The crew of Southwest 1380, the flight that had a hole blown into its side when an engine exploded over Pennsylvania, is headed to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump.

The meeting will happen on Tuesday, Trump administration officials tell NBC10. They did not say how many members of the five-person crew would be in attendance.

Capt. Tammie Jo Shults, one of the U.S. Navy's first woman fighter pilots, and first officer Darren Ellisor were hailed as heroes for successfully landing the crippled Boeing 737 jet at Philadelphia International Airport on April 17.

The plane's left engine exploded at 32,000 feet, sending debris careening into the fuselage and causing a window to shatter. The plane violently depressurized and the passenger sitting next to the window, Jennifer Riordan, was partially sucked outside.

Riordan, a wife and mother of two from New Mexico, died from injuries she suffered in the incident. Several others on the flight carrying 144 passengers were injured.

Federal investigators believe fractures in a engine fan blade caused it to break apart and prompt the explosion. The FAA has since issued a directive ordering the inspection of all engines of the same make currently in operation.

The NTSB investigation is ongoing.

There are heavy delays on Interstate 91 North after a crash in Middletown.

State police said the two-car crash is near exit 20.A vehicle went down an embankment and minor injuries are reported.

The left and center lanes are closed and the backups extend to 691

Police are asking drivers to keep an eye out for first responders who are working on the left side of the highway.

The Town of Mansfield is considering banning one-time-use plastic bags.

On Monday night, the Mansfield Solid Waste Advisory Committee presented a proposal to the public to eliminate checkout bags. Committee members estimate that Mansfield uses 8.6 million plastic bags every year.

"I think that would be really good for the environment," said Mansfield resident Zoe Everton.

For Everton and her mom it makes sense to shop with reusable bags, but like so many others, they often forget to bring them and end up using plastic. Committee members believe having an ordinance in place that bans the bags could help change the culture.

"I think it would be sort of an adjustment for people who live here, but I think it's definitely worth it," said Everton.

At the meeting, members pointed out that several items wouldn’t fall under the ordinance including paper bags, plastic bags used to package food, plastic bags used to hold fruit and vegetables in the produce aisle, and bags used for dry-cleaned clothes.

Members said they held another public meeting before the one on Monday night and have met with several businesses. They told NBC Connecticut they've seen a lot of support for the plan.

"We did go around to all the businesses in town and tell them that we were proposing this and to get some of their ideas and concern," said Julia Sherman, a member of the committee.

"[Plastic bags are] harming the environment. It's harming marine animals, and it's ultimately harming us," said Mansfield resident Roxana Mocanu.

Mocanu has three children and said she's looking to make a better world for them and that the committee’s proposal should only be the beginning.

"This is a step in the right direction, and there is still a long way to go even after we ban plastic bags," said Mocanu.

Members said they still need to speak with council members individually about the proposal as well as the town attorney before they present it to the town council.

If it does end up going through, Sherman said a future proposal could include banning plastic straws.

When Beth Console and her husband made the decision to leave South Windsor for Concord, North Carolina, they joined nearly 30,000 other people who are leaving Connecticut each year.

People have a variety of reasons for moving out of the state, often more than one, but the high cost of living here is one of the most common motivators for getting out of town.

“I kinda went kind of kicking and screaming. But I went. Because you go where your kids go,” explained Console.

While the Consoles didn’t move for financial reasons, but rather to be closer to their adult children who moved to North Carolina for work and school, they have benefited greatly by North Carolina’s lower cost of living.

The Console's property taxes on their similarly sized home went from roughly $8,000 in Connecticut to just under $4,000 in Concord, about a half hour outside of Charlotte.

The family’s tax bills come from the City of Concord and Cabarrus County but they still pay significantly less than they did in Connecticut. Console says the financial benefits took some of the sting out of moving, which she didn’t want to do initially.

And the family hasn't had to go without the government services it grew accustomed to in Connecticut, despite paying lower taxes.

• The Consoles still get trash pickup once a week and recycling every other week
• Their new hometown has 19 police officers to 10,000 people, compared to 15 police officers to 10,000 people in South Windsor
• Their old and new fire departments have similar safety ratings according to the Concord and South Windsor chiefs
• But they do have less parkland and the student/teacher ratio is higher, 16 to 1 in Concord, compared to 12 to1 in South Windsor

“We couldn't make the comparisons work on how we could be paying more taxes and constantly seeing services cut. It just made no sense, and we see that there is another way,” said Console.

