Wolcott News

At the May 14 Democratic convention that endorsed House Speaker Christopher Donovan as a candidate for Congress in the 5th District, Donovan's campaign manager handed a tainted $2,500 check to a state Democratic Party official, the party's director said Friday.

A Connecticut tribe is moving to give its own police department a larger role inside its Foxwoods Resort Casino , but several former department employees say it can barely manage to patrol the tiny reservation, let alone the Western Hemisphere's largest casino.

As contractors start amassing payloaders and bulldozers along the path of the busway to Hartford, some homeowners along the route were raising last-minute concerns Wednesday about worsened noise, traffic detours and flooding in their neighborhoods.

A national nonprofit organization will honor 68 seniors from three New Haven high schools Thursday for their participation in a program that seeks to encourage students to attend college.

A tornado watch has been issued for Berkshire County in western Massachusetts, along with 13 counties in east-central New York and two in Vermont.

Police charged a local man after his poodle attacked a pit bull. Luis Velez, 42, of Benton Street in Springfield, the poodle owner, was charged after he threatened two boys with a knife.

State environmental officials are telling residents in Sherman and New Milford to be vigilant after a report that a black bear may have attacked a local dog.

A collection where people can dispose of television sets and other consumer electronics that they no longer want will be on June 9, town officials have announced.

After throwing a combined 13 innings on Wednesday, Derby pitchers Sal Frosceno and Raymond Kreiger walked into Municipal Stadium in Waterbury Thursday needing to throw seven more.

Is Nate Archibald getting cozy with an older woman? Chace Crawford , who plays the "Gossip Girl" hot guy in residence, is reportedly dating ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews .

Oklahoma City Thunder's Harden shoots while being defended by Los Angeles Lakers' Blake and Ebanks during the first half of Game 5 of the NBA Western Conference semi-final playoffs series in Oklahoma City OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Eight people were wounded, one critically, by gun shots fired as thousands of sports fans left a National Basketball ... (more)

City leaders on Wednesday night showed no support for the controversial austerity-budget scenario that infuriated library patrons, senior citizens and unionized municipal workers earlier this week.

Rescuers say they have discovered bodies near the wreckage of a Russian-made passenger plane that crashed into the slopes of an Indonesian volcano.

Former state Democratic Rep. John "Corky" Mazurek of Wolcott announced this week that he will challenge Republican Sen.

It took a year to get the evidence they needed to make an arrest, but Southington detectives have found the man they said was responsible for serving as a getaway driver during a 2011 robbery at Webster Bank on Queen Street.

The long-running campaign to scrap the New Britain busway ran out of gas Monday when legislators voted down an amendment to strip its funding.

The Connecticut Senate was locked in a marathon debate late Friday on a bill to legalize and regulate the medical use of marijuana.

WOLCOTT, Conn. -- Police in Wolcott are searching for two men who spent over $1,300 using a stolen credit card.