NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A man involved in a high-profile murder case in Bridgeport is set to be released from prison. Adrian Peeler, 48, was granted clemency by former President Joe Biden. Peeler was convicted of conspiring with his brother to kill Karen Clarke and her 8-year-old son, Leroy “BJ” Brown, in 1999.

A New Haven man was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison for his role in a bank robbery on Martha’s Vineyard two years ago, according to the Department of

Shaquil Gary, of New Haven, was sentenced to 66 months in prison for possession of a firearm while on supervised release, officials said.

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.

Bridgeport leaders are working together with mayors and superintendents from Connecticut’s largest cities – Hartford, New Haven, Stamford and Waterbury.

New Haven police arrested a 17-year-old Monday in connection with the fatal shooting of Daily Jackson Jr., a student at Riverside Education Academy.

It was built in 2021 and in its first eighteen months it distributed eleven tons of healthy greens grown in its garden to feed the food insecure.

Former President Joe Biden's commutations of Connecticut federal cases included clemency for Bridgeport's Adrian Peeler and Jermayne Butler of New Haven.

Kimberly Hueffman, 47, was arrested in connection with a street takeover on Oct. 26 in New Haven's Newhallville neighborhood that drew about 100 people.

Relatives of an 8-year-old boy and his mother who were murdered by a Connecticut drug gang are outraged that a man convicted in the killings was one of nearly 2,500 people whose drug-related prison sentences were commuted by former President Joe Biden in his last days in office.

A teenager has been arrested in connection to the death of a 17-year-old who was shot and killed in New Haven in December. Officers were called to Shelton Avenue and Huntington Street around 6:40 p.m.

Mayors and superintendents from Connecticut’s largest five cities, Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, Waterbury and Stamford gathered at the Capitol Monday urging lawmakers to invest more money ...