Brian McGovern reached out of his window to tape a sign to the outside of his mom’s car as they pulled into the parking lot at Prospect Elementary School on Tuesday. In his best fifth grader handwriting, he wrote his name, year and classroom so he could be identified and guided to the proper entrance. “Are we doing this right?” asked his mother, Liza McGovern. The line at the school’s parent drop-off circle was longer than usual, and she wasn’t sure where to go because Brian usually takes the

The state Department of Public Health is investigating an outbreak of COVID-19 cases among staff at Backus Hospital in Norwich, where employees say as many as 11 people have so far tested positive.

Each year, I often rotate growing various cut flowers in our garden. This year I went back to growing two old favorites; strawflowers and statice. I hadn't grown these annual cut flowers for years and I'm glad I did this year.

The Norwalk Police Department says it’s investigating a claim by state Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff that he’s recently been subjected to harassment and intimidation from Norwalk police officers. Duff says the officers objected to his vote for the police accountability bill, which passed in special session in July.

The Office of the Child Advocate is raising alarm at the number of calls made from Waterbury public schools to police to handle behavioral issues with students ages 4 to 12. Almost 200 calls were made over a six-month period, resulting in close to 40 arrests.

Bill Moore was 24 when police say he fired the bullets that would kill one 17-year-old and injure another. He grew up in Hartford, Connecticut, and would hang out with friends who lived in the apartment building on Park Street that would eventually become a crime scene.

State flags flew at half-staff Monday to honor the thousands of people in Connecticut who have died from a drug overdose over the years. That includes Tony Morrissey’s son, Brian Cody Waldron, who died at 20 years old last August.

Renee White is trying to be patient and understanding as her son, James Harris, heals. He was shot alongside his best friend, Karlonzo Taylor, on a December afternoon in 2018. Karlonzo later died of his wounds.

Marvella Williams wasn’t expecting her 17-year-old son Karlonzo Taylor to die before she did, but he did. On a weekday in December 2018, Karlonzo became one of more than 7,000 Black boys and men who were fatally shot in the United States that year.

Fresh out of an Infinity Fitness gym class, you would never know the battle Kristina Gregory fought just a few months ago.