For six months, Newtown has done what it can to move forward after the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School while remembering and honoring the victims.Full Story >
Friday marks the six-month anniversary of the Newtown school shooting. In the months since, families have grown stronger and on Thursday, they were advocating for a change in gun control laws.Full Story >
Raw emotions resurfaced in Newtown after police said someone called in a threat Monday afternoon to one of the elementary schools forcing officials to put schools in lock down.Full Story >
The Congressional Medal of Honor Society was in Newtown honored the six educators killed in the December massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School with its highest civilian award.Full Story >
Sandy Hook is set to write a new chapter for its elementary school and a decision on the location of the new school could come as soon as Friday night.Full Story >
Teachers and town leaders attended a school safety conference Wednesday that focused on way to prevent another tragedy like the one at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown in December.Full Story >
A town budget, which would've brought more police and security to schools in Newtown, was rejected in the first vote since Sandy Hook tragedy.Full Story >
In a tragic coincidence, this year's Boston Marathon was honoring the victims of the Newtown school massacre. There was a special marker at mile number 26, just a few hundred yards from the site of the bombings.Full Story >
An organization that has been helping Newtown children and families heal in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy may be forced out of their current location.Full Story >
President Barack Obama pushed for federal gun laws in the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School at the University of Hartford on Monday evening.Full Story >
President Barack Obama said Connecticut could be an example for the rest of the country, while he pushes congress to come up with a bill addressing gun control. However, some gun rights advocates told Eyewitness News that they are planning to challenge the legislation signed into action by the governor last week.Full Story >
President Barack Obama pushed for federal gun laws in the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School at the University of Hartford on Monday evening.Full Story >
President Barack Obama pushed for federal gun laws in the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School at the University of Hartford Monday evening.Full Story >
President Barack Obama is expected to visit Connecticut Monday to push for federal gun laws in the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.Full Story >
A gun shop where Sandy Hook killer Adam Lanza's mother purchased one of the guns used in the shooting is under scrutiny for firearms thefts and now, a provision of Connecticut's new gun law gets tougher on people who steal them.Full Story >
One of the teachers who survived inside Sandy Hook Elementary School after hiding 15 students in a closet sized bathroom is now teaching all young people about how to take care of someone else.Full Story >
Now that the governor has signed the new gun control laws into legislation, the families affected by the Newtown school shooting are focusing on leaders in Washington D.C.Full Story >
Now that the governor has signed the new gun control laws into legislation, the families affected by the Newtown school shooting are focusing on leaders in Washington D.C.Full Story >
Now that the governor has signed the new gun control laws into legislation, the families affected by the Newtown school shooting are focusing on leaders in Washington D.C.Full Story >
Hundreds gathered at the State Capitol in Hartford Wednesday morning to voice their opinions as lawmakers get ready to vote on the toughest gun control laws in the country.Full Story >
Hundreds gathered at the State Capitol in Hartford Wednesday morning to voice their opinions as lawmakers get ready to vote on the toughest gun control laws in the country.Full Story >
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy called the bipartisan agreement on gun control unveiled on Monday by lawmakers the "arguably the most comprehensive package in the country."Full Story >
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy called the bi-partisan agreement on gun control unveiled on Monday by lawmakers, the "arguably the most comprehensive package in the country."Full Story >
Since the Newtown tragedy, school safety has also been high up on the agenda including Hartford where an active shooter drill inside the Waverly School.Full Story >
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy called the bi-partisan agreement on gun control unveiled on Monday by lawmakers, the "arguably the most comprehensive package in the country."Full Story >
Many registered gun owners are sounding off after lawmakers from both political parties have reached an agreement on gun control, and the deal calls for some of the strongest gun laws ever proposed.Full Story >
It was an emotional Opening Day for the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox as they honored the victims of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School.Full Story >
After meeting privately for weeks, lawmakers from both political parties have reached an agreement on gun control, and the deal calls for some of the strongest gun laws ever proposed.Full Story >
It was an emotional Opening Day for the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox as they honored the victims of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School.Full Story >
