Bridgeport News

A man with a felony conviction, allegedly carrying a gun outside a club in Bridgeport, was arrested early Saturday.

Three-quarters of a century ago, residents of Pine Rock Park got their own fire department when a group of volunteers came together to form the Pine Rock Fire Company.

A 21-year-old Bridgeport man swimming with friends in the Housatonic River off Route 34 nearly drowned Thursday afternoon.

A local man who allegedly stole a police/emergency medical service radio was arrested yesterday after he tried to obtain a charger for the device, police said.

According to the indictment, the five are accused of conspiring to illegally transfer more than $22 million from the United States to Brazil," the Connecticut Post reports.

Appropriately labeling his "steamy 22-mile walk" from Greenwich to Bridgeport a metaphor for the undoubtedly arduous political campaign trail to come, Democratic candidate for Congress Jim Himes made a pit stop ...

A Hamden man has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing his estranged wife in a Bridgeport home while the couple's three young children waited in another room.

A city man was charged this morning with shooting another man after a fight at a local club last month.

Two Shelton residents are among five Brazilians indicted for illegally transferring $22 million received from area residents, which were transferred to accounts and individuals in the South American country.

The 17-year-old Bridgeport teen who died after falling into Samp Mortar Lake early Tuesday succumbed to "asphyxiation by submersion," or drowning, the office of the state medical examiner ruled today.

State health officials say mosquitoes trapped in Bridgeport two weeks ago have tested positive for the West Nile virus.

Matthew Hanock, 8, checks out the prairie dog colony from an enclosed viewing station at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport Tuesday.

Fairfield police say a 17-year-old Bridgeport boy has died after apparently drowning in a lake early Tuesday.

The executive editor of Utah's largest newspaper will be the new editor of the Connecticut Post.

The teenager and police motorcycle officer who collided during a funeral procession last month have been cleared of possible charges, with police investigators saying there are traffic-safety lessons to be ...

A Bridgeport woman was charged with prostitution and interfering with an officer after police interrupted a highway chase as she fled from her alleged client.

Justice of the Peace Sonia Osuna performs the civil union of Vivien Byrd and Deirdre Simeon Friday at her office in Stratford.

The Barnum Museum has a collection of thousands of artifacts ranging from the scholarly to the tawdry, just like the displays impresario P.T. Barnum showcased at Barnum's American Museum in New York.

James Smith, editor of the Connecticut Post in Bridgeport for three years, says he has left the newspaper.

Now more than ever, we need a break - an occasional respite from our everyday lives. Yes, a 'daycation' - a day spent away from the office or job site, and away from chores, just to relax and play. Once again this summer, we are taking one day a week to suggest a nearby escape. Enjoy!

Frankly, we never thought of Milford as much more than a small city and a stop along I-95. We certainly didn't think of it as a beach mecca.

But with a free day, we wanted to go beyond the usual Connecticut beach destinations - Hammonasset and Rocky Neck state parks. A colleague remembered going to the beach in Milford as a child.