Rell wants to close jail to save money Gov. M. Jodi Rell has given correction officials three weeks to consider recommending a prison to close -- a budget-cutting option she had once hoped to avoid.   Read More »

BRIDGEPORT -- It's like clockwork. Twice a year, the bank holding the mortgage for the house at 394 Fairview Ave. pays the city the taxes owed. But what happens when they overpay?   Read More »

Chiefs at Jaguars WHEN -- 1 SKINNY -- As if KC doesn't have enough problems, RB Larry Johnson is suspended for disparaging both gays and his coach. The Chiefs could use him, because Jacksonville's   Read More »

TODAY WASHINGTON REDSKINS at ATLANTA FALCONS -- REDSKINS: OUT: TE Chris Cooley (ankle), P Hunter Smith (groin), CB Byron Westbrook (knee). QUESTIONABLE: LB H.   Read More »

ANSONIA -- A Derby man is facing multiple charges after allegedly leading police on a chase on Route 8 with speeds around 100 miles per hour. Germaine Gibson, 34, of Smith Street, was charged with   Read More »

Milford cops seek restaurant robber MILFORD -- Police are looking for a gun-toting, masked robber who held up the New Star Chinese Restaurant near closing time Tuesday night.   Read More »

Monday, Nov. 9 Niall Ferguson, host of PBS's "The Ascent of Money," will talk on "Wall Street to Main Street" at 8 p.m. at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, 1073 N.   Read More »

Since the outbreak of the H1N1 virus, Brookfield-based American Dry Basement Systems never has been busier disinfecting homes and businesses with a botanical agent.   Read More »

The fiasco of a state budget process continues to haunt Connecticut. Amid rising taxes and reduced services, state residents were at least expecting a slight reprieve on the sales tax, scheduled to   Read More »

True to his word, though a little later than promised, Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch has begun restoration of a city landmark, the Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial Fountain, a 1912 creation of the sculptor   Read More »