I-95 Crash
10:52am--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- #cttraffic--A crash on I