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- Donald Trump's presidential campaign rolled into Fairfield, promising a huge crowd at Sacred Heart University that he would bring jobs to the area. Supporters liked what they heard at the rally as the Republican presidential candidate attacked his favorite targets and added a new one: Gov. Dannel Malloy. But protesters set up outside the campus with a "Love Trumps Hate" anti-Trump rally.
- Police charged Nydia Carrillo-Maldonado, owner of Little Bears Beginnings Daycare in Stamford, with first-degree manslaughter and risk of injury to a minor, in the death in July of a 2-month-old baby girl in her care.
- A Bridgeport police officer shot 26-year-old Josephine Cepeda following a stolen car chase that began in Bridgeport and ended in Stratford. Cepeda was taken to Bridgeport Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries,
- Fairfield police said they found and arrested Harry Mentz, of Redding, after he photobombed a 14-year-old girl’s selfie and then inappropriately touched her at the Fourth of July fireworks at Jennings Beach.
- New Canaan’s Andrew Campbell finished fifth with teammate Josh Konieczny in the Olympic lightweight double sculls rowing competition in Rio de Janeiro.
- A week after the Westport landmark Oscar’s Delicatessen closed its doors for good, longtime owner Lee Papageorge died after a battle with lung cancer.
- A 35-year-old Stratford dispatcher, Laura Price, died in a car crash on Main Street.
- Walter Ciepiela, 64, of Shelton, drove for more than 12 miles in the wrong direction on Route 8 in Shelton and onto I-95 before finally being stopped by Connecticut State Troopers.
- The Tasty Yolk, a popular food truck making a splash on Bridgeport's breakfast scene, is the brainchild of Eric Felitto and Mike Bertanza.
- A new 66-unit luxury apartment building is leasing in the heart SoNo. The SoNo Pearl is located on a busy restaurant row near the South Norwalk train station and the Maritime Aquarium.
- Samantha Monaco, of Shelton, who was driving drunk and using her cellphone when she crossed over the yellow line on River Road and slammed into a car driven by a 69-year-old woman, killing her, was arrested, police said.
- New Canaan’s Frey family always made hand-churned butter during holidays using an old-fashioned churn. But when it stopped working, the family decided to make its own churn and now manufactures them for their company Churncraft.
- A 69-year-old Bridgeport man was arrested at the Easton Fireman's Carnival after threatening to shoot police officers and emergency medical personnel.
- A quilter from Wilton, Carolina Asmussen, will be showing off her work and competing among the world's best in her craft as she joins the 2016 AQS QuiltWeek as a semifinalist.
- The road less traveled for a handful of recent graduates from Bethel High School extends all across the country.
- State environmental police arrested a New Hartford man on charges of possessing a 2-foot-long American alligator and operating an illegal marijuana-growing operation in his home.
- A Stamford nonprofit that operates like a museum recently celebrated its one-year-anniversary of adding a farm-to-table inspired cafe to its mix.
- A group in Ridgefield is soliciting support to resettle a refugee family in the region.
- Bagelman will take a spin at operating the Library Cafe in Danbury, with a six-month trial run with no utility or rent payments.
- Brookfield police issued 56 infractions and made two drug-related arrests through stepped-up efforts to crack down on distracted driving.
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