All of the parents and family members of the 26 people killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14 were briefed Wednesday night about the five search warrants released to the public Thursday.Full Story >
Gun control advocates and members of the National Shooting Sports Foundation attended a rally in Newtown on the same day the warrants were unsealed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.Full Story >
Police are putting together a profile of the killer and trying to get inside the mind of Adam Lanza, who was the gunman in the Newtown school shooting, as well as one Connecticut professor and former Federal Bureau of Investigation agent.Full Story >
Numerous weapons including guns, several swords, a bayonet and a gun safe were found inside the home of Sandy Hook Elementary School killer Adam Lanza, according to search warrants released Thursday in regards to the shooting investigation.Full Story >
Enfield officials could be voting this week on whether armed security guards should be at all schools and on Tuesday night, the board of education met to discuss the matter.Full Story >
A little more than three months after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, a series of robo calls hoping to pressure politicians from passing anti-gun legislation is causing outrage.Full Story >
A little more than three months after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, a series of robo calls hoping to pressure politicians from passing anti-gun legislation is causing outrage.Full Story >
While an assault weapons ban isn't in gun control legislation in the U.S. Senate, in Connecticut the battle is far from over. Colt, which is the state's largest and oldest gun maker, is fighting hard to stop more gun control.Full Story >
The Sandy Hook Advisory Commission has presented its first recommendations to the governor about how to prevent another school shooting. They include some of the strongest gun control measures in the country.Full Story >
Sandy Hook Advisory Commission, which was created by the governor to prevent another school shooting, released its recommendations on school safety. Full Story >
The governor's Sandy Hook Advisory Commission met to talk about ways to prevent another school shooting and to eventually make recommendations to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.Full Story >
One family member talked to Eyewitness News three months after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 children and six adults were killed.Full Story >
Hundreds of workers from Colt Manufacturers told lawmakers new gun control laws will put them out of work at a rally at the state Capitol in Hartford Thursday morning.Full Story >
Since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, police have been stationed at all of the North Branford public schools - and that isn't going to end any time soon.Full Story >
One family member talked to eyewitness news three months after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School where 20 children and six adults were killed.
Gun control advocates gathered on the steps of the State Capitol in an attempt to pressure lawmakers to make a move for tighter gun laws in the wake of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in December.Full Story >
In response to the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary, a community came together Sunday night to play music to raise money for the Sandy Hook Family Fund.Full Story >
The Concert for Healing in the Heart of Newtown is providing area musicians a way to come together to help the families directly affected by the Sandy Hook tragedy.Full Story >
The commission created by Gov. Dannel Malloy in the wake of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown held a meeting in Hartford Friday morning.Full Story >
Lawmakers in Connecticut are now considering legislation that would create a new task force to study how violent video games affect children.Full Story >
A new trend is sweeping classrooms of the new Sandy Hook Elementary School and it is called duck trading. For more information, head to Facebook and search for The Ducks of Sandy Hook Elementary. Full Story >
The community gathered to continue the healing process in Newtown on Friday night. Kindness awards were handed out in honor of Charlotte Bacon. The ceremony recognized children from as far away as California for their good deeds.Full Story >
The woman who federal officials said threatened a mass shooting at Gateway Community College in New Haven, such as the one in Newtown, was supposed to have a detention hearing in federal court Friday.Full Story >
A group of police chiefs from Fairfield County, who responded to Sandy Hook, reached out to Eyewitness News because they wanted to talk about ways to make schools safer, how the event affected them and gun control. Full Story >
Ever since the tragedy, Newtown parents have been looking for permanent police presence in the schools and school and town officials support the measure.Full Story >
Eyewitness News has learned the 19-year-old woman, who threatened to carry out a mass shooting at Gateway Community College in New Haven, is also facing charges for making serious threats against someone she met on Facebook.Full Story >
Vice President Joe Biden told state and town leaders as well as members of the media that the time to act was now and if they didn't it would be unacceptable.Full Story >
