Basketball Coach Charged + Fatal Pedestrian Crash: Hartford News

Welcome back, Hartford. Here's all the local news, events, and community posts you need for Thursday, Oct. 21.

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First, today's weather:

Warm with sun, some clouds. High: 74 Low: 58.

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Here are the top stories today in Greater Hartford:

1. Hartford Basketball Coach Charged With Child Enticement: Feds: A basketball coach is facing federal child enticement charges, state charges for sexual assault, and drug charges. (Greater Hartford Patch)
2. Pedestrian struck, killed on Main Street in Hartford: Police are investigating the Tuesday morning accident. (WTNH.com)
3. Hartford Resident Wins Over $20k Lottery Prize: A Hartford resident is $20,416 richer after purchasing a winning lottery ticket in town earlier this week, according to the Connecticut Lottery. (Greater Hartford Patch)
4. Rosa's Café and Bakery pumpkin cake, East Hartford (Journal Inquirer)
5. Woman Shot in the Foot in Hartford (NBC Connecticut)
6. Once accused of East Hartford home invasion, man admits only gun crime (Journal Inquirer)
7. Vehicle fire cleared on I-84 west in Hartford (WTNH.com)
8. Home sales slow in Greater Hartford with fewer property choices and buyers more wary of prices (Hartford Courant)

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Today in Greater Hartford:

• Gallery Music - Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (1:30 PM)
• Online Short Attention Span Literary Club (2:00 PM)
• Internet & Smartphone Basics (Wilson) (3:00 PM)
• JV G SOC Hall @ Glastonbury - Hall High School Sports (3:45 PM)
• FR FB Hall @ Bristol Central - Hall High School Sports (3:45 PM)
• FR FH Hall @ Simsbury - Hall High School Sports (3:45 PM)
• FR G SOC Hall @ Glastonbury - Hall High School Sports (3:45 PM)
• V G SOC Hall @ Glastonbury - Hall High School Sports (3:45 PM)
• FR B SOC Hall v. Glastonbury - Hall High School Sports (3:45 PM)
• STEM Club with Reptiles from Northwest Park (4:00 PM)
• V FH Hall v. Granby Memorial - Hall High School Sports (5:00 PM)
• Adult Studio Workshop | Digital Drawing & Painting with Raheem Nelson (6:30 PM)
• JV FH Hall v. Granby Memorial - Hall High School Sports (6:30 PM)
• Mood Board Workshop - Windsor Public Library Adult Events (7:00 PM)
• The Hot Club with Matt and Atla DeChamplain (7:30 PM)

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