Jaquez Bostic, 19, of Bridgeport pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of first-degree robbery, carrying a pistol without a permit and evading responsibility.

Every month for five years after Tyree Lincoln Smith was found not guilty of a cannibalistic killing because he was insane at the time, Talitha Frazier said she called the state's secure mental hospital in Middletown to make sure Smith still was locked up.

Three newborn puppies were found dead in bags in Bridgeport on Wednesday afternoon and an investigation is underway into how the puppies died and who left them. Bridgeport Animal Control found the puppies in two bags at Newfield Avenue and Orange Street around 12:30 p.

A driver died from his injuries Tuesday after a wrong-way crash on Route 8 in Bridgeport over the weekend, according to Connecticut State Police.  Police identified the driver as 70-year-old Fairfield resident Robert O.

Connecticut state education officials have voted to intervene in operations at Bridgeport Public Schools, which is facing a major budget deficit and low student success rates.

According to a list obtained by Hearst Connecticut Media, ex-Bridgeport Schools Superintendent Carmela Levy-David was the city's highest-paid employee in 2024.

Ed DeStefano expands Metal Supermarkets franchise with a new Bridgeport store, offering over 8,000 metal types and grades shaped to order.

The Connecticut State Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to have a state-appointed official help lead Bridgeport’s school system. The vote comes after Superintendent Royce Avery announced in November the school district faced a budget deficit over $30 million.

State Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker HARTFORD – Bridgeport Public Schools’ current $38 million budget gap has led the state Board

The state’s concerns include a $38M budget deficit, inadequate special education services and conflict among the local board of education.

Adrian Peeler, a man convicted in the 1999 killings of a mother and her 8-year-old son, had his sentence commuted by outgoing President Joe Biden last week.