A group of police chiefs from Fairfield County, who responded to Sandy Hook, reached out to Eyewitness News because they wanted to talk about ways to make schools safer. The chiefs have a different perspective on school safety.Full Story >
The New Haven Police Department has arrested a woman after investigators said she made a threat that she was going to perform a mass shooting at Gateway Community College.Full Story >
After tragedy in Newtown, schools across our state and around the country began taking a hard look at security, but those measures do not come cheap.Full Story >
Eyewitness News has learned about a possible motive for the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School after a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six educators on Dec. 14.Full Story >
There are expected to be 26 playgrounds to be built across Connecticut, New York and New Jersey will be named and designed in honor of the victims of Sandy Hook.Full Story >
The Wethersfield Police Department held an active shooter drill as a response to the Newtown school shooting at the Silas Deane Middle School on Monday afternoon.Full Story >
The families of the teachers, staff and principal killed during the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December were honored posthumously and given 2012 Presidential Citizens Medals at the White House Friday morning.Full Story >
Security experts testified before a panel set up by Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy after the Newtown school shootings that killed 20 students and six educators in December.Full Story >
Many of the families who lost children in Newtown are beginning charities to honor their loved ones similar to one foundation setup by the father of teenager killed at Columbine High School in 1999.Full Story >
More than 5,000 people attended a rally at the steps of the State Capitol for gun control where they demanded action from Connecticut lawmakers.Full Story >
Many of the families who lost children in Newtown are beginning charities to honor their loved ones similar to one setup by the father of teenager killed at Columbine High School in 1999.Full Story >
Organizers of March for Care expected a large turnout for their gun control rally and they got one with more than 5,000 people attending the rally at steps of the Capitol in Hartford Thursday morning.Full Story >
After Tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, a frank discussion was started across the country about better helping those people who battle a mental illness.Full Story >
"School shootings are hard to predict,but easy to prepare for,"according to a school psychologist that talked to Connecticut lawmakers Wednesday.Full Story >
Newtown police officers were the very first responders on scene at Sandy Hook Elementary School during the shooting in December. Their job was to go in an and confront the gunman but had no idea that what they ended up finding inside would be with them for a lifetime.Full Story >
A self-defense training coordinator offered Newtown teachers free courses because he was moved by the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December and many of them took him up on the offer.Full Story >
A self-defense training coordinator is offering Newtown teachers free courses because he was moved by the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December.Full Story >
The Newtown community is grappling with so many questions and decisions that have to be made as they try to move on. One of the biggest - should the town keep the school building where the mass shooting occurred?Full Story >
Parents showed up to talk about school security in the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting at the Newtown Board of Education meeting Tuesday night.Full Story >
While the community tries to heal and move on after the massacre in Newtown, many families are still struggling with both financial and mental health burdens and that's why a variety of funds have been setup to help them.Full Story >
It was more than a decade ago when this country was mourning with Littleton, CO. after 13 people were shot and killed at Columbine High School. Their recovery still under way all these years later, but as Newtown begins its healing, Eyewitness News reached out to some the people in that community to find out how they moved on.Full Story >
The principals at Sandy Hook Elementary School and Columbine High School both did everything in their power to protect their students - but their fates were drastically different.Full Story >
A film director is set to come to the state to look for locations for his upcoming movie about mental health in the wake of the Newtown school shooting.Full Story >
United States Sen. Chris Murphy visited the Connecticut State Police Gun Range in Simsbury Friday morning to experience a demonstration of military-style assault weapons.Full Story >
Following the tragedy in Newtown, two town leaders quickly responded and earlier this month, Newtown Police Chief Michael Kehoe and First Selectwoman Pat Llodra sat down with Eyewitness News to discuss the events of that day.Full Story >
Daniel Barden was always known to do things for others such as opening a door for a stranger, holding the hand of a loved one or filling an empty seat when someone was sitting alone.Full Story >
Connecticut lawmakers have been focusing on mental health because it's believed the young man responsible for the Newtown school shooting suffered from a mental illness.Full Story >
After a long day of listening to testimony on gun control, the members of the bipartisan legislative task force discussed how to properly deal with mental health issues on Tuesday.Full Story >
