New Haven

Two New Haven police officers are on paid administrative leave for shooting and killing a man on Sept. 19. Police Chief Karl Jacobson and Mayor Justin Elicker said the shooting was justified.

Riders can pay per ride, monthly or yearly to use the bikes through the Ride New Haven app. An annual membership, which gets you an hour of daily riding, is $99. Low-income residents can get a membership for half that cost.

Many locals know Connecticut has a lot to offer, but sometimes the Nutmeg state gets a bad rap as a long highway between New York City and Boston. WSHU’s Sabrina Garone spoke with a New Haven content creator who wants to change that narrative.

For people experiencing mental health crises in Connecticut, the emergency room is often the only option for stabilization. But a transformed 3-story home in the Edgewood district of New Haven called the REST Center aims to change that.

The City of New Haven has installed air quality monitors at sites near major transportation hubs across the city.

This week’s announcement that passenger air service at Tweed New Haven Airport will soon expand is raising concerns from the airport’s residential neighbors, including Connecticut Senate President Martin Looney.

The Black Wall Street Festival on the New Haven Green will feature more than 200 Black-owned businesses and organizations, and a week of events will precede it.

A New Haven senior housing facility is getting significant upgrades, thanks to a $20 million federal grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The grants will fund electric vehicle chargers for medium and heavy duty trucks along I-95, new heat pumps across New England and a clean climate control system for Union Station in New Haven.

New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker said the truck will be quiet, environmentally friendly and cost-effective — and will take the equivalent of 14 passenger vehicles off the road.