A wrong-way crash on Route 8 on Sunday closed the highway and caused injuries, officials say. Connecticut State Police say troopers were called just before 8:30 p.m. about a crash involving a wrong-way driver in the Exit 5 area of Route 8.

Bridgeport police found Harold Clarke Sr. dead Friday after a marshal told them he didn't appear at his scheduled sentencing for a sexual assault conviction.

The man was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a man found outside a multi-family house in Bridgeport earlier this month.

BRIDGEPORT — A former city assistant fire chief convicted of sexually assaulting a woman at his home in 2022 did not appear in court for his scheduled sentencing Friday. Later in the day, a city official said the defendant, Harold Clarke Sr., was involved in "an incident" that occurred Friday.

A member of the city's Democratic Town Committee was found passed out and slumped over in his car after a crash early Saturday and then became "verbally combative" with responding firefighters and police,

A man who is suspected of murder in Bridgeport is in custody. Police said Dante French, 20, of Bridgeport, is suspected of shooting and killing Derek Martin and he turned himself in to the Bridgeport Police Department on Friday.

Many communities are making it clear that drivers can’t park on public streets when the storm hits Connecticut on Sunday and Monday.

Dante French, 20, of Bridgeport, was charged with murder in the fatal Jan. 9 shooting of Derek Martin, 48, of Bridgeport, officials said.

A former high-ranking fire official was found dead Friday, Jan. 17, after he failed to show up for his sentencing on a sexual assault conviction, authorities announced. The body of Harold Clarke Sr.,

A former Bridgeport fire official has died and police are conducting an untimely death investigation. The police department said Harold Clarke Sr. was scheduled to appear in court Friday morning, but he didn’t show up.

Bridgeport, Hartford, New London and other Connecticut municipalities are issuing snow parking bans starting Sunday ahead of the winter storm.

State officials plan to keep a close eye on the Bridgeport school system as district leaders move forward with layoffs amid a $32 million shortfall.