North Carolina uses regional government, organized county by county. Local leaders say that spreads the costs of providing government services out over a larger group of people and allows for streamlined administrative functions. And even though there are cities inside the counties that operate with some level of independence, they divvy up responsibility for the services provided to taxpayers.

For instance, where the Consoles live, Cabarrus County handles schools, tax collection, the health department, voter registration, and ambulance service. Their new hometown of Concord provides police, fire, and trash pickup.

Concord Deputy City Manager Merl Hamilton says this cooperation between city and county helps them avoid overlapping services, and he says, not having unions often drives down the cost of wages and benefits.

“There's a lot of conversation about being lean,” explained Hamilton.

Compare that to Connecticut, where 169 towns and cities, many right on top of one another, often have their own schools, police, fire, and ambulance services. Agencies that number in the hundreds.

In Connecticut, we have more than 100 911 centers, more than 100 law enforcement agencies, hundreds of fire departments and more ambulance companies than cities and towns.

This overlap of services can get expensive and a good portion of the costs are paid through property taxes.

As taxes rise, more people are leaving the Constitution State for less expensive parts of the country.

Bill McCoy, retired director of The Urban Institute at UNC Charlotte, says census figures show 100 people moving to metro Charlotte daily. He says while transplants to North Carolina may have access to fewer parks and arts program, the overall benefit of lower taxes means few move back.

“In surveys of people in North Carolina, whether they like it here or don't like it here, you don't find a lot of people saying, ‘I don't like it,’“ said McCoy,

Only two days before a murder-suicide said to be sparked by an affair shocked a Main Line town, a neighbor spotted a woman spying on the victim but decided not to call police.

Radnor Township Police Superintendent William Colarulo said he received an email from a neighbor of Meredith Sullivan Chapman the day after Chapman's death.

The neighbor told Colarulo she had seen a woman with a "grim, concerned or worried" expression on her face standing near her driveway in Radnor Township back on April 21. The woman was using a pair of binoculars while staring at Chapman's home on Lowrys Lane. The neighbor said the woman then went into a black SUV and drove off.

The neighbor told Colarulo she decided not to report the incident. Two days later, Chapman, 33, was found shot to death inside her home. The body of Jennair Gerardot was found next to her. Investigators say Gerardot drove to the home and shot and killed Chapman before taking her own life.

Latex gloves, ear plugs and binoculars were found by officers inside Gerardot's black Cadillac XTS, police said. The vehicle was a rental, investigators determined. 

During an interview with Philly.com, Colarulo urged citizens to always report suspicious incidents in the neighborhood, even if they appeared to be trivial.

The shocking slaying was rooted in an affair between Chapman and Gerardot's husband, Mark Gerardot, investigators have said.

"She broke into the house, she was lying in wait and she shot her as soon as she walked in and then she shot herself," Colarulo said. "There were emails and text messages indicating what [Gerardot] planned to do."

Also inside the rented Cadillac was ammunition and a receipt from a nearby gas station that showed Gerardot had been in the area since at least 2:40 p.m. on April 23, police said. The vehicle was found on an adjacent side street to Lowrys Lane. Gerardot had rented the vehicle April 13 in Wilmington, Delaware.

In a twist, Mark Gerardot had gone to a restaurant nearby the murder scene where he thought he'd be meeting Chapman for dinner. When she didn't show up, he went to her house and found the bodies. He then called police. 

Chapman had just moved into a three-story brick home on Lowrys Lane with her dog Indy, friends told NBC10.

When investigators arrived at the scene, Gerardot’s husband, Mark Gerardot, told officials that his wife might be inside.

"You had a man that was married, that was having an affair with this other woman," Colarulo said. "The wife knew about it and this was a calculated, planned attack." 

Chapman was a former WHYY producer for its Delaware bureau and ran an unsuccessful bid as a Republican for a state senate seat in Delaware. She was also married to Newark City Councilman Luke Chapman, but the couple was reportedly separated.

She had recently moved to the home on Lowrys Lane for a new job at nearby Villanova University.

“Our hearts are broken by the devastating loss of our new colleague,” Villanova University officials said in a statement. “The thoughts and prayers of the entire university community are with her family, friends and colleagues during this extremely difficult time.”

Chapman's family called her a "beacon of light to anyone who was fortunate enough to meet her," in a released statement.

"She loved her family fiercely, was a compassionate friend and among the most talented and innovative professionals in her field," they wrote. "Her death was sudden and tragic, but will not define who she was to the thousands of people who loved her."

