Sandy Hook

Newtown students to receive college scholarships

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Four graduating seniors from Newtown High School will receive college scholarships to help them pursue careers in education. The money is coming from the “We are Newtown” charity, which was formed […]

2013/06/10

Father of Sandy Hook victim faces criminal charges

MILFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man whose 6-year-old son was among those killed in the Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre was scheduled to appear in Connecticut Superior Court Wednesday on larceny and other charges. Neil […]

2013/05/08

Author and illustrator create Sandy Hook tribute

NEW YORK (AP) — The author of the children’s classic “Sarah, Plain and Tall” is teaming up with an acclaimed illustrator for a tribute to the victims of the Sandy Hook school shootings.

2013/02/25

Cars piled up under damaged boardwalk after superstorm Sandy, Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York

Report: Sandy was USA’s 2nd-costliest hurricane

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Superstorm Sandy was the deadliest hurricane to hit the northeastern U.S. in 40 years and the second-costliest in the nation’s history, according to a report released Tuesday.

2013/02/12

Report: Sandy’s winds felt as far west as Wis.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Superstorm Sandy not only caused destruction up and down the East Coast, it also created wind gusts as far west as Wisconsin and as far north as Canada.

2013/02/12

Lawmaker proposes training school staff in gun use

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A group of seven Republican state legislators on Wednesday unveiled a bill that would allow school districts to use state funds to give firearm training to staff so they are equipped to ward off campus attackers.

2013/01/31

Conn. paper runs gun show ad aside Newtown article

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — The Hearst Connecticut Media Group is apologizing because one of its newspapers ran an ad for an antique gun show next to an article about the Newtown school shooting.

2013/01/03

Crafters send mittens with a message to Newtown

Imagining the horror for Sandy Hook students when they walk into their new school for the first time, a Connecticut mom is relying on the children’s classic “The Kissing Hand” and the busy fingers of her fellow knitters to ease their way.

2012/12/21

Victor Cruz on meeting Pinto family after Sandy Hook tragedy

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — For much of his hour-long visit with the family of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Connecticut school shootings, Victor Cruz talked about football, life and young Jack, the child who idolized him.

2012/12/19

New school to re-create the old for Newtown pupils

Monroe, Conn. (AP) — When the children who survived a shooting that killed 20 of their classmates return to school in a different building, they’ll find things just as they left them Friday, down to the water bottles and boxes of crayons on their desks.

2012/12/19

Snowflakes for Sandy Hook

The Connecticut PTSA is spearheading some fundraising efforts to benefit the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy, including “Snowflakes for Sandy Hook.” Here’s how to participate.

2012/12/19

How You Can Help Conn. Shooting Relief Effort

As KFWB continues to follow the unfolding details of what happened at Sandy Hook and how that community mourns and attempts to recover – there are several ways for you to help now. Here are some of the local non-profits involved.

2012/12/17

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