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Missing Guilford girl found

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:57:33 GMT

Police who were looking for a five-year-old Guilford girl say they have located her safe and sound.

Food drive in Milford

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:22:11 GMT

It's the time of year to give thanks and help those less fortunate.

Man charged in Ansonia shooting

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:22:54 GMT

Police say they have charged a New Haven man with attempted robbery and assault following a shooting in Ansonia.

Abandoned baby finds a loving home

Chris Velardi — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:36:51 GMT

Words can not fully describe what this day means for one New Haven County family. The foster family adopted a little girl today, all made possible under our state's Safe Haven law.

School bus blows tires on highway ramp

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:50:25 GMT

A school bus with children on board blew out two tires Friday morning and closed a highway ramp in New Haven.

Home invasion charges dropped

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:25:18 GMT

DNA tests have prompted a Connecticut judge to drop charges against a teenager accused of committing a home invasion in West Haven.

Lightning hits home as storms rock CT

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:30:48 GMT

A bolt of lightning struck a home in Waterbury early Friday, breaking windows and rattling nerves as a spring-like storm system moved across the state.

New Haven's Fantasy of Lights kicks off

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:03:01 GMT

The switch was officially flipped at the Fantasy of Lights in New Haven.

Arrests made in jewelry store robbery

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:43:51 GMT

Police have arrested three people in connection to an armed robbery at a jewelry store in Orange.

Six flee fire in New Haven home

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:27:06 GMT

Six people were forced to flee from their home after a fire broke out early Thursday.

Bike shop switches gears after 9-years

Jamie Muro — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:26:26 GMT

There's no question, most small business owners face a lot of challenges. Still, one man decided to set up shop in one section of New Haven. Now, after nine years, he's moving his business.

CT Foodbank "Fill the Bowl" campaign

Matt Scott — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:45:53 GMT

The Connecticut food bank's annual 'Fill the Bowl' campaign is off and running again. And this year, more than ever, people are having trouble putting food on the table this Thanksgiving.

Black firefighters object to promotions

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:47:20 GMT

A group of black firefighters in New Haven wants to stop promotions for white firefighters who won a reverse discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing they still have a right to challenge the validity of the promotional exam.

Cop was speeding, teens were drinking

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:31:04 GMT

News Channel 8 is learning more about the fatal police crash that killed two teenagers from Orange.

Video a deadly reminder for Clinton man

Kent Pierce — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:34:48 GMT

Newly released video shows a police-involved crash that killed two teens from Orange. For one man in Clinton, the video is a reminder of his wife's death who was also killed by a speeding police officer.

2 displaced following E. Hartford fire

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:19:17 GMT

Two people were displaced following an early morning fire in East Hartford.

Special sweet sixteen

Chris Velardi — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:07:04 GMT

Sixteen is a big birthday for a teenage girl. And Branford's Emily Visnic has big plans to celebrate hers. But not like the kind of over-the-top parties featured on the MTV reality series 'My Super Sweet Sixteen'.

Woman lit on fire; 911 call released

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:19:55 GMT

Police in New Haven have released the 911 tape from a woman who was critically burned by her boyfriend.

Fill the Bowl food drive begins

Matt Scott — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:08:47 GMT

www.shoprite.com/Your help is needed once again to help put food on the table for some people this holiday season, and your generosity could put you right in the middle of an Ivy League football rivalry.

Man threatens to kill classmates

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:29:35 GMT

Branford Police arrested William Morales, 24, of Meriden after he called the Branford Hall Career Institute and threatened to "come there and kill everybody." School officials' notified police just before 12:00 p.m. Tuesday after the school's receptionist received the harassing call from Morales.

Yale killing warrants sealing extended

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:20:03 GMT

A Connecticut judge has agreed to keep sealed for another two weeks search warrant affidavits in the case of an animal research technician charged with killing a Yale graduate student.

Tape released from fatal police crash

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:29:19 GMT

News Channel 8 has obtained video from a dashboard camera inside a Milford police cruiser. It shows the fatal crash that killed two teens from Orange.

Watchdog dads on school patrol

Crystal Haynes — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:21:25 GMT

A school in Waterbury has launched a unique program designed to keep order in the halls and get dads more involved.

Lawyer: school super will be vindicated

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:49:44 GMT

Milford Superintendent of Schools Harvey Polansky's lawyer says Polansky will be "totally vindicated" of sexual harassment allegations made by two female school principals.

Defendant seeks jury selection delay

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:39:12 GMT

Attorneys for a defendant in the 2007 Cheshire fatal home invasion want his jury selection postponed, citing publicity surrounding the other defendant's book about the triple killings.

Cheshire to carry book on Petit deaths

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:39:31 GMT

Despite protests from some residents, the Cheshire Public Library will carry the book detailing jailhouse interviews with one of the suspects in the deadly 2007 home invasion.

New bill has business owners seeing red

Annie Rourke — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:33:33 GMT

New bills have business owners seeing red in the town of Wolcott. It could be a foul situation that has those owners counting on News Channel 8.

One person dead in North Haven crash

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:27:01 GMT

One person is dead after a one-car crash in North Haven Monday night.

New Haven firefighters seek promotions

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:47:57 GMT

White New Haven firefighters are seeking promotions after winning their reverse discrimination lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Man sets girlfriend on fire, police say

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:06:40 GMT

A man is behind bars after allegedly lighting his girlfriend and house on fire. His girlfriend is now struggling to survive at an area hospital.