A funeral service happened Friday to honor Elvin Hernandez, the Connecticut Department of Transportation worker killed on the job last week on Interstate 95 in Fairfield.

A former Connecticut funeral home director accused of taking money that customers had set aside for future funerals has accepted a plea offer that would ... Read More ...

The owner of multiple funeral homes in Connecticut has agreed to take a plea deal in connection with numerous investigations that found he had allegedly defrauded about 170 people who wanted to prepay ...

Flags are flying at half-staff across the state in honor of Elvin Hernandez, a 16-year DOT employee who was struck and killed ...

The number of people who said their prepaid funeral money has been stolen has surpassed 170, Tolland state's attorney says.

A Connecticut funeral director who stole clients' prepayments to fund his gambling habit will spend the next 7.5 years in ...

Through his lawyer John O'Brien, Philip Pietras, 52, of Enfield said he accepted the state's offer during his court hearing Friday in state Superior Court in Rockville. He is scheduled to plead guilty ...

BIRDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — The state will honor a Connecticut Department of Transportation employee Friday who was struck and killed while working on Interstate 95 South in Fairfield last week. Gov.

COVENTRY, Conn. (WTNH) — A Coventry funeral home director accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from more than 100 people has agreed to a plea in court Friday. Phillip Pietras turned ...

Mourners came together at Luz De Paz Funeral Home near Washington Park to pay their respects to the beloved local DOT worker.