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Grammy winning country singer Gretchen Wilson will make a $500 charitable contribution and her charge related to an incident at Bradley International Airport will be dropped in 13 months as part of a deal with the state. Wilson, 45, of Lebanon, Tenn., was charged with breach of peace last month....

A South Windsor woman charged after police say she assaulted an 83-year-old woman by dumping her out of a wheelchair asked for a special form of probation Thursday. Christine Christensen, 62, appeared in Superior Court in Enfield, where she requested accelerated rehabilitation. She is charged with...

What else could possibly go wrong? The fall theater season is a delirious mash-up of missteps, miscommunications and mistakes — expertly devised for maximum entertainment value. Among the intriguing blunders to look forward to at the theater this fall are Alexander Hamilton publishing a pamphlet...

Stamford research firm Gartner, Inc. will expand its headquarters and look to add 400 jobs in Connecticut over the next five years, growth fueled by a $5 million state loan that will be entirely or partially forgiven if the company meets job creation milestones, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced...

William Evans grew up in Brookfield, a high school tennis player from a family with an Ivy League pedigree. By the time he was working at his first job after college, he was addicted to opioids, spending $25,000 in less than a year and driving to Philadelphia twice a week to buy drugs on the street....

Allegations that a Hartford police sergeant stole city equipment and used cocaine on the job have opened a rift between the police union and a city councilwoman, with the union accusing Wildaliz Bermudez, the council's minority leader, of eroding trust in the department after Bermudez said the...

The major-party gubernatorial candidates got their share of zingers in during their first face-to-face debate Wednesday night, with one candidate accused of pursuing “fantasyland” tax policies, and the other described as being a “clone” of a certain unpopular sitting governor. But during the hourlong...

The heavy door at the back of Hartford’s city hall has been locked shut the last few years, the offices inside dark and vacant. But it was propped wide open on Wednesday, preparing to beckon in dozens of people who traverse the city streets with no clear direction. Hartford leaders launched a welcome...

Justin Brady, the slain 16-year-old Enfield High School junior who died from several stab wounds outside a home in town early Monday, was described by his father as a strong, funny and carefree kid. Tom Brady told The Courant Wednesday that while growing up, Justin was “a little gentle giant, kind...

A Hartford man who supplied heroin to dealers in Tolland County pleaded guilty this week to six counts of sale of heroin and one count of possession of heroin with intent to sell. Gilberto “JJ” Perez was then sentenced to 16 years in prision. Perez was about to go on trial on a variety of felony...