SUICIDE PREVENTION HELP: The National Suicide Prevention Hotline (1-800-273-8255) is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

A New Haven woman who told police that she was carjacked after a crash in North Haven last month is accused of making the ordeal up and has been arrested. 

Katesha Jones, 45, of New Haven, told police that she was traveling south on Middletown Avenue on April 10 when a vehicle behind her hit her car, so she pulled over to the side of the road to check for damage and a masked man emerged from the car that hit her, holding a handgun, pushed her and drove away with her vehicle, according to police. 

As part of the investigation, detectives gathered surveillance footage from several businesses in the area and police said those showed no crash occurred and there was no robbery.

Police said the vehicle Jones told them had been stolen was found in New Haven and there was no evidence of a collision.

Jones was charged with falsely reporting an incident and she was released on a $1,000 bond.

She is due in Meriden Superior Court on May 5.

U.S. Sen. John McCain is retiring at the end of his term after decades in Congress, giving him a sense of freedom about what he can vote on, he says in a book excerpt published this week by Apple News.

McCain, 81, was diagnosed with cancer in July, which the Arizona Republican writes helped him come to terms with the end of his Senate career. And he says the fact that he's not running for Senate again makes him more able to vote his conscience.

"This is my last term. If I hadn't admitted that to myself before this summer, a stage 4 cancer diagnosis acts as ungentle persuasion," he writes in the excerpt of "The Restless Wave." "I'm freer than colleagues who will face the voters again. I can speak my mind without fearing the consequences much. And I can vote my conscience without worry."

He noted that he still feels bound by pledges he's made to his constituents and wants the Republican party to do well. "But I do feel a pressing responsibility to give Americans my best judgment," he said.

Last year, McCain cast the decisive vote to scuttle a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, despite heavy lobbying from Trump and others in the party. He later explained that the bill was not a suitable replacement for "Obamacare" and sought a bipartisan congressional process to find a better one.

McCain has been spending time at his ranch in Arizona as he recovers from intestinal surgery in April and the treatment for a brain tumor he's been undergoing since his diagnosis. Former Vice President Joe Biden, a friend and longtime Senate colleague of McCain's, visited him over the weekend, according to McCain's wife, Cindy.

McCain was re-elected in 2016, 30 years after first winning his seat. He also served for four years in the House of Representatives and was in the Navy for decades, including five and a half years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam for which he was awarded the Silver Star, the Purple Heart and other medals.

The book excerpt also touches on the "scarcity of humility in politics" he's seen recently in Congress and the country and takes President Donald Trump to task for believing in "the appearance of toughness" over American values.

McCain proudly refers to himself "a champion of compromise," calling it the only way to effectively govern an open society. And he offers advice on how to reform Washington, including a commitment to civility from everyone in the country and reforming gerrymandering and the campaign finance system.

But he also said voters should support compromisers over the kind of candidate for Congress who "pledges to ride his white horse to Washington and lay waste to all the scoundrels living off your taxes. ... It sounds exciting, but it's an empty boast and a commitment to more gridlock."

The book is being released May 22.

Tonight, the West Hartford Board of Education will review the final presentation explaining the benefits, costs, and effects of delaying school start times across the district. The presentation will focus on how the potential delays would adjust the district’s transportation system. 

West Hartford parents are posed with a critical question: Would you rather have your kids get some extra sleep – knowing it’ll cost more tax dollars and change the family schedule – or keep the school schedules the way they are? 

Should schools be delayed, after-school programs like daycare and school sports will have to adjust. 

Jamie Trajcevsky, who has a daughter at Braeburn Elementary, said the change could be worth it for the teens. 

“I don’t like to see the teenagers waiting in the dark, in the freezing cold, half asleep,” Trajcevsky said. 

The district currently pays more than $56,000 every year for school transportation. According to tonight’s presentation, if the start times are delayed at the public schools, yet stay the same at the private schools, that price tag skyrockets to $510,000. 

Kimberly Bouthiette said it could benefit teens, but not her 5-year-old son Nate. 

“I think the answer is no. My kids get up at 6:00 in the morning. They’re ready to go, and by the end of the day they’ve had it,” she said. 

Buses currently pick up students in three runs: high school, middle school, and elementary school and there’s a proposal to consolidate those pickups into two runs. The presentation indicates that means 46 additional buses would have to be put on the roads and it could cost the district more than $2.5 million. 

