John Craven

Jul 11, 2024 | newyork.news12.com | John Craven

A former middle school guidance counselor is charged with sexually assaulting a seventh-grade student at Nathan Hale Middle School in Norwalk. According to an arrest warrant, Luisa Melchionne, 47, of New Canaan, performed sex acts on the boy inside her office – during school hours. Police said that a fellow teacher tipped off authorities in late April, after he saw explicit text messages on Melchionne's phone.

Apr 1, 2024 | connecticut.news12.com | Nicole Alarcon Soares |John Craven

A bill that would have allowed people sue for "fertility fraud" was dropped in Hartford. It was a defeat at the state Capitol for dozens of people who say they were secretly fathered by a fertility doctor. The Legislature's Judiciary Committee dropped the bill on Monday. A lawsuit claims Dr. Burton Caldwell fraudulently impregnated at least 23 of his own patients. Several of his offspring begged lawmakers to make it easier to sue.

Mar 29, 2024 | connecticut.news12.com | John Craven

Among the nearly 2,000 mourners who attended longtime Sen. Joe Lieberman's funeral on Friday were longtime political allies – but also former foes. Despite their differences, each remembered a moral public servant who stuck to his principles. Rep. Rosa DeLauro met Lieberman back in the 1960s. Both came of age in the rough-and-tumble New Haven politics of the era. But in 2010, she urged voters to recall the senator (which isn't allowed in Connecticut) for holding up an Obamacare vote.

Mar 29, 2024 | connecticut.news12.com | John Craven |Rose Shannon

Many friends of former Sen. Joe Lieberman, including those who often disagreed with him over his politics, attended his funeral at Congregation Agudath Sholom in Stamford Friday. Hundreds were in attendance, including Lieberman's one-time political rival, Gov. Ned Lamont, who delivered his eulogy. "He never quite fit in that Republican or Democratic box. I think maybe, in an odd way, I helped liberate him because when he beat me. Beat me pretty good, by the way," said Lamont.

Mar 28, 2024 | connecticut.news12.com | John Craven

Nearly a quarter century ago, Al Gore and Joe Lieberman came within a few hundred votes of winning The White House. On Friday, Gore will travel to Stamford to say goodbye to his running mate, who died from injuries suffered in a fall on Wednesday. Joining him will be Lieberman's political friends – and former rivals – a testament to a complicated politician who constantly broke party barriers. "YOU KNEW WHERE HE STOOD"One of those former foes is Gov.