University of Connecticut leaders have determined that a plan to merge the UConn Health Center with Hartford Hospital is not viable, and they are working with state lawmakers to consider other options, according to an e-mail UConn President Michael J. Hogan sent to employees Friday.

Edward Casares Jr., the Hartford Fire Department's first Hispanic fire marshal, has been selected to replace retiring Fire Chief Charles A. Teale Sr.

A loiterer with a bulge under his clothing who told police he had two bags of heroin actually had a lot more, police said today.

Police arrested a second suspect this week in the 2006 shooting death of a woman in Hartford after a witness came forward.

A Stratford man who saw his conviction for attempted murder of a federal officer thrown out by a federal judge, but then re-instated by a federal appeals court, will now be going to prison for 13 years.

When Charles A. Teale Sr. was a young man growing up in the city, the last place anyone could find him was inside a classroom.

Health Notes Submitted by Ana Ferreira, Witness Project of Connecticut, on 2009-11-19.   The Witness Project is a culturally competent community-based breast and cervical cancer education program through which cancer survivors and lay health advisor increase awareness, knowledge, screening and early detection behaviors in the African American ...

The Journal Inquirer says it has brought suit against the Hartford Courant, seeking financial damages for news stories the Courant acknowledged plagiarizing from its suburban competitor this summer.

The question of how 2,200 suburban students attending Hartford-run magnet schools were going to get into the capital city once transportation funding ran out in December was answered Tuesday when the state stepped in with $3 million.

Health insurer Aetna said Wednesday it will cut 625 jobs immediately, or nearly 2 percent of its staff, and will make a similar number of cuts by the end of the 2010 first quarter due to the lagging economy and the potential impact of health care reform.

A local woman on probation for assaulting her daughters has been arrested again for assaulting the girls, police said.

Two people were transported to St Francis Hospital And Medical Center after an early morning fire destroyed their house at 108 Sission St.

A can of spray paint in a man's back pocket led to his arrest today. An officer noticed the can as the man, David Mello, walked on Albany Avenue about 1:45 a.m. Police said they learned that Mello, 20, of Ridgewood Road, was responsible for recent vandalism on both public and private property all over the south end of West Hartford and in ...

The Autobody Association of Connecticut banged up The Hartford Financial Services Group, winning a $15 million judgment when a jury in Stamford ruled Tuesday the insurer engaged in unfair business practices.

Brandon Henry is seen testifying in the trial of Robert Lawlor. HARTFORD - - Brandon Henry didn't want the two policemen who had stopped the Nissan Maxima he was driving to find the crack cocaine he had in the car.