Fairfield County

A southwestern Connecticut foundation raised $1 million in pledges over the past week to help local nonprofits in the county hit hardest by the coronavirus. But demand for funding has already grown by at least another $560,000.

A police officer's body camera video shows a tense rescue.

Syracuse University is going to close a study abroad program in Italy because of the spread of the new coronavirus.

Paw It Forward has is a nonprofit organization with dozens of volunteers and clients in six locations.

A young Connecticut police officer is being laid to rest days before Christmas after suffering a fatal heart attack.

Police in Stamford, Connecticut are searching for a 41-year-old mother of two who suddenly went missing on Monday.

It takes as long as 10 years to grow a Christmas tree, so any change in how many trees a supplier might plant won't affect supply for nearly a decade. Christmas tree growers planted fewer trees after the Great Recession. That is why the prices of Christmas trees rose about 4% in 2018 and are likely up about the same amount in 2019.

For goods to get from Connecticut to Long Island usually means enduring standstill traffic on I-95 and the Long Island Expressway.  But now, thanks to Bob and Marilyn Kunkel’s hybrid cargo vessel the Captain Ben Moore, the trip can be made far faster and without any harmful emissions that could damage the environment.