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Addiction Policy Forum, a national substance abuse nonprofit, has added Connecticut-specific resources to its online database of treatment centers, facilities and healthcare providers. The Addiction Resource Center, which now has chapters in 26 states, is an interactive database where people can...

The state Department of Public Health (DPH) has fined four nursing homes following staff errors and lapses in care earlier this year. Gardner Heights Health Care Center in Shelton was fined $3,480 after a resident who was known to have difficulty swallowing choked on a lasagna noodle. The resident...

If you’re a fan of tractor pulls, midways, and carnival rides, your time to shine will be here sooner than you realize. The 2018 fair season kicks off Aug. 10 with the Lebanon Country Fair, and around the state you can find at least one place to get your deep-fried food fix every weekend through...

The arrests this week of two men in connection with the 2004 killing of Paul Sweetman, the self-proclaimed “chief apostle” of a cult headed by the late Brother Julius, has brought back to the forefront the central Connecticut cult that was active in the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s. For Sarah Ficca, who...

Tuesday, the subject of best-selling books by an Iraq War veteran suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, is back on the job in Connecticut. After years assisting Luis Carlos Montalvan, the golden retriever, trained as a service dog by a Connecticut nonprofit, is now providing emotional...

Daisia Kai Walker, a 21-year-old college student who hasn’t had a steady place to sleep for months, tries to take life one day at a time. Sometimes, it all moves too fast for the aspiring criminal justice major “trying to figure out everything.” But Walker knows where she’ll be on Sept. 17 — reporting...

It had all the trappings of New York Fashion Week — a long runway, a flock of photographers snapping photos and the click of high heels — but instead of couture, the girl scouts of Troop 10011 showcased their confidence. The fashion show at the Southside Family Center in Hartford, hosted by Catholic...

From Stamford and Westport to Norwich and North Haven, police are warning motorists: Stay off the phone when you’re behind the wheel. Dozens of Connecticut police departments are putting extra patrols on the street in the first half of August specifically to catch distracted drivers. “The community...

Whether drawn to other jobs in a robust economy or discouraged by growing scrutiny of law enforcement, fewer people in Connecticut are applying to become police officers. Police leaders across the state and nation say applicant pools have shrunk, in some cases by more than half, in the past 20...

Nathan Carman purchased a now-missing rifle about a month before his grandfather was shot dead in 2013, court records filed Friday show. The rifle uses the same caliber bullets that matched those used to kill John Chakalos in Windsor, police have said. Records filed in U.S. District Court in Rhode...