Willington News

A Florida man was indicted Wednesday on charges of witness tampering, obstruction of justice and lying to a federal grand jury that is investigating former New England Patriot star Aaron Hernandez 's alleged role in illegal gun trafficking.

Freshman U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty ramped up fundraising in the first three months of the year, raising more than Reps.

Gov. Dannel Malloy's office issued this news release on calling for a special election this November in Tolland, Mansfield, Coventry and Willington to replace Probate Judge Claire C. Twerdy: Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that an election to fill a vacancy for Judge of Probate for the Tolland-Mansfield Probate District, which is ... (more)

High school seniors Gabe Rogan and Andrew Uzdejczyk have been selected to represent the state at the 39th annual American Regions Mathematics League's competition.

Daniel Hamilton and DeAndre Daniels, both LA kids, go way back. When UConn won the national championship, Hamilton texted his congratulations.

Who said the NCAA can't respond in a timely fashion when is under savage daily attack and facing several lawsuits that could put college's governing body out of business? Only days after Connecticut basketball star Shabazz Napier complained that he sometimes went to bed hungry , an NCAA Legislative Council on Tuesday approved a rule that will ... (more)

There he was, unrecognizable, staring back at him in a mirror in a New Haven restaurant where Ireland's lawyers had taken him for a steak dinner on the day he was released from prison after serving 21 years for a crime he did not commit.

Environmentalists in West Haven have raised objections to the proposed site for a Sandy Hook memorial playground because development of the idyllic shoreline location is restricted under a 2007 agreement.

Robert Davidson, a Norwich resident and longtime advocate for people with mental illness, died of brain cancer on March 17 at age 65. Bob Davidson's goal in life was to reduce the stigma suffered by people with mental illness, and help them get the support they needed - preferably in a community setting with housing, peer support and counseling.

Ukrainian security forces launched an operation Sunday to clear pro-Russian separatists from a police headquarters in the eastern city of Slaviansk, with Kiev reporting dead on both sides as it combats what it calls an act of aggression by Moscow.

The Friends of the Canton Public Library will hold a spring used book sale on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the library.

Four nursing homes have been fined by the state Department of Public Health in connection with incidents in which one resident died, another was verbally abused and several female residents were touched inappropriately by a resident.

The Hebron Heritage Photo Project and Peter Billard announce scanning days of old photos of early life in Hebron on Saturday, April 19 and Saturday, May 17 at the Douglas Library Community Room, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each day.

The Hartford Courant's investigation into the Doc Hurley Scholarship Foundation has won first place in the investigative category from the Education Writers Association's national reporting contest.

Police are looking for a film crew and truck involved in an assault of a Trinity College student Saturday night.

The Future Problem Solving Program of Connecticut, Inc. hosted its 31st annual conference for Connecticut's top student problem solvers at North Haven High School on Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29, 2014.

Coventry High School seniors, Alex Boutin and Raquel Pouliot, have been named as this year's CIAC Scholar Athletes.

Almost a year to the day after the state legislature passed a historic and far-reaching gun control law , thousands of opponents of the law gathered at the state Capitol on Saturday to remind legislators that they aren't going anywhere.

On March 31, Bolton High School chapter for Future Business Leaders of America attended the 52nd Annual State Leadership Conference at the Crowne Plaza and Conference Center in Cromwell, Connecticut.

The Avon Volunteer Fire Department is looking for hungry people, lots of them. On Tuesday, April 22, The Local Grill in Building #9 in Riverdale Farms will donate 20 percent of proceeds to help the AVFD raise money for the live fire training facility to be built in Farmington.