Peter Yankowski

Vernon firefighters extinguished a fire reported at a home on Liberty Street Wednesday night, displacing residents, officials said.

Residents of Stamford and Moodus both have experienced small recent earthquakes. They're not unheard of in this region, according to experts.

South Windsor police have charged Alexander S. Jess and Michael A. Dolnick after they say the pair fled from police on motorcycles in August.

Connecticut State Police said authorities were called to the fire at a home on Belrose Street just after 2 a.m. Thursday.

After weeks without significant rainfall, Connecticut got a widespread dousing Wednesday night and Thursday. It's expected to help beat back brush fires.

Some parts of Connecticut were already approaching an inch of rainfall as of Thursday morning, after weeks of parched weather put the state in a drought.

Many Connecticut towns have recorded an inch or more of rainfall, but so far little snow has been reported, data shows.

Around 1,000 Connecticut power outages were reported early Friday morning as rain, snow and strong winds swept across the state.

Bruce Bento's death was announced in a statement issued by Norwalk officials. The Marine veteran served the Fire Department for 25 years, retiring in 2013.

Up to about 2 inches of snow fell in western Connecticut Friday, less elsewhere and some places none at all, data shows.