An empty old building on the grounds of the old Fairfield Hills Hospital will be turned into a sprawling $10 million, 52-thousand square foot children's museum in Newtown, which was a dream of the former Sandy Hook Elementary School principal.Full Story >
School officials in North Branford said some retired police officers have been offered positions to stand guard inside schools while armed.Full Story >
After a long day of listening to testimony on gun control, the members of the bipartisan legislative task force discussed how to properly deal with mental health issues on Tuesday.Full Story >
A public hearing was held on Monday morning when the families of Newtown children killed in Sandy Hook Elementary School told lawmakers that they need to act on gun control legislation.Full Story >
Connecticut teachers are speaking out about how they feel on gun issues and school safety in the wake of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown last month.Full Story >
A public hearing was held on Monday morning where the families of Newtown children killed in Sandy Hook Elementary School told lawmakers that they need to act on gun control legislation.Full Story >
The legislative task force formed in the wake of the mass shooting in Newtown last month held its second hearing with the focus being on school safety in Hartford on Friday.Full Story >
Former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter spoke at the first meeting of the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission in Hartford on Friday and had a strong message for the panelists: The nation is watching.Full Story >
Former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter spoke at the first meeting of the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission in Hartford on Thursday and had a strong message for the panelists: The nation is watching.Full Story >
Security will be the big topic discussion at the Newtown Board of Education meeting Wednesday after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School last month.Full Story >
The shooting at an elementary school in Newtown has prompted Connecticut lawmakers to look at possible ways of improving safety at all public schools in the state.Full Story >
In the wake of last month's deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, the town will continue a series of public conversations about what to do with the building.Full Story >
The Newtown Board of Education is holding a workshop Thursday night to discuss the possibility of formally accepting a gift that would bring security cameras and a keyless entry system to all the schools in the town.Full Story >
A group of mayors and first selectmen from cities and towns across the state are taking a stand on gun violence in the wake of the deadly school shooting in Newtown.Full Story >
Braced for a fight, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades, pressing a reluctant Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the Newtown school shooting.Full Story >
Some legislators from Connecticut are upset about a new app being released by the National Rifle Association on the month anniversary of the Newtown school shooting.Full Story >
Gun violence school safety and mental health were the topic of discussion Tuesday at the state Capitol as lawmakers from both sides of the aisle announce the creation of a bipartisan task force.Full Story >
Gun violence survivors joined dozens of Walmart customers to demand the retail giant honor a 2004 pledge and stop the sale of assault weapons and ammunition in their stores nationwide.Full Story >
Milford's school district, like every other one in the state, is rethinking security after what happened inside Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown.Full Story >
Gun violence survivors joined dozens of Walmart customers to demand the retail giant honor a 2004 pledge and stop the sale of assault weapons and ammunition in their stores nationwide.Full Story >
Senate and house leaders will announce a state taskforce that will be divided into subcommittees: gun control, school safety, and mental health.Full Story >
The Stratford Town Council approved a proposal that will rename a local school in honor of Victoria Soto, a teacher who died trying to protect her students from a gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown last month, during a meeting Monday night.Full Story >
In less than 24 hours, Vice President Joe Biden is expected to release the recommendations from a safety task force on gun violence, which will come about a month after 20 children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School.Full Story >
Gun advocates are crying foul after a state senator brought a BB gun to an informational forum on gun control and walked away with barely a slap on the wrist.Full Story >
An increased police presence greeted students at Putnam Middle School on Monday morning after three bomb threats were made against the school.Full Story >
In less than 24 hours, Vice President Joe Biden is expected to release the recommendations from a safety task force on gun violence, which will come about a month after 20 children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School.Full Story >
One month after 20 children and six adults were killed inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, a nonprofit group, Sandy Hook Promise, has unveiled its plan to help prevent similar tragedies.Full Story >
One month after 20 children and six adults were killed inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, a nonprofit group, Sandy Hook Promise, has unveiled its plan to help prevent similar tragedies.Full Story >
