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- A broken light fixture was blamed for sparking an incident at a Stratford carnival that led to the rescue of two kids on a Ferris wheel via a fire ladder.
- The woman whose body was found on the beach in Stratford was identified as 52-year-old Colleen Ann Kelly.
- A Fairfield caterer opens a new dining venue in Bridgeport called The Nook.
- A Stamford veteran is the new commander of Fairfield County's Branch of Connecticut Veterans of Foreign Wars.
- A Staples High School graduate and child actor is the 10th season winner of "The Voice."
- Tickets to the premiere in Danbury of a film about a soldier from New Fairfield who died in action in Afghanistan in 2013 have sold out.
- Stratford Police Chief Patrick Ridenhour has been named to replace retiring Danbury Police Chief Alan Baker.
- A fire that destroyed a vacant mansion on Castle Hill Road in Newtown appears to be arson.
- Two Stamford entrepreneurs hope to parlay the success of the Melt Mobile food truck into a franchise operation.
- David Wood of Ridgefield was killed when his car went off the road on Route 53 in Bethel, slammed into a tree and burst into flames.
- The victim of a fatal motorcycle accident on Surf Avenue in Stratford has been identified as Bridgeport's William Bailey III, the son of a retired Bridgeport police lieutenant.
- A black bear was spotted on Half Mile Road in Norwalk.
- Two people were injured after they were thrown from their motorcycle when it crashed on Route 8 in Shelton.
- Two Miami residents have been charged with credit card fraud in Wilton.
- Danbury High School’s head wrestling coach Ricky Shook has been named to the Connecticut High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
- A Darien man was charged with selling heroin in town.
- A man who works in Wilton was arrested on drug charges after a three-month investigation in which he sold cocaine to undercover police officers from Fairfield and Stratford on six occasions.
- George and Georgia Stavros, ages 100 and 97, died within 1 ½ hours of each other while receiving hospice care at home in Fairfield.
- Former Greenwich resident Karen Newman remains faithful that she will win her second fight with cancer — and that she will compete at the world triathlon championships in Mexico.
- Owners of The Granola Bar in Westport are opening a second location in Greenwich.
- New Canaan Police are beefing up their presence in the center of town to deter crime and traffic accidents.
- The Connecticut Supreme Court upheld its decision to abolish the state's death penalty, including for inmates on Death Row.
The Nichols Fire Department in Trumbull moved three members from the probationary firefighter category to the interior structural firefighter category.
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