Stephen Krauchick

DoingItLocal is run by Steve Krauchick. Steve has always had interest with breaking news even as an early teen, opting to listen to the Watergate hearings instead of top 40 on the radio. His interest in news spread to become the communities breaking news leader in Connecticut’s Fairfield County. He strongly believes that the public has right to know what is happening in their backyard and that government needs to be transparent. Steve also likes promoting local businesses.

State Police Labor Day Weekend Stats

Troopers continue to patrol the highways and roads in Connecticut over this 2016 Labor Day weekend. During this enforcement operation troopers are utilizing both traditional and non-traditional state police vehicles. The enforcement project started at 12:01 a.m. on 9/2/16 and will run through 11:59 p.m. on 9/5/16.   Troopers are focusing on drunken driving violations, aggressive drivers, distracted drivers and speeding. Sobriety checkpoints and targeted DUI patrols were in place over the entire weekend. These State Police stats cover the time period starting at midnight on 9/2/16 to 5:00 p.m. on 9/4/16. Speeding 886     Seatbelt 89     Other hazardous moving violations 1952  (to include unsafe lane change, following too closely, cell phone, Texting, etc.) DUI arrests 31      Accidents  investigated 214   with…

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Fairfield News: Sheep Gone Wild!

8:46pm--#Fairfield Connecticut--If you were sleepwalking on Barrister Lane you'd think you were counting sheep.  About 20 sheep got loose from their pen in the 4400 block of Black Rock Turnpike.  Police and animal control them back to their home when I arrived.  A special thanks to Madison, Cara, and Amanda for sending me their Snapchat videos and to Sheryl "Petmom" for the heads up on the call.  After the last couple of weeks of tragic videos this was fun to put together.  I saved all the puns for you our viewer to add in the comments!   8:46pm--#Fairfield Connecticut-- Cerca de 20 ovejas se soltaron de su casa en 4400 Black rock Turnpike. La policía y el control de animales…

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Bridgeport News: Setting The Ex’s Things On Fire

10:10pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- Police and firefighters are on the way to Roger Williams Road for a man setting his ex's things on fire.  She is in Florida and he is emailing/texting her video of her things on fire.   This news report is made possible by: 10:10pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut- La policía y los bomberos están en camino a Roger Williams Rd para un hombre que esta tirando las cosas de su ex a un fuego. Ella está en Florida y el le está enviando mensajes de texto y videos de sus cosas en fuego.

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#Westport Fire Receives Grant

WESTPORT, Conn.—The Westport Fire Department has received a $4,000 fire prevention grant from FM Global, a major commercial property insurer. FM Global representative Meaghan Paul presented the award to Chief Andrew Kingsbury, Assistant Chief John Plofkin Jr, and Deputy Chief Robert Kepchar at Westport Fire Headquarters today.  The award will be used to assist with pre-fire planning activities in an effort to efficiently collect and track data related to local community buildings.  The information will help the department when it responds to an emergency situation. Because fire continues to be the leading cause of property damage worldwide, FM Global has contributed millions of dollars in fire prevention grants during the past 35 years to fire departments around the globe.  Locally,…

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