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 Rob Polansky and Dennis Valera
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ second defamation trial has entered week four.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Rob Polansky
A man who admitted to state police that he drank alcohol before a deadly crash last year now faces a manslaughter charge.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Eliza Kruczynski, Roger Susanin and Rob Polansky
The search for the killer of a man whose body was found in a gazebo in Enfield continues.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Rob Polansky
A man faces charges for attacking another man with a football helmet and knocking him unconscious.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Rob Polansky
The City of Hartford announced a list of road closures that will be in place for the Eversource Hartford Marathon on Saturday.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Rob Polansky
A portion of Route 8 Road in Colebrook was closed Tuesday morning because of an overturned tractor trailer.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Rob Polansky
A man was charged for threatening violence against the Department of Motor Vehicles in Wethersfield.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Rob Polansky
An investigation into a homicide led to the arrest of a woman for failing to report that her gun was stolen.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Rob Polansky
A man was arrested for fleeing a traffic stop that was conducted back in May.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Evan Sobol, Ayah Galal, Christian Colón, Marcy Jones and Rob Polansky
Hartford police are investigating a homicide in the area of Orange Street and Park Street Monday afternoon.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 2:00 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
A man from Meriden was charged with sexually assaulting a child.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 1:59 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
M&T Bank laid off 325 Connecticut workers as part of its merger with People’s United Bank.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 12:52 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Marc Robbins
Two coyote attacks were reported in Burlington over the weekend.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 12:28 PM EDT
|By Roger Susanin and Rob Polansky
Health experts have warned that this flu season could be rough and advised older Americans to get an extra strength vaccine.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 11:49 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Vice President Kamala Harris planned a trip to Central Connecticut State University in New Britain on Wednesday.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 10:41 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Jeff Dunham penciled in a Hartford stop on his “Still Not Canceled” tour.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 10:14 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Police released the name of a motorcyclist who died in a crash in South Windsor last week.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 6:51 AM EDT
|By Eliza Kruczynski, Roger Susanin and Rob Polansky
A woman who lives in Hartford was traveling to the Dominican Republic last month at seven months pregnant when her water broke mid-flight.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 9:50 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
State gun advocates filed a lawsuit against various Connecticut officials in an effort to overturn the state’s ban on what they call modern sporting arms.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 9:21 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
A man faces a number of charges for causing a crash that left pedestrians hurt on Route 8 in Watertown Thursday night.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 12:17 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
The driver of a vehicle was issued an infraction for causing a tractor trailer driver to crash on Interstate 91 in East Windsor Friday morning.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 9:23 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
The sweet smell of deep fried fritters fills the streets of Southington on Friday night.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 9:02 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
A man from New Haven was identified and arrested on the University of Connecticut’s campus in Storrs for a stabbing that happened in Willington.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 8:44 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
A teen was arrested for the shooting and attempted robbery of a 54-year-old man in Manchester.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 11:09 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
A free dental clinic that administers care to hundreds of patients each year is set to happen in Farmington in November.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 9:04 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
A man who had multiple warrants out for his arrest was tracked down in Lebanon with the help of a state police K9 unit and tips.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 6:51 AM EDT
|By Eliza Kruczynski, Marcy Jones and Rob Polansky
Ian’s impact has had a ripple effect on travel across the country.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 10:46 PM EDT
|By Jay Kenney, Roger Susanin and Rob Polansky
A new exclusive poll showed that likely Connecticut voters favored Democratic U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal over his Republican challenger, Leora Levy.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 8:11 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
A former professor at the University of New Haven was arrested after he tried to meet up with a detective he thought was a 14-year-old girl.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 8:00 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
A jewelry store burglary in Tolland drew the attention of the Connecticut State Police Eastern District Major Crime Squad.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 12:02 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
The University of Connecticut officially announced its new president on Wednesday.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 11:16 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
A fourth and final arrest was made in a home invasion case that involved the suspects wearing fake Amazon delivery uniforms.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 10:46 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Forensics evidence led to the arrest of a man for stealing a Corvette out of a garage in North Haven back in 2020.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 7:24 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
A motorcyclist died in a collision that happened in Southington on Tuesday evening.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 6:51 AM EDT
|By Eliza Kruczynski, Olivia Kalentek, Marcy Jones and Rob Polansky
Some people continued to make their escape to Connecticut as Hurricane Ian, now a category 4 storm, barreled toward Florida on Wednesday morning.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 2:18 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Matt McFarland
The family of a New Haven man paralyzed while in police custody wants $100 million from the city of New Haven.
Sen. Blumenthal, Puerto Rico community leaders call for federal help to restore power in Puerto Rico
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 12:54 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Connecticut’s senior senator and state Puerto Rican leaders called on federal officials to work with Puerto Rico to help restore power to the island.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 12:22 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
On Sept. 27, 1985, Connecticut endured a direct hit from a category 1 hurricane.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 11:30 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
While the defamation trial for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has continued this week, he won’t be in court until next week.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 10:55 AM EDT
|By Olivia Kalentek, Jay Kenney, Marcy Jones, Rob Polansky and Dennis Valera
Three Waterbury schools were the latest targets of a disturbing trend, authorities revealed.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 9:35 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Grades for Connecticut’s bridges, roads, rails, and more were revealed on Tuesday.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 9:04 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
An ATM that was reported stolen out of New Haven was found discarded along a highway in Bridgeport on Monday.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 2:08 PM EDT
|By Jay Kenney, Rob Polansky and Marc Robbins
Two high school students were killed in a collision that involved a motorcyclist and SUV in Glastonbury on Sunday.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 1:37 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
A woman was given a misdemeanor summons after police found more than 50 juveniles underage drinking at her home in Wilton.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 12:26 PM EDT
|By Roger Susanin and Rob Polansky
Flu season is right around the corner and a nonprofit in Manchester made it possible for people to get a vaccine right from their car.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 12:25 PM EDT
|By Susan Raff and Rob Polansky
State officials released on Monday Connecticut’s annual crime statistics report and said violent and property crimes were down.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 11:39 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Stratford police are looking for a man wanted for a domestic violence incident that happened earlier this month.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 9:07 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
A man spotted with drug paraphernalia is accused of ramming police cruisers with a vehicle when officers tried to investigate.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 8:06 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
A 40-year-old man from Ashford was seriously hurt in a crash in Plainville on Sunday night.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 7:27 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
A man faces charges for driving the wrong way on Interstate 84 in Southbury and crashing into a state police vehicle.
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