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- A Ridgefield father was allowed to go free with permission to move to Colorado with his family when he was sentenced Thursday in the death of his 15-month-old son. Kyle Seitz had pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide after he forgot his son in a hot car last July while he worked.
- Suspended "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams couldn't bring himself to say "I lied" and even sought to blame a nonexistent brain tumor for his inflated story of his exploits on a helicopter in the Iraq war.
- The human remains found Monday in Stratford were positively identified as Minnie Lincoln, a 57-year-old woman from Bridgeport who was reported missing last month. A person of interest in her disappearance committed suicide as Bridgeport police arrived at his Stratford home to question him hours after finding the remains.
- The Whalers minor league hockey team was ordered to vacate the Danbury Arena by April 17.
- Weston High School was ranked as the 39th-smartest public high school in the country in a recent report. It was the only high school in Connecticut to make the list.
- Alumni of the Carver Foundation of Norwalk are joining to raise and maintain $100,000 annually for scholarships.
- Girls Scouts from around Fairfield got a chance Wednesday to see their local government in action.
- The Wilton Library upgraded its Wi-Fi system last week.
- Westport author Ramin Ganeshram won the International Association of Culinary Professionals Award for her curated collection of 150 recipes from kids.
- A Darien woman was charged with embezzling $800,000 from a veterans service organization. She now faces state and federal charges in the case and remains in jail.
- A violent attack left a Stamford woman battered, bloody and naked from the waist down as she wandered her neighborhood looking for help. Police charged her boyfriend in connection with the attack.
- Greenwich High School hired former New Canaan assistant football coach John Marinelli to take over the Cardinals football program this fall.
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