Kentucky fires football coach Joker Phillips
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky football coach Joker Phillips has been saying lately in response to questions about his future that if he was going to be fired someone would have said something to him by...
View ArticleArea runners shine at State Open XC meet
Thomaston girls place 3 top 12; Sullivan, Ducham run top 10
View ArticleNapier's 22 points lifts UConn over UMass-Lowell
HARTFORD (AP) — Shabazz Napier scored 22 points and Connecticut concluded its preseason with a 100-62 rout over UMass-Lowell on Sunday. Deandre Daniels had 15 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks for...
View ArticleNFL roundup: Record day for rookie Luck
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Andrew Luck broke the NFL's single-game rookie record by throwing for 433 yards in leading Indianapolis. Luck was 30 of 48 with two TDs and broke Cam Newton's previous mark of 422...
View ArticlePost soccer falls in league final|Eagles hope for at-large NCAA bid
It was supposed to be different for the Post University men's soccer team this time, instead the heartbreak was more intense and dramatic. As they did last season, the Eagles went into the Central...
View ArticleOSHA, police investigating Naugatuck man's death|Tree cutter plunged 40 feet
MIDDLEBURY -- A Naugatuck man died Sunday after he fell from a tree while cleaning up from Hurricane Sandy. Michael J. Pranulis, 53, of 36 Winthrop Ave., was up in a pine tree at 400 Charcoal Ave., and...
View ArticleRedistricting brings voting changes for some|Congressional, House, Senate...
TORRINGTON -- John Farrington, a Republican, has been watching Andrew Roraback's legislative career for many years and was looking forward to casting a vote for him on Election Day. It's not going to...
View ArticleA trip filled with emotion|Veteran visits WW II monument; 'One of the...
WATERBURY -- Mike Diogostine never talked about the horrors of World War II with his family. When his old comrades visited and the topic did come up, they'd go behind closed doors so his daughter...
View ArticleEmergency planning to get more attention|String of punishing storms,...
The people responsible for keeping the electricity flowing in Connecticut are taking a fresh look at emergency planning and building standards after a string of punishing storms and drawn-out...
View ArticleUPDATED 2 p.m. -- Pending Nor'easter prompts early school...
The University of Connecticut is canceling classes that start at 3:30 p.m. and later today at its campuses in Torrington, Waterbury, Greater Hartford (located in West Hartford) and the School of Law...
View ArticleRegion 14 schools to dismiss early today
WOODBURY -- Region 14 schools are on an early dismissal schedule today due to incoming inclement weather. Nonnewaug High School and Woodbury Middle School will close at 11:55 a.m. Bethlehem elementary...
View ArticleRegion 15, Region 12 to dismiss school early
The Region 15 (Southbury and Middlebury) and Region 12 (Bridgewater, Roxbury and Washington, Conn.) school districts will dismiss early today due to the impending inclement weather.
View ArticleButler's election results clarified
WATERBURY -- The election results from the 72nd House District were incorrect in today's paper. Democrat Larry B. Butler still won, but by a larger margin than was reported, beating Republican Michael...
View ArticleWoodbury firefighters respond to fluid spill after accident
WOODBURY -- Firefighters are responding to an accident on Main Street South in front of the Woodbury Center shopping plaza. According to radio reports, fluids from at least one of the cars are leaking....
View ArticleGiven 2nd term, Obama now facing new urgent task|President faces status-quo...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama faces a new urgent task now that he has a second term, working with a status-quo Congress to address an impending financial crisis that economists say could...
View ArticleStorm cancels flights out of Bradley, New York
Today's storm has already affected flights in and out of Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks. At least a dozen flights have been canceled so far, airport officials said, adding that...
View ArticleLottery ticket retirement fund
Lately I've been thinking a lot about the lottery. It began when I met with my financial advisor, Will M. Bezzle, Esq. Our review of my 401k retirement account was less a financial analysis and more...
View ArticleRollover accident reported in Middlebury
MIDDLEBURY -- Police say a car has rolled over on Lake Shore Drive near Long Meadow Pond, possibly due to the snowy conditions. Police have asked a public works truck to bring sand to the area so a tow...
View ArticleStorm cancels Litchfield film planned for tonight
LITCHFIELD -- Today's Nor'easter has prompted the cancellation of tonight's showing of a film about emergency preparedness at Litchfield Community Center. The new date for the showing, sponsored by...
View ArticleSmall fire quickly extinguished at Naugatuck's Eastern Co.
NAUGATUCK – Firefighters responded to a small blaze Tuesday at the Eastern Co. Fire Chief Ken Hanks said the 11:30 p,.m. fire was in the front office of the company on Bridge Street. While it was in...
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