Gov. Dannel Malloy delivered his annual State of the State address in Hartford, where he discussed everything from the Newtown school shooting to economic development to energy costs on Wednesday afternoon as state lawmakers headed back for the new legislative session.Full Story >
Gov. Dannel Malloy delivered his annual State of the State address in Hartford, where he discussed everything from the Newtown school shooting to economic development to energy costs on Wednesday afternoon as state lawmakers headed back for the new legislative sessionFull Story >
Another senseless shooting is giving gun control supporters another example to point to as they make their case in their quest for gun law changes on a national level. But with the recent shooting in Norwich, mental health is also being called into question.Full Story >
Gov. Dannel Malloy announced a $500,000 Small Town Economic Assistance Program grant to the town of Newtown to assist local businesses that suffered economic losses in the wake of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School last month.Full Story >
School safety officials told representatives of the media that they discussed several topics with local school administrators during a conference Monday including resource officers, school training programs and mental health issues.Full Story >
Another senseless shooting is giving gun control supporters another example to point to as they make their case in their quest for gun law changes on a national level. But with the recent shooting in Norwich, mental health is also being called into question.Full Story >
After the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown last month, school security has become a major concern. On Monday, educators from across the country came to Connecticut to learn more about what can be done to keep our schools and children safe.Full Story >
The discussion continues about what to do with Sandy Hook Elementary School and now, forums are planned to get public input on the subject.Full Story >
On Friday, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, met with families of the victims of the Newtown school shooting.Full Story >
Following a deadly school shooting in Newtown last month, the governor has established a commission to look at limiting and possibly preventing another tragedy from ever happening again.Full Story >
Law enforcement sources said the federal firearms license for Riverview Gun Sales in East Windsor was pulled the day of the raid, so it cannot buy or sell gunsFull Story >
Classes resumed Thursday morning for students and staff of Sandy Hook Elementary School for the first time since a gunman opened fire inside, killing 20 children and six adults.Full Story >
Following a deadly school shooting in New town last month, the governor has established a commission to look at limiting and possibly preventing another tragedy from ever happening again.Full Story >
Classes resumed Thursday morning for students and staff of Sandy Hook Elementary School for the first time since a gunman opened fire inside, killing 20 children and six adults.Full Story >
While students and parents from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown toured and teachers set up their classrooms, school administration and police officials discussed how they would all move forward and bring back a sense of normalcy at a news conference Wednesday afternoon.Full Story >
While students and parents from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown toured and teachers set up their classrooms, school administration and police officials discussed how they would all move forward and bring back a sense of normalcy at a news conference Wednesday afternoon.Full Story >
Eyewitness News has learned that a $100 million lawsuit against the state on behalf of two Sandy Hook Elementary School parents has not been withdrawn as of Tuesday afternoon, but could be, according to the New Haven-based attorney, who filed the claim.Full Story >
Eyewitness News has learned that a $100 million lawsuit against the state on behalf of two Sandy Hook Elementary School parents has not been withdrawn as of Tuesday afternoon, but could be, according to the New Haven-based attorney, who filed the claim.Full Story >
As the country continues it's search for answers in the Newtown shooting, a New Haven lawyer is now filing for permission to sue the state on behalf of two Sandy Hook Elementary School parents.Full Story >
Connecticut State Police told Eyewitness News that investigators continue to make progress two weeks after 20 children and six adults were shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.Full Story >
A Bristol man was arrested after police said he made threats to his ex-girlfriend, who he has a child with, that he was going to commit a crime similar to the shooting at an elementary school in Newtown earlier this month.Full Story >
Newtown's assessor invited Eyewitness News to a warehouse to show us the growing mounds of love, support and donations still pouring in after 20 boys and girls and six of their beloved teachers and administrators were gunned down inside Sandy Hook Elementary School.Full Story >
The Manchester Police Department is helping its fellow officers in Newtown by selling T-shirts to raise money for those affected by the school shooting.Full Story >
for Newtown testified at a gun violence hearing at Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Wednesday afternoon.Full Story >
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