Rob Polansky
Digital Content Producer
Rocky Hill, CT
Rob Polansky is an Emmy-award-winning digital content producer. He started working at WFSB in 2005 as a producer. He served as weekend morning producer, weekday morning producer, weekend evening producer, 5:30 p.m. producer and 6 p.m. producer. In 2014, he became a digital content producer for WFSB.com.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Olivia Kalentek, Marcy Jones, Rob Polansky and Eliza Kruczynski
A vigil was set for Monday night at New Milford High School for a student who died in a crash on Friday.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Rob Polansky and Joe Zone
University of Connecticut women’s basketball star Paige Bueckers announced support on Friday for the Husky Harvest food pantry.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Rob Polansky and Olivia Schueller
Connecticut health officials urged residents to claim free COVID-19 tests from the federal government.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Rob Polansky
An officer credited with saving the life of a motorcyclist who was involved in a crash was the guest of honor for the victim.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Rob Polansky
The University of Connecticut unveiled information about how and when to watch its football team’s matchup against Rice University.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Mike Cerullo, Zoe Strothers and Rob Polansky
A family that had been searching for a dog after a suspect stole their car says the pet is back home.
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By Rob Polansky
Meriden police said they arrested a man for both intentionally exposing himself to and inappropriately touching a minor.
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By Rob Polansky
The Southington Apple Harvest Festival returns on Friday.
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By Rob Polansky
Power was knocked out to a neighborhood in Wolcott when a tree came down in the area on Monday.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By Rob Polansky
A dump truck driver was transported to a hospital after the truck rolled over on a highway in Plainfield.
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By Rob Polansky, Luke Hajdasz, Olivia Schueller and Eliza Kruczynski
Ledge blasting is causing intermittent closures twice a day on Interstate 95 in East Lyme.
Updated: 18 hours ago
|By Rob Polansky
The University of Connecticut basketball season may still be several weeks away, but guard Azzi Fudd has been teaching her skills.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 11:21 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Folks planning to head to the Durham Fair over the weekend may want to pack an umbrella.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 12:17 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
A construction worker was rescued from a trench box that shifted and fell at a site in Hartford on Friday morning.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 12:16 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Cassidy Williams
One person was rescued from a burning apartment in Naugatuck late Thursday night.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 11:11 AM EDT
|By Hector Molina, Zoe Strothers and Rob Polansky
A woman who died from an overdosed and man who was stabbed were both treated at the same location in New Haven on Thursday night.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 10:40 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
A brand known for making popular wooden children’s toys is opening a retail store not far from its headquarters in Wilton.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 10:27 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
A man wanted out of New York for a kidnapping case was arrested by local police in Connecticut.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 8:25 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Bristol police recently traveled up to Hartford to support the city’s police department in the wake of an officer’s death.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 6:38 AM EDT
|By Jay Kenney, Marcy Jones and Rob Polansky
One person was found to have suffered a gunshot wound at a gas station in Hartford on Friday morning.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 9:39 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Dylan Fearon
State police said they were called to take over a crash investigation in New Britain.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 1:07 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
The state Department of Agriculture sought to remind horse owners on Thursday to protect themselves from mosquito-borne illnesses.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 12:16 PM EDT
|By Kristina Russo, Marcy Jones and Rob Polansky
Police in Norwich responded to a call around 1:30 a.m. about a person who was stabbed in the area of Boswell Avenue.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 11:29 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
UConn announced the agreement on Thursday.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 10:30 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Dylan Fearon
The 30th running of the Eversource Hartford Marathon features some modifications to the event’s races.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 6:06 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Audrey Russo
Police in Naugatuck held a follow-up news conference about a dog abused case they first brought to light back in May.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 12:14 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Eliza Kruczynski
Wednesday marked Connecticut Day at the Eastern States Exposition.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 11:29 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Three man were arrest in West Hartford on check washing and fraud-related charges.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 10:25 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Luke Hajdasz
One person was found dead when firefighters responded to a house fire in Norwich on Tuesday.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 7:01 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Audrey Russo
Police in Bristol said they’re looking into two hate crime incidents.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 3:59 PM EDT
|By Eliza Kruczynski, Olivia Schueller, Rob Polansky and Matt McFarland
Hamden police responded to reports of a shooting on Monday night.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 12:31 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Mosquitos trapped earlier this month in Meriden, Stonington and Ledyard tested positive for the West Nile virus, local officials confirmed.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 12:17 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Police said a serious two-vehicle crash closed a portion of Route 175 in Newington.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 8:43 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Connecticut ranked among the states that will be the most impacted by the return of student loan payments.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 7:55 AM EDT
|By Olivia Kalentek and Rob Polansky
A part of I-91 in Rocky Hill is closed following a crash involving a car and a tractor trailer.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 6:19 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky, Susan Raff and Roger Susanin
A Connecticut man was among a group of five prisoners who were released by Iran as part of a swap with the U.S.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2023 at 9:46 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
State police said they’re looking for witnesses of a deadly pedestrian strike in Stamford.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2023 at 9:17 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
A man faces a number of charges after police in Bridgeport said he struck two cruisers in an attempt to drive away from them.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2023 at 8:17 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Connecticut ranked towards the better end of a list that compared which states were the best for teachers.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2023 at 7:46 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Police in Bristol said they’re looking for a man who snatched an antique fuel pump from a property in the city.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2023 at 9:40 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Part of a busy street in Hamden was closed on Saturday because of a one-vehicle crash.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2023 at 9:24 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Police in Hartford said their Shotspotter notification system alerted them to an address where they found evidence of gunfire.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2023 at 11:33 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
The timeframe of interest, as of Friday morning’s forecast, was Saturday. Wind from the storm was the concern.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 6:52 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Evan Sobol
A man driving a farm tractor died in a crash in East Granby on Thursday morning, according to state police.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 8:59 AM EDT
|By Hector Molina, Dylan Fearon, Rob Polansky, Evan Sobol and Luke Hajdasz
A tornado hit Killingly on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service out of Boston.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 8:42 AM EDT
|By Hector Molina, Olivia Kalentek and Rob Polansky
Shoppers ran for cover over the weekend when a car smashed into a busy store in North Haven.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 8:04 AM EDT
|By Jay Kenney, Dylan Fearon and Rob Polansky
The building listed at that address is located near Mahan Park
Updated: Sep. 13, 2023 at 1:48 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Dylan Fearon
Flash flooding was an issue for parts of the state on Wednesday as storms worked there way through them.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2023 at 1:38 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Teams gathered at Tweed New Haven Airport to pull in plane in the name of charity.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2023 at 12:27 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Regional School District 12 announced a precautionary early dismissal for its schools.