Kent Pierce

1 week ago | wtnh.com | Kent Pierce

WALLINGFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — It’s Nexstar Founder’s Day of Caring, and News 8 is giving back to the community. This year, News 8 chose Connecticut Foodshare. It’s a charity we know well. We’re usually here around the holidays, asking you for turkeys and stuffing. The thing is, hunger is a year-round problem. That is why on Friday, we are partnering with Connecticut Foodshare.

1 week ago | wtnh.com | Kent Pierce

MERIDEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The Boys and Girls Club of Meriden is about to become a lot more fun. Volunteers started work Thursday morning on a new playscape across from the club building on Washington Street. What was an empty lot is about to become lots of fun. “It really just opens up some green space for our kids that are typically just kind of stuck in the confines of the Boys & Girls Club every day,” the club’s executive director, Larue Graham, said. Until now, the club had no outside play space.

1 week ago | wtnh.com | Kent Pierce

CROMWELL, Conn. (WTNH) — Most of the top golfers in the world are in Connecticut Thursday morning as play begins at the Travelers Championship. Forty-five of the top 50 golfers in the world, all of the top 10, are in Connecticut for this PGA Signature event. Wednesday was the Pro-Am. Favorite celebrities, like ESPN’s Chris Berman, are hitting the links alongside former New England Patriots Doug Flutie and Andre Tippett. UConn hockey coach Mike Cavanaugh is out there, too. They all had fun.

1 week ago | wtnh.com | Kent Pierce

CROMWELL, Conn. (WTNH) — Most of the top golfers in the world are in Connecticut Thursday morning. That’s because play begins at the Travelers Championship in just a couple of hours. Forty-five of the top 50 golfers in the world, all of the top 10, are in Connecticut for this PGA Signature event. Wednesday was the Pro-Am. Favorite celebrities like ESPN’s Chris Berman hitting the links along with former New England Patriots Doung Flutie and Andre Tippett.

1 week ago | wtnh.com | Kent Pierce

CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — The Regional Water Authority has a new weapon in its fight against invasive plants around its reservoirs. They are some of the same weeds you might be battling around your home. The new weapon is water, just really hot water. Steam, actually. It now has a steam weeder that heats water to 250 degrees, hot enough to burst the capillaries inside the plants.