The district is drawing upon research that shows how later start times increase a student’s engagement in class and lowers student-reported depression. Though Jaime’s daughter is only in elementary school, she says, “I do see the older she gets, I think it’ll benefit them for sleeping in a little bit.” 

Tonight’s Board of Education meeting begins at 7 p.m. The board will also consider how changing the transportation schedule will affect after-school programs and daycare centers. An informational meeting for parents is scheduled for Thursday, May 3 at 7 p.m. at Town Hall. 

The father of a teen who was fatally shot in the Parkland school tragedy said he has filed a lawsuit against the former school resource officer criticized for not confronting the gunman.

Andrew Pollack, whose daughter Meadow Pollack was among the 17 victims of the Feb. 14 shooting, said he filed the lawsuit against former Broward County sheriff's deputy Scot Peterson along with accused gunman Nikolas Cruz, the estate of Cruz's mother and other entities, on Monday.

He singled out Peterson with disdain as a "coward." 

"I filed a wrongful death suit against Deputy Peterson today," Pollack wrote on Twitter. "I want to expose that coward so bad. Where ever he goes I want people to recognize him and say that's one of the cowards of Broward. The SRO that let those children and teachers die on the 3rd floor!" 

Peterson retired in late February after Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said he had been suspended without pay.

"I'm not the kind of guy that's going to let him run off with his pension into the sunset," Pollack said of Peterson. "Wherever he goes, I don't want him being able to hide anywhere in the country and when he walks in somewhere they are going to look at him and point at him and say, 'That's the guy that let those children and teachers die on the third floor."

Pollack said he wanted to make Peterson feel "miserable" as he copes with his daughter's death.

"I'm miserable. I'm going to be miserable for the rest of my life. Maybe I'm going to make Peterson's life a little miserable too," Pollack said.

Israel said Peterson took a position outside of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as the onslaught occurred, citing security footage. Israel said Peterson was "absolutely on campus," adding that he was armed and in uniform during the shooting.

"After seeing video and witness statements, and Peterson's own statement, I decided this morning ... to suspend Scot Peterson without pay pending an internal investigation," Israel said in February.

When asked what Peterson should have done during the shooting, Israel said he should have "went in, addressed the killer and killed" him.

Peterson's attorney has said that his client believed the gunfire was coming from outside the building, and that his response to that kind of threat was in line with the department's training. 

"Let there be no mistake, Mr. Peterson wishes that he could have prevented the untimely passing of the seventeen victims on that day, and his heart goes out to the families of the victims in their time of need," attorney Joseph DiRuzzo said in February. "However, the allegations that Mr. Peterson was a coward and that his performance, under the circumstances, failed to meet the standards of police officers are patently untrue." 

Two 17-year-old Bridgeport boys crashed a stolen car in Fairfield Tuesday morning and were taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries, according to police.

The photo that the police chief shared on Twitter shows a smashed car and police said no one was seriously hurt and “no one driving innocently in the area was involved.”

The investigation started when someone from Mill Plain Road called police at 2:58 a.m. to report several suspicious people in dark clothing were walking up and down her neighbors’ driveways, trying to get into cars.

The resident continued to relay information and said she thought the neighbor’s car was being stolen, according to police.

Officers found the vehicle near Mill Plain Road and tried to stop it, but the people in the vehicle led police on a chase.

Officers used stop sticks and the car continued to go south on Tunxis Hill Road, then hit a utility pole at the Kings Highway East extension, according to police.

The driver ran and was taken into custody near the scene of the crash, according to police. The fire department had to extricate the passenger from the vehicle.

Both suspects were taken to area hospitals and their injuries are not life-threatening, according to police.

The driver was charged with larceny in the first degree, conspiracy to commit larceny in the first degree, third-degree burglary, conspiracy to commit burglary in the third degree, criminal attempt to commit larceny in the sixth degree, conspiracy to commit larceny in the sixth degree, engaging police in a pursuit, reckless driving and operating under a suspended license.

The passenger was charged with first-degree larceny, conspiracy to commit larceny in the first degree, third-degree burglary, conspiracy to commit burglary in the third degree, criminal attempt to commit larceny in the sixth degree and conspiracy to commit larceny in the sixth degree.

Both were issued juvenile summons to appear in juvenile court on May 15.

Three cars were stolen in Fairfield last night, according to police. 

The reported list of questions that special counsel Robert Mueller wants to ask President Donald Trump underscores the magnitude of the Russia probe, a story that’s been reported in bits and pieces over the last 17 months, NBC News' First Read team says.

