UPDATE: Two car crash one badly damaged according to radio reports. Only far right lane is open .
12:55am–#cttraffic–#Shelton CT– Report of a crash on Route 8 southbound between exits 13 and 14. First responders on the way.
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8:16pm–#Bridgeport CT– Firefighters on scene at 850 Nobel Avenue for a report of a structure fire. Firefighters arriving on scene report smoke coming from the 3rd floor. Turns out to be food burning on the stove.
7:50pm–#Bridgeport CT–Odor of gas indoors reported at 221 Anthony Street Building #16. Here come a bunch of firetruiks!
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4:22pm–#Bridgeport CT–Police and the Bridgeport Fire Marshal is investigating a fire that was lit on a school bus at the intersection of James and Harral Avenue. Firefighters said it was minor in nature and the item lit on fire was thrown out the window but they are required to investigate any fire lit on a school bus no matter how minor. The age of the students on the bus were unknown and the bus was emptied of all students when I arrived.
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4:28pm–#Bridgeport News: 4:28pm–#Bridgeport News: Report of a car accident involving a school bus. There are injuries according to radio reports Boston and Bond Street. Radio reports say 6 vehicles are involved in the crash and traffic is seriously backed up in the area. No injuries reported on the bus.
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4:11pm–#Milford CT– A domestic fight occurred at the Milford Mall Target and a tall black male wearing a green zip up hoodie and jeans is armed and may be in the wooded area on I 95 according to radio reports. An ambulance has just been dispatched to the Target store, unknown if this is related.
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(HARTFORD, CT) – Today, the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) announced agreements between the state and the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Tribes that would allow for Keno in the coming year. The accords re-affirm the state’s gaming compact with the tribes and were a necessary step to adhere to Public Acts 15-244 and 15-5.
As part of the agreements, each tribe will receive 12.5% of gross operating revenues and tribes may also operate Keno within their reservation and be an authorized lottery retailer of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation.
“These agreements are the result of productive and cooperative negotiations between the state and the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribes and represents the next step forward in bringing Keno to the state,” OPM Secretary Ben Barnes stated. “It has previously taken years to implement new gaming, and it is surely a credit to the tribes and the Connecticut Lottery Corporation that we should be able to begin Keno in less than a year after the bill passed. We sincerely appreciate the cooperation and hard work of all stakeholders.”
Charles F. Bunnell, Chief of Staff for External and Governmental Affairs of The Mohegan Tribal Council commented: “The Mohegan Tribal Council feels very strongly in open and productive dialogue between our two governments. The recent agreement to allow the Connecticut Lottery Corporation to offer Keno is a perfect example of that communication and our desire to find common ground.”
William L. Satti, Director of Legislative Affairs for Mashantucket Pequot stated: “We are pleased to work with the state on issues of mutual interest that ultimately will continue to allow Connecticut and the Tribal Nations’ economies to prosper.”
Keno is a game where, traditionally and under the agreement, a subset of approximately twenty winning numbers are drawn approximately every four minutes from a larger field of approximately eighty numbers, and an eligible player holding a ticket matching the numbers required for a particular spot game redeems such ticket with a licensed retailer or the Lottery. (State of Connecticut Press Release)
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3:18pm–#cttraffic–#Norwalk CT– A four car crash on Route 7 southbound with entrapment and injuries. Radio reports say two cars are smoking heavily and firefighters are running a firehose to the cars.
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2:40pm–#cttraffic–#Milford CT–#Stratford CT– A crash with injuries has I-95 southbound on the Moses Wheeler Bridge backed up. Get off and go on Route 1 if you can.
The Westport Fire Department responded to a two vehicle accident on I-95 South Exit 17 to 16. One person was transported to Norwalk Hospital by Westport E.M.S. for further evaluation of apparent non life threatening injuries. The Westport Fire Department responded with one Command Car, one Engine and one Rescue Company. The right and middle lanes of the highway were closed for the duration of the incident. The last Fire Department vehicle cleared the scene at 12:26 pm
Assistant Chief Larry Conklin Westport Fire Department Press Release
