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Thursday began in “romantic Willimantic.” Oz Griebel, swatting aside naysayers and plowing ahead with his petitioning bid for governor, ushered in the fifth-to-last day before the election on the Willimantic radio show Wayne Norman’s hosted for 47 years. Ninety miles south, Bob Stefanowski pitched...

A convicted drug dealer who is headed to federal prison pleaded guilty this week in state court to shooting at a woman as she drove her child to school along Sargeant Street in December. Rascell “Fat Ass” Leggett, 31, pleaded Wednesday to attempted first-degree assault. Prosecutor John Fahey told...

A federal jury in Bridgeport has convicted Douglas “Fly” Lee, 43, of Hartford of federal kidnapping charges for his role in the kidnapping, robbery and execution-style murder of a West Hartford man in January 2009. The case was brought by the FBI and cold case investigators in the Connecticut chief...

A Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that the University of Connecticut did not violate state ethics codes when it hired Corey Edsall to be the tight ends coach on his father’s football staff. In a 41-page ruling, Judge Joseph Shortell said the state ethics board “abused its discretion” and was...

Following an enrollment scandal at Hartford’s most sought-after magnet school, education officials have made progress in reducing the number of students improperly admitted to the region’s network of choice schools, but more should be done to guarantee the integrity of the magnet lottery and ensure...

A day before his assault trial was to begin, Marcus Holloway opted for a guaranteed plea offer rather than risk 20 or more years in prison by taking his case before a jury. The Hartford resident pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree assault with a firearm and possession of a pistol without a...

Both parties are working to change the city’s legislative delegation on Election Day, with the GOP looking to expand its majority and Democrats trying to get a bigger voice. Republicans want new terms for Sen. Henri Martin, Rep. Whit Betts and Rep. Cara Pavalock, and knock out the only Democratic...

Jeff Kinney, author of the best-selling book series “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” visited elementary school students in Manchester Thursday and surprised them with an offer to buy three books for each student at the school book fair. They students could select any books they wanted. Kinney is on tour...

An African-American woman running for state representative said Thursday she was racially profiled by a state police trooper who questioned her while she was campaigning door-to-door in Middlefield last week. The Rev. Ernestine Holloway said that the trooper told her she needed a peddler’s permit...

The number of Medicaid-insured children treated in Connecticut emergency rooms for behavioral health crises rose 20 percent between 2014 and 2016, mirroring a national trend – despite efforts to provide non-ER treatments. In 2014, Connecticut ERs recorded 12,100 Medicaid-insured youth visits compared...