Derby

Derby High School is forfeiting the last five varsity football games of the season. The school’s athletic department made the announcement on Sunday afternoon and said it is because of the number of eligible healthy players. Derby is forfeiting games against Oxford, Seymour, Ansonia, Gilbert and Shelton. They said CIAC guidance requires them to forfeit contests if they cannot...

Unvaccinated people are eager to travel again. But increasingly, the rules make that harder.

Churchill Downs Racetrack suspended horse trainer Bob Baffert for two years after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a second drug test.

A second test of blood from Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit confirmed the presence of the banned steroid betamethasone, a lawyer for the horse’s owner said.

Medina Spirit, trained by Bob Baffert, is barred for now from the Belmont Stakes due to testing positive for a steroid after its Kentucky Derby win.

Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit was allowed to enter the Preakness Stakes, with conditions, despite failing a drug test after the first Triple Crown leg.

Medina Spirit’s trainer Bob Baffert will be immediately suspended from entering any horses in races at Churchill Downs track, Churchill Downs said.

Twenty horses and their jockeys — including betting favorites Essential Quality and Known Agenda — will be competing for first place and a large cash prize.

A Derby police officer shot a person who was firing at a passing car in Ansonia, near the Derby line, Monday morning, according to police. The officer shot the man in the leg and he is in stable condition, according to police. The suspect was arrested and faces gun charges. Police said a patrol officer was at a traffic light…

The 23-year-old University of Connecticut student charged with murder in Willington appeared by video conference to face charges of murder in the death of his childhood friend in Derby. Peter Manfredonia was charged Monday with murdering Nicholas Eisele on May 24 and with kidnapping Eisele’s girlfriend and forcing her to drive him to New Jersey. He pleaded not guilty to…

A Connecticut man who is accused of killing two people in Connecticut in May, holding another hostage and kidnapping a woman and driving her out of state pleaded not guilty on Wednesday.

Peter Manfredonia, who is accused of killing two in Connecticut in May, told a Willington man he allegedly held hostage in his own home, that “he just flipped,” according to an arrest affidavit released on Monday.

A 23-year-old college student suspected in two homicides, a brutal attack, a home invasion and an abduction in Connecticut is in custody in Maryland and will be brought back to Connecticut soon. Police said the motive of the crime spree he is accused of is unclear. Two Connecticut State Police detectives were in Hagerstown, Maryland on Wednesday night because they…

Authorities are continuing to search for a man wanted in connection to a deadly attack in Willington earlier this week and now state police said they believe he is responsible for another death in Derby. The search has now extended into New Jersey and Pennsylvania after a vehicle connected to 23-year-old Peter Manfredonia was found near the border. Manfredonia was…

A man spent the night clinging to rocks in the Housatonic River after falling from a railroad trestle on Sunday night and into the river. Crews responded to the Housatonic River in Derby on Monday morning, took boats out into the river and rescued a man. The man, who has not been identified, was walking along the trestle over the…

Track veterinarian Dr. Dana Stead said in a statement that Emtech had two broken front legs and she made the decision to euthanize the colt on the track.

Pete Alonso has been full of surprises during a memorable rookie season with the Mets. For fans in his new home city, his gesture Wednesday night might be the biggest home run yet.

The 14th Annual Chicago Ducky Derby was held Thursday to raise money for Special Olympics Illinois.

Jamie Bisceglia thought she could win a photo contest at a fishing derby in Washington, but her decision to take a photo with an octopus on her face resulted in a trip to the hospital.

A Bourne, Massachusetts woman who hosted the New York Mets’ Pete Alonso recalls hosting the slugger during his time in the Cape Cod Baseball League.