John Kane
News FellowJohn Kane is a News Fellow at WSHU covering local news in Connecticut and Long Island. He has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Central CT State University and is studying Journalism, Film and Television at Sacred Heart University's School of Communications and Media Studies. He currently lives in Stratford, Conn.
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Huntington Station on Long Island will get a much needed sewer infrastructure upgrade, starting in 2024. -
The U.S. Justice Department has awarded the city of Stamford about $500,000 to pay for an additional social worker to work with police responding to calls about mental health and substance use.
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The cleanup of a Raymark Industries superfund site in Stratford, Connecticut, now has the funding to enter its final phase.
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The state takes nearly a 14% cut of sports betting and 18% of online gaming revenue.
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Officer Paul Cari lost his badge in 2013 for assaulting a man he found at his ex-girlfriend’s house. He was later convicted in 2015 on threatening and breach of peace charges.
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Now officers can only use force when it’s necessary and not just when it’s legally justified.
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A state audit finds Suffolk County withheld $1M in restitution that should have been paid to victimsThe audit found that probation departments failed to properly track or report offenders who failed to pay court ordered restitution.
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New Haven-based Save the Sound has filed lawsuits against Ridgefield, Redding, Middletown and Burlington.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul has doubled down on a new mask mandate for businesses or venues that don’t have a vaccination policy. Meanwhile, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has said he will not impose any new mandates.
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The state has experienced several high-profile cases of shoplifting, including at a CVS in Oxford this month. Security camera video of two cars being filled with stolen laundry detergent bottles went viral online.
