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: Mar. 17, 2023 at 1:05 PM EDT
|By Olivia Kalentek and Rob Polansky
Bruce Springsteen and The E. Street Band’s concert at Mohegan Sun was postponed due to illness.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 2:02 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky and Emily Van de Riet
A fallen police officer’s wife gave birth to their healthy little girl earlier this week.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 1:31 PM EST
|By Zoe Strothers, Mike Cerullo, Rob Polansky and Ayah Galal
The National Transportation Safety Board continues to investigate after a passenger on a private plane died from severe turbulence on Friday.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 11:00 AM EST
|By Rob Polansky
Three people were reported missing out of Enfield, police said on Wednesday.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 8:40 AM EST
|By Rob Polansky
A few flights at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks were canceled as a result of snow.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 5:19 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky and Emily Van de Riet
A customer who frequented a store in Connecticut stalked an employee before stabbing her seven times on Valentine’s Day, according to an arrest warrant.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 8:18 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky
A woman who was walking in the center lane of Interstate 91 south in Enfield was struck and killed by a driver, according to state police.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 at 9:07 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky and Eliza Kruczynski
All schools in Windsor Locks have been locked down due to a threat.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 at 1:09 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky and Ryan Trowbridge
Several photos and phone calls have come in who questioned if a soot-like residue that accumulated on vehicles during recent rain was connected a train derailment in Ohio.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 11:43 AM EST
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
Police in Connecticut said they charged 22-year-old Brett White with second-degree breach of peace.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 12:08 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky
Breeze Airways said it will launch three new nonstop flights out of Windsor Locks within the next two weeks.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 12:40 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky, Susan Raff and Evan Sobol
LEGO is moving its head office out of Connecticut.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 2:37 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky and Emily Van de Riet
A man in Connecticut is accused of running an illegal gambling ring while he was in jail.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 7:52 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky and Jordan Gartner
A mother has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the death of her 8-year-old son.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 12:26 PM EST
|By Audrey Russo, Rob Polansky, Susan Raff and Evan Sobol
Connecticut on Tuesday joined 20 states in allowing the use of recreational cannabis.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 9:15 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky, Susan Raff and Andrew McMunn
Two drivers, including a state lawmaker, were killed in a wrong-way crash in Connecticut Thursday morning.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 7:23 AM EST
|By Jay Kenney and Rob Polansky
A driver crashed into a fire truck on Interstate 91 south in Windsor Locks on Wednesday morning.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 1:50 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky and Ryan Trowbridge
A man faces charges in connection with a deadly collision that happened in North Canaan last winter.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 11:02 AM EST
|By Zoe Strothers, Eliza Kruczynski, Marcy Jones, Rob Polansky and Christian Colón
A marina warehouse in Mystic was heavily damaged in a four-alarm fire late Sunday night.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 9:20 AM EST
|By Rob Polansky
Police in Enfield hope the public can help track down two people who they said stole an elderly man’s wallet and went on a shopping spree.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 2:21 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky and Debra Worley
A man in Connecticut is facing charges after being accused of leaving a premature baby on the hood of a stranger’s car earlier this year.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 12:30 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky
The Bristol Police Department posted a heart-felt holiday greeting that featured the wife of one of its fallen officers.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 3:26 PM EST
|By Audrey Russo, Rob Polansky and Debra Worley
Officers with the Naugatuck Police Department are searching for a man accused of killing his daughter who was just shy of turning 1.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 9:08 AM EST
|By Evan Sobol, Christian Colón, Marcy Jones and Rob Polansky
An Enfield man was charged after his child died from fentanyl last year.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 10:07 AM EST
|By Rob Polansky
Breeze Airways said it added more low-fare flights out of Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 10:19 AM EST
|By Rob Polansky
Three-time Grammy and Emmy award winning star Lizzo put a stop in Hartford on her “The Special 2our” tour.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 5:45 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky and Jordan Gartner
Authorities in Connecticut say two women have been arrested after a woman was found dead in her apartment.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 12:27 AM EST
|By Jay Kenney, Audrey Russo, Rob Polansky, Christian Colón and Evan Sobol
A rollover crash in West Hartford that left one person with serious injuries is connected to a shots fired report on University of St. Joseph campus.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 2:06 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
A popular southern fast food chicken restaurant is looking to open a location in Connecticut.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 11:55 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Fans of the movie National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation can join actor and comedian Chevy Chase for a special viewing of the holiday classic at Foxwoods Resort Casino.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 12:15 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
What was described as a “shots fired” investigation by police was reported in Enfield on Tuesday morning.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 2:53 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Ryan Trowbridge
A man faces charges after complaints were made about a suspect with a gun on the grounds of an apartment complex in Coventry, CT.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2022 at 10:41 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky, Ryan Trowbridge, Evan Sobol, Ayah Galal and Dylan Fearon
The City of Bristol and law enforcement from across the continent say goodbye to two fallen officers on Friday.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 12:31 PM EDT
|By Olivia Kalentek, Rob Polansky, Marc Robbins, Audrey Russo, Ayah Galal, Marcy Jones, Roger Susanin, Dylan Fearon and Dennis Valera
Arrangements have been made to lay Sgt. Alex Hamzy and Lieutenant Dustin DeMonte to rest.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 12:20 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Matt McFarland
As a community mourns two officers killed in Bristol, fundraisers have been put up to help the families and those impacted by the loss.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 8:40 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Breeze Airways added four destinations from Bradley Airport in Windsor Locks.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 7:42 AM EDT
|By Christian Colón, Marcy Jones and Rob Polansky
As the community prepares to say goodbye to the two Bristol police officers killed in the line of duty, the department will posthumously promote both.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 9:47 AM EDT
|By Zoe Strothers, Marcy Jones, Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
It was part of a preliminary report from the Office of the Inspector General, which announced that 26-year-old Officer Alec Iurato was justified in the shooting of the suspect, 35-year-old Nicholas Brutcher.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 1:03 PM EDT
|By Zoe Strothers, Gray News Staff, Roger Susanin and Rob Polansky
Officials said the domestic incident the officers responded to was fake.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 11:18 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
A popular nonstop flight from Connecticut to Dublin will resume this spring.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2022 at 2:43 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Susan Raff
Vice President Kamala Harris was at Central Connecticut State University Wednesday for a conversation on reproductive rights.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 2:51 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Ryan Trowbridge
A man who admitted to Connecticut State Police that he drank alcohol before a deadly crash last year now faces a manslaughter charge.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 3:41 PM EDT
|By Eliza Kruczynski, Roger Susanin, Rob Polansky and Emily Van de Riet
American Airlines passengers had a once-in-a-lifetime experience when a baby was born mid-flight in early September.
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 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 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. 23, 2022 at 12:09 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
Two people were killed in a head-on crash on Interstate 91 in Windsor.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 11:36 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky
A C-130 military plane made a landing at Bradley Airport with an engine out.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 8:02 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky, Marcy Jones, Ayah Galal and Evan Sobol
A man accused of shooting a security guard at the Buckland Hills mall in Manchester faced a judge Monday.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2022 at 10:04 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky, Dylan Fearon and Evan Sobol
Police made an arrest after a mall shooting in Manchester Friday.
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