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Police in Norwich said Saturday they have begun an “active investigation” into whether an employee of Norwich Free Academy was involved in the sexual assaults of students. A spokesman for the police department said detectives are acknowledging the investigation in response to multiple requests...

Robert King, the leader of a Danbury-based prostitution ring that provided disabled and addicted young men for sex, pleaded guilty on Friday. King, 52, faced felony charges of trafficking in persons, promoting prostitution and tampering with a witness. He accepted a plea agreement and pleaded guilty...

Former Bridgeport Diocese Monsignor Kevin Wallin, convicted of dealing methamphetamine, has once again failed a drug test and faces a possible return to prison when he appears before a federal judge next week, court records show. Wallin’s routine drug test on Aug. 10 at Connecticut Renaissance...

The pastor of a Roman Catholic church in Connecticut has resigned amid allegations that he violated church policies on contact with children, although diocesan officials stress he is not accused of sexual misconduct. The Diocese of Bridgepoint announced Friday that the Rev. Frank Gomez of St. Charles...

The pastor of a Roman Catholic church in Bridgeport has resigned amid allegations that he violated church policies on contact with children, although diocesan officials say he is not accused of sexual misconduct. The Diocese of Bridgeport announced Friday that the Rev. Frank Gomez of St. Charles...

Tilcon Connecticut’s proposal to expand its gravel quarry into a protected watershed in Plainville could jeopardize public water supplies, state regulators have concluded. By a unanimous vote Friday morning, the Connecticut Water Planning Council recommended state legislators reject the proposal....

After three years of construction, MGM Springfield — the $960 million casino and entertainment complex — opened Friday with spectacle and a competitive challenge for Connecticut’s tribal casinos. Hundreds of visitors lined up along Main Street early Friday, eager to get their first look at the...

Twenty-five years ago, Brian Gould — then a young police recruit — went through training on how to make traffic stops, disarm attackers, interview suspects and write accident reports. Gould, now the city’s police chief, is headed back to the classroom this fall for 10 weeks in training of a different...

In May 2014, city leaders eager for their next pivotal redevelopment effort sought bids to upgrade Hartford’s famed Dillon Stadium. Only one suitor returned the call, but his idea hit the mark: An impressive, 10,000-seat arena equipped to host a newly minted soccer team, run sports clinics for...

When the victims were struggling to breathe and the medics were working over them, there was no time to think about the journey of a synthetic drug as it traveled from the trash bin of a Connecticut pharmaceutical giant to clandestine overseas labs to the center of the recent mass overdose on the...