Aleysha Ortiz is 19 years old and in her freshman year at the University of Connecticut. She graduated last year from a ...

A Hartford Public Schools graduate is taking legal action against the city, the Board of Education, and one of her special ...

A Connecticut student who testified about being illiterate during a city council meeting then went on to graduate high school with honors the next month is now suing the City of Hartford and its board ...

Yet many who are illiterate are still graduating high school, Aleysha Ortiz among them. The 19-year-old walked the stage at her high school graduation and received her diploma with honors, despite the ...

1️⃣ Changing landscape: From freezing funds to threatening tariffs and gutting humanitarian aid, grain growers and sellers ...

A Hartford Public Schools graduate is taking legal action against the city, the Board of Education, and one of her special ...

Every first day of school, I would tell the teacher I cannot read and write so please be patient for me, so everyone knew,” ...

Aleysha Ortiz, a Hartford Public Schools graduate, earned her diploma but cannot read or write. She sat down with News 8's Eva Zymaris for her first television interview, sharing her message to ...

Suncoast High is hosting a college fair featuring representatives from more than 90 colleges and universities.

WBC interim super welterweight champion, Vergil Ortiz Jr. put on the best performance of his career on Saturday. Ortiz walked away with a unanimous decision victory over Israil Madrimov (117-111 ...

Vergil Ortiz Jnr faces, on paper, the toughest test of his professional career Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Ortiz will defend his WBC interim junior middleweight title against former ...

Over his first four seasons in the minors, Ortiz hit .286 with 205 runs, 33 home runs, 177 RBIs, and 25 stolen bases over 1,219 at-bats. His bat has improved at AAA (.327/88/13/72/17 over 453 at ...