LeAnne Gendreau

Saturday's jackpot is the highest of the year and the sixth largest ever.

A 2-year-old boy who choked on a meatball while he was at daycare at the YWCA New Britain on Tuesday has died and the state Department of Children and Families is investigating, according to the little boy’s mother and a statement from DCF. The little boy’s mother, Shamyra Cooke, said she had dropped her son, Saunti Reynolds, off at daycare…

Good Samaritans came to the rescue when a small boat overturned in the Connecticut River in Rocky Hill on Tuesday afternoon, sending a man and his dog into the river. The Rocky Hill Fire Department said firefighters, Rocky Hill Police Department and EMS were called to the river at Ferry Park around 2:19 p.m. and they saw a small boat…

There is a new state record for the largest freshwater fish caught in Connecticut. Rafal Wlazlo caught a 45-pound, 8-ounce Common Carp at Lake Lillinonah in May, setting a new state record. This is the largest freshwater fish on record, according to the state Department of Energy & Environmental Protection website. Wlazlo, who lives in West Babylon on Long Island,…

A public health alert has been issued for ready-to-eat chicken and bacon wrap products distributed in the region, including in Connecticut, because of possible Listeria contamination, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. They said a recall was not requested because the affected products are no longer available for purchase. The Food Safety and Inspection Service…

A New York woman who was going more than 100 miles per hour on Interstate 95 North in Madison with a 2-year-old in the car told police she was speeding because she was late for a “Thomas the Train” event, according to police. State police said troopers were conducting motor vehicle enforcement on I-95 North in Madison on Sunday morning…

A woman’s body was found dismembered and in around 14 trash bags when police went to a West Haven home for a welfare check in March and the woman’s son has been charged with attempted arson. Officers responded to a home on Nashawena Avenue in West Haven around 6:30 p.m. on March 24 when the woman’s older son contacted police…

A Connecticut woman has been accused of locking up her stepson for nearly 20 years. Here’s what he told first responders who rescued him from their burning home in February.

The state prosecutor called the case “something out of a horror movie.”

Three newborn puppies were found dead and frozen in bags in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Wednesday and an investigation is underway.