Bridgeport News

Firefighters who arrived on scene at 181 Poplar St. found the first two floors of the front of the house fully involved with fire, police said.

Bridgeport firefighters fight a two-alarm fire that tore through a Poplar Street home Monday evening and led to the hospitalization of two children and two police officers, authorities said.

Reaction from seniors who live a Bishop Curtis home in Bpt about diocese 's plan to sell property, which likely will raise rents and other costs.

The last things Dominic Armour thought he would have to worry about when he was booked at the Milford Police Department recently were his money and personal items.

Ebony Harper stands outside her Brooks Street home, in Bridgeport, Conn., where a 15-year-old girl was shot last year.

Republican gubernatorial challenger Tom Foley leads incumbent Gov. Dannel P. Malloy by 43 percent to 40 percent in the latest Quinnipiac Poll released on Wednesday morning as the two rivals prepare for a rematch.

WESTPORT, Conn. A 50-year-old Bridgeport man was accused of shoplifting in Westport on Saturday after more than $100 in goods was stolen from Stop & Shop, police said.

Youth incarceration in Connecticut declined by 50 percent from 2001 to 2010, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Juvenile Justice Network and the Texas Public Policy Foundation .

A Bridgeport man and a juvenile accomplice are charged with attacking and robbing a Rhode Island man who was visiting Stamford early Sunday morning.

Two 1950s B-movie classics - "The Fly" and "The Thing" - are being screened at the monthy "Bedlam at the Bijou" series at Bridgeport's Bijou Theatre on Thursday, JUne 20 at 7 p.m. Photo: Contributed Photo The monthly "Bedlam at the Bijou" series on Thursday, June 20, is featuring the original 1950s B-movies that inspired three big-budget remakes -- ... (more)

On Tuesday, Coldwell Banker Residential snapped up the assets of Bridgeport-based Greengarden Realty, a Century 21 office, for an undisclosed amount.

Crafting and creativity will abound throughout the Arcade Mall in Bridgeport to help those in need during a worldwide event that only takes place on Thursday, June 20. Etsy artists, who create their businesses online and sell either handmade products or truly vintage clothing and items, are throwing a party and the whole world is invited.

After going to Woodstock together , they marked each milestone as a loud, unwieldy group.

When Said Nedlouf's wife, Mary, was terminally ill with metastatic breast cancer in late 2006, Nedlouf was willing to do anything to save her.

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.