner of a package store in a bungled holdup, robbed a gas station convenience store, engaged police in pursuit and hid in the ceiling rafters of Bradley Bowl. Phillips was more successful in hiding from police April 23, when he climbed a tree outside his home as soon as he saw officers coming, the arrest warrants state.

At 1:16 a.m., police received several 911 calls of shots fired, he said. When officers arrived, they found no one at the scene but did find empty cartridges on the ground.

Windsor Locks _ Citing the high price of fuel, Northwest Airlines will no longer a non-stop flight between Bradley International Airport and Amsterdam, Netherlands.

WINDSOR LOCKS, Connecticut : Northwest Airlines Inc. says it will end Connecticut's only daily, nonstop service to Europe in October because of slumping passenger demand and record-setting fuel prices.

Kyle Cirillo, of 29 Alicia Terrace, is charged with two counts each of public indecency, risk of injury to a minor and second-degree breach of peace.

Police in Vernon and Manchester are asking the public for help as they seek the man who sexually assaulted four women while burglarizing their homes since 2001.

W hen Neil Armstrong's boot touched the lunar surface, he was wearing Hamilton Standard gear.

An audit agency's recommendation that the Air Force reopen bidding on a contract to build a new generation of aerial refueling planes almost certainly means the Air Force will fail to put the planes into ...

M y father was comfortable, but never ostentatious, in a suit and tie. One of the things he taught me in the 65 years I knew him was to present a neat and clean appearance but never a flashy one.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston plans to hasten the closing of its check processing office in Windsor Locks and will hold an informational meeting about the closing in August, First Vice President and Chief ...

Authorities say an ultralight plane crashed at the local landing strip in Palmer, leaving the pilot from Connecticut with minor injuries.

After leaving work in Windsor Locks, Robert Torrey trekked across the state border into Massachusetts last week to fill up his van with $100 worth of gas and run errands while he was there.

Citing the expansion of electronic funds transactions and the expected extinction of paper checks, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston will close its check processing center in Connecticut and move what's left ...

The average price of regular gas crept up to $4 a gallon for the first time over the weekend, passing the once-unthinkable milestone just in time for the peak summer travel season.

WINDSOR LOCKS/WINDSOR - - A Windsor man was arraigned Tuesday in connection with two separate armed robberies after police tracked him down in Vermont , police said.

State police are investigating whether a person who died at the new MGM Grand at Foxwoods casino jumped from the parking garage, accidentally fell or was the victim of a crime.

Police are investigating a possible link between robberies in area towns early this morning, at least some of which occurred in hotels.