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2 days ago | 
darientimes.com | Jessica Bravo |Liz Hardaway
NORTH HAVEN — A 33-year-old East Haven woman died after a crash on Interstate 91 north Tuesday morning, according to Connecticut State Police. State police identified the woman as Andrea P. Baquero. Article continues below this adBaquero was driving a 2015 Honda CR-V LX in the leftmost lane on I-91 north just north of the Exit 10 off-ramp when the vehicle veered right across all three lanes, police said in an incident summary.
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2 days ago | 
milfordmirror.com | Jessica Bravo |Liz Hardaway
NORTH HAVEN — A 33-year-old East Haven woman died after a crash on Interstate 91 north Tuesday morning, according to Connecticut State Police. State police identified the woman as Andrea P. Baquero. Article continues below this adBaquero was driving a 2015 Honda CR-V LX in the leftmost lane on I-91 north just north of the Exit 10 off-ramp when the vehicle veered right across all three lanes, police said in an incident summary.
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6 days ago | 
ctinsider.com | Christine Dempsey |Liz Hardaway
Students in Connecticut mimicking trending TikTok videos continue to set their laptops on fire in class, with one of the most recent cases happening Thursday at the Middle School of Plainville, police said. Police and fire personnel were called to the Northwest Drive school around 10:15 a.m. The laptop activated the fire alarm and officials evacuated the school, the Plainville Police Department said in a Facebook post.
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1 week ago | 
ctinsider.com | Josh LaBella |Liz Hardaway
GROTON - A driver died from their injuries after crashing into a utility pole on Fort Hill Road, also known as Route 1, Wednesday afternoon, according to the Town of Groton Police Department. The identity of the driver was not immediately released pending notification of next of kin, the department said in a news release. Dispatchers received several calls around 1:22 p.m. Wednesday reporting a serious, one-car crash on Fort Hill Road.
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2 weeks ago | 
ctinsider.com | Liz Hardaway |Ethan Fry
TRUMBULL - A Norwalk man has been charged with murder after a woman he attacked outside a Trumbull apartment complex died, according to police. Police identified the woman as Lida Shape, 70. She was a resident of the Ten-Trumbull apartment complex where the attack occurred, Trumbull police Lt. Brian Falkenstein said in a news release Tuesday. Ylli Shtopaku, 45, is charged with murder, Falkenstein said.
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2 weeks ago | 
greenwichtime.com | Liz Hardaway |Jessica Simms
Liz Hardaway is a breaking news reporter with Hearst Connecticut Media Group. She was a Hearst fellow in Connecticut and at the San Antonio Express-News where she covered city hall and local issues. She also worked at the Sun Newspapers in Southwest Florida as a general assignment reporter covering politics, business, and health. Liz graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 2018 with a B.A. in journalism. She enjoys cooking, reading and playing with her dachshund, Finn.
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2 weeks ago | 
ctinsider.com | Liz Hardaway |Jessica Simms
GREENWICH - A student at Greenwich High School has died, school officials announced. Administrators identified the student as Renee Chin, a junior in Bella House, in a note to the school community Friday. "We will share further updates as they become available," Greenwich Public Schools Superintendent Tori Jones and Greenwich High School Principal Ralph Mayo said in the note.
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3 weeks ago | 
ctpost.com | Ethan Fry |Liz Hardaway
Jose Morales stands at the start of the tenth day of his murder trial at state Superior Court in Milford April 21, 2025. Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut MediaJose Morales stands at the start of the tenth day of his murder trial at state Superior Court in Milford April 21, 2025. Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut MediaMorales, 48, is facing charges of murder and tampering with physical evidence after prosecutors said he killed Holloway, 43, in the early hours of Dec.
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3 weeks ago | 
ctinsider.com | Ethan Fry |Liz Hardaway
MILFORD - A jury of six women and six men found Jose Morales guilty of murder and tampering with physical evidence in the 2019 killing of Ansonia mom Christine Holloway Tuesday after deliberating for about two hours. The verdict came on the 11th day of Morales' trial at state Superior Court in Milford, which began April 7. As the jury foreperson announced the verdicts Tuesday, Holloway's family sobbed quietly in the first row with their arms around each other's shoulders.
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3 weeks ago | 
ctpost.com | Liz Hardaway |Ethan Fry
Christine Holloway and her daughter, Vanessa, in an undated photo. Contributed photo. Vanessa Morales was last seen in the company of her parents on Nov. 29, 2019. The body of her mother, Christine Holloway, was discovered on Dec. 2, 2019. Contributed photoJose Morales speaks on his second day of testifying during his murder trial at state Superior Court in Milford April 17, 2025.
