The word "Connecticut" takes its namesake from the Mohegan word "Quinnehtukqut," which means "long tidal river" and references the Connecticut River – New England's longest, running through the state ...

Dante French, 20, of Bridgeport, was charged with murder in the fatal Jan. 9 shooting of Derek Martin, 48, of Bridgeport, ...

BRIDGEPORT — Police charged a 20-year-old city man with murder Friday in the shooting death of a 48-year-old man in the East End last week, officials said. Dante French was also charged with ...

Tyree Lincoln Smith killed 35-year-old Angel Gonzalez on Brooks Street on the East Side of Bridgeport. He was found "not guilty by reason of insanity" in 2013.