Litchfield, CT

A judge has denied a motion filed by Karla Garcia, the mother of the woman charged in the death of her 11-year-old daughter, Mimi Torres-Garcia, which sought to move the case from Litchfield to Hartford. Mimi’s body was found in a tote outside 80 Clark St. in New Britain on Oct. 8. Police believe she had been dead for about a year. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined that she was severely malnourished and ruled her cause of death as fatal child abuse with starvatio

Affordability was a major concern for voters in the 5th Congressional District Tuesday night as Democratic U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes and Republican challenger Chris Shea took part in a candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Litchfield County. The candidates addressed voters at Nonnewaug High School in Woodbury, where a packed auditorium heard their pitches for representing the northwestern part of the state in Congress. For some voters, the upcoming election marks a