The questions combine all of the different strands of the potential story, from hacking to contacts with Russians and the firing of FBI Director James Comey.

They’re a reminder that the obstruction angle — regarding Comey and former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn — might be the smallest part of the investigation.

If Mueller is asking these questions, the possibility exists that he already knows the answers.

Milford police have arrested a local man who is accused of sexually assaulting a juvenile.

Police investigating the possible abuse obtained a warrant for 28-year-old Derek Hagedorn and he has been charged with second-degree sexual assault, fourth-degree sexual assault, criminal attempt at sexual assault in the second degree and risk of injury, according to police.

Bond was set at $100,000 and Hagedorn was held, according to a news release Milford police issued Tuesday morning.

It’s not clear if he has an attorney.

Questions about relationships between members of the New England Patriots organization have been swirling for months.

Much of that speculation has surrounded quarterback Tom Brady's relationship with head coach Bill Belichick.

Brady's latest comments have done nothing to quell the drama.

Speaking Monday night in a sit down interview with Jim Gray at the Milken Global Conference in Los Angeles, Brady was asked if he's happy with the Patriots.

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"Uh, I have my moments," Brady said.

Is he happy with the people he works with and for?

"Yeah, I would say absolutely. In general I am a very happy person, a very positive person."

Brady went on to say, having been on the same team for a long time, "you have relationships for a long time, they ebb and flow like every relationship but there's no people I'd rather play for or be committed to than the team that I've been with for a long time, and really the fans, the community..."

Gray followed up by asking Brady if he feels appreciated by Belichick and owner Robert Kraft, and if they have the appropriate gratitude for all that he’s achieved.

"I plead the fifth," Brady responded with a smile. "Man that is a tough question... I think everybody in general wants to be appreciated more at work in their professional life."

Another controversy surrounding last season was the benching of cornerback Malcolm Butler in the Super Bowl.

Brady was asked if he knows why Butler didn't play.

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"You know, I don't make the decisions," he said. "I'm telling you the truth. I wish he would have played but you know the coach decided not to play him and we still had a chance to win."

Do you know why he didn't play though, Gray pressed?

"No, you know, I haven't gone to discuss those things. Do you know why he didn't play, would you like to tell me... I don't ask, so."

Gray followed up by asking if Brady believes the fans deserve an explanation.

"I don't know, that's probably a better question for the guy who owns our team... I can control what I can control. So much of what my performance has been over the years is how do I maximize what I can do? I can't run, I can't catch, I can't block, I can't tackle. I can do my job and I'm gonna do it the best I can. I've gotta trust everyone else to do the same thing."

When talking about the Super Bowl loss to the Eagles, Brady said, "It kind of sucked."

There has been a tremendous amount of speculation this offseason about whether or not Brady would play the 2018 season, especially after he didn't show up for voluntary workouts.

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"Yes, I am going to be playing," Brady told Gray on Monday. "I have personal goals, I want to keep playing. I have said for a long time I want to play to my mid-40s."

Brady said he has negotiated with his wife, Gisele Bundchen, to play two more years thus far.

"I've still got a few more, you know, a little further to go."

Brady is slated to earn $14 million in base salary in each of the next two seasons. He can be an unrestricted free agent following the 2019 season, by which time he'll be 42 years old.

A man is accused of posing as a contractor or flower delivery person to get into senior living facilities, then stealing from senior citizens, according to state police, and authorities are trying to identify him.

State police released a photo on Facebook and said Derby police are investigating a case in which the man is suspected of burglary and credit card fraud.

Once he gets into senior living residences or communities, he goes into the apartments of elderly people who are sleeping and explains he is there to fix a water leak from the floor above, according to state police.

Then he steals wallets and jewelry from the residents and uses their credit cards to buy electronics and designer clothing items, according to a state police Facebook post.

He is also suspected of committing similar crimes in other towns and states.

Anyone with information on the man or where he is should call their local State Police barracks or local police department or text TIP711 and the information to 274637.

State police urge the public to be aware of anyone trying to get into your homes or business under false or suspicious pretenses.

High school students from Middlesex County learned all about career opportunities right here at home Tuesday when they went to Wesleyan University. 

The Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce's Business and Education Partnership Advisory Council, the Middlesex Consortium of Schools and Wesleyan University's Jewett Center for Community Partnerships held the 13th Annual Career Expo on Tuesday. 

More than 280 career professionals were on hand to share career experiences with the students. The event was fun, but also provided high school students with an opportunity to explore potential careers. 

“Your children come here to experience all the careers that they have available to them and to try whatever they are interested in,” Thomas Serra, the chairperson of the Business Education Committee of Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce, said. 

There were professionals in everything from manufacturing to medicine and even jobs serving our country.Most of the 1,500 students attending were sophomores and juniors from Middlesex County high schools and they learned about all kinds of Connecticut jobs. Professionals even held mock interviews to help students with their interview skills.

“I think this career expo tells you that these jobs are all nearby. You can try anything and it is right in Connecticut,” Andrew David, an 11th-grade student at Cromwell High School, said. 

Students received real-life experience and advice and some seniors were given opportunities for internships or jobs straight out of school.

“It shows there are good times ahead for our state. And look at these kids that are coming here and how important that is to our economy. It's showing them what is available to have them stay in our state,” John Maloney, the superintendent of Cromwell Schools, said. 

The career fair was possible with the help of Eversource Energy, Pratt & Whitney and Wesleyan University's Jewett Center for Community Partnerships.

Students said the day gave them hope for the future.

“Out of all of this I am hoping to find a career for me,” Odajah Gordon, an 11th-grade student at Cromwell High School, said.

Facebook is launching a dating feature, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced during the keynote address at Facebook's annual F8 developer conference Tuesday.

"This is going to be for building real, long-term relationships — not just hook-ups," Zuckerberg said, according to a CNBC report.

The opt-in feature will match users specifically with people they aren't already friends with. Facebook users can build a dating profile, which friends won't be able to see.

Shares of online dating company Match plunged 22 percent on the news.

Peter Dinklage will be in Connecticut this summer to star in a musical in Chester.

The Game of Thrones star and Haley Bennett, who was in “Thank You For Your Service” and “Girl on a Train,” will lead the cast of Cyrano, a musical based on Cyrano de Bergerac, a show that will run from Aug. 3 to Sept. 2 at the Terris Theater in Chester. More casting will be announced later.

Dinklage stars as Cyrano and Bennett stars as Roxanne.

The project, which is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, will be at Terris Theatre, what the Goodspeed says is its home for developing new musicals.

Staff from the Goodspeed said many new or reimagined musicals have been developed in Chester before moving on to Broadway, off-Broadway, national tours or other regional theatres.

Because Terris is a developmental theatre, the show can change on a day-to-day basis. New scenes are added, songs are moved, costumes are changed and dialogue is tweaked―all based on audience response and feedback, according to Goodspeed.

The curtain times will be on Wednesdays at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 pm and 6:30 p.m.

Season tickets for all three shows at The Terris Theatre are available to Goodspeed members now and to the public beginning May 7. The price of season tickets starts at $132.

Single tickets go on public sale beginning May 21. Single tickets start at $49.

You can get tickets through the Box Office (860-873-8668). You can also buy single tickets online at the Goodspeed Musicals website. 

A West Hartford convenience store was robbed at gunpoint late Monday.

Police said the suspect entered Sam’s Food Store at 1149 New Britain Ave. around 10:30 p.m. and pulled a revolver on the clerk. The victim handed over an undetermined amount of money and the suspect fled.

The suspect is described as male, approximately 5-foot-6, with black hair. He was wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt and grey sweatpants at the time of the crime.

Police are looking into whether this incident is tied to two other robberies at the Supreme Gas on Park Road, which occurred on April 20 and April 23.

Anyone with information should contact West Hartford police at 860-523-5203.

Enfield police are investigating after a male body was found near St. Martha’s Church Tuesday morning.

Police said the body was found in a car on the property next to the church off Brainard Road and Washington Road. It appears the body had been there for some time, and no foul play is suspected, police said.

The victim has not yet been identified, and the cause of death is undetermined at this time.

No other information was immediately available.

A New Haven murder suspect has been arrested in North Carolina.

Elias Jamar Rivers, 34, is accused of shooting 35-year-old man Eric Lewis in the chest on Chapel Street in New Haven on April 11. Lewis died of his injuries.

Investigators identified Rivers as the suspect and enlisted the help of U.S Marshals when they learned Rivers may have fled the state.

Rivers was arrested in North Carolina Tuesday afternoon. He faces charges of murder, criminal possession of a firearm and carrying a pistol without a permit. New Haven police said Rivers is a convicted felon with an arrest record that goes back to September 2000.

Rivers is being held on a $2 million bond pending extradition from North Carolina back to Connecticut.