Attorney General Richard Blumenthal will call out the Army Corps of Engineers today during a 1 p.m. press conference over the proposed Army training center in Middletown.

The national unemployment rate jumped 0.2 percent to 5.7 percent in July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.

SBT Bancorp, holding company for The Simsbury Bank & Trust Co., has reported a 131 percent increase in net income in the second quarter compared to the same period last year.