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A man from New Britain has died after he crashed into the concrete barrier on Interstate 84 west in West Hartford on Sunday morning. State police said 22-year-old Luis Daniel Colon, of New Britain, was traveling in the left shoulder on I-84 west near exit 40 when he lost control of the vehicle around 6:30 a.m. When Colon lost control,…

One of the biggest spectacles in all of sports is happening Saturday. It’s the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby and one West Hartford businessman hopes to be the winning owner, or at least one of them. Mike Gualtieri is a minority owner of the horse, Confidence Game. It is one of the 20 horses this weekend that will be...

The West Hartford Rotary Club is offering a reward for information leading to the conviction and arrest of whoever killed an 89-year-old woman in a December hit-and-run crash. The police department said 89-year-old Eugenia Yurovsky was struck and killed in the area of Boulevard and Whiting Lane while walking on Dec. 20, 2022. The Rotary Club of West Hartford is…

A man from West Hartford was killed during an apparent terror attack in the occupied West Bank in Israel, according to the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford. The U.S. ambassador to Israel confirmed to NBC News that a U.S. citizen was killed in the Monday attack. The Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford identified that person as 26-year-old Elan Ganeles....

A West Hartford man was killed in an avalanche in Washington state on Sunday that swept climbers 500 feet down the Northeast Couloir of Colchuck Peak, according to authorities. The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office in Washington state said six people were climbing Colchuck Peak when an avalanche occurred near Colchuck Lake and three of the six climbers were killed. The…

A man who is accused of assaulting several people, including a police officer and an elderly woman, in the parking lot of a grocery store in West Hartford Sunday afternoon after using PCP was arrested after good Samaritans came forward to assist law enforcement. Police said officers responded to the Price Rite supermarket at 983 New Britain Ave. at 12:39…

Police released the identities Monday of three people who were killed in a crash in West Hartford Christmas morning. The three died in a two-car crash on Simsbury Road near Timberwood Road just before 7 a.m. Sunday. Police identified the victims as 17-year-old Raheim Dantae Barry Nelson, 52-year-old Faye Dawson-Judkins, and 55-year-old Novelette Bailey. All of the victims were from…

Three people were killed in a crash in West Hartford on Christmas morning, according to police. The two-car crash happened around 6:50 a.m. on Simsbury Road near Timberwood Road. Police and firefighters arrived and found two people dead at the scene, police said. A third person was rushed to the hospital but later died. Simsbury Road was closed from Bloomfield…

A bear has made itself right at home inside a hole in a tree not far from the center of West Hartford and it does not seem to want to leave. Martha Guidry, of West Hartford, said the bear has been in the tree for about six weeks. “Every once in a while, he pokes his head out and says…

One person was killed in a major crash that closed Interstate 84 West on the Hartford and West Hartford line Monday morning. Troopers were advised of a crash involving a CT Transit bus and multiple other vehicles on I-84 west near exit 44 shortly before 5 a.m. According to state police, two tractor-trailers, a CT Transit bus, a postal truck…

West Hartford police have charged a man in connection with in a shooting on the University of Saint Joseph campus early Friday morning and a crash on Albany Avenue and they released more information Monday about the investigation. Police said the altercation started when three people got into an argument about a relationship, gunshots were fired, there was a crash…

A man suspected in a West Hartford, Connecticut, shooting was the subject of a police search in western Massachusetts that closed down part of the Massachusetts Turnpike. Massachusetts State Police and local police were looking for 22-year-old Darnell Barnes, considered armed and dangerous, in Russell and Blandford, troopers said. Barnes allegedly shot someone multiple times early Friday morning. “Residents asked…

West Hartford Police are looking for a man they said is wanted in connection with a shooting on the University of Saint Joseph campus early Friday morning. West Hartford police are looking for 22-year-old Darnell Barnes, who they said is believed to be armed and dangerous. Court officials have signed an extraditable warrant for Barnes, meaning any police department in…

Police are asking any witnesses to come forward after a child was injured in a fall Saturday. Officials say the young child reportedly fell out a window and down three stories at a building on Farmington Avenue. The child was taken to an area hospital for treatment and the extent of their injuries are not yet known. Police noted that…

There was a surprise guest for two-year-old Cyrus’ Birthday party on Sept. 4 in West Hartford. A black bear came onto the family’s property and made its way to the picnic table. First, sniffing a party guest and then helping itself to cupcakes, bagels, and even some lox. “I couldn’t believe it for 30 seconds. We see it happening, we…

A homeowner needed to chase a bear out of his home twice and captured video. The bear ransacked a refrigerator the first time.

A Nepali Sherpa broke her own record as the most successful female climber of Mount Everest by reaching the summit of the world’s highest peak Thursday.

Police are investigating after they said a woman was carjacked while sitting in the parking lot of an auto shop in West Hartford on Sunday morning. Officers received a report that a 71-year-old woman had been carjacked in front of 54 Cody St. shortly before 11:30 a.m. According to investigators, the woman reported that she was dropping off her vehicle…

State police responded to multiple tractor-trailer accidents on Connecticut highways early Saturday as heavy snow fell across the state. A tractor-trailer rolled over on I-95 North in East Lyme near Exit 74 around 2:30 a.m. The highway was shut down for about an hour as crews worked to clear the truck. A truck crash closed I-84 West near Exit 40…

Mothers United Against Violence led a prayer vigil for 22-year-old Kendall Fair Saturday afternoon. The man, from West Hartford, was killed on Tuesday in a shootout in Hartford that happened at the intersection of Mather Street and Albany Avenue. Two other men were also shot and are expected to be okay. Fair’s family said they’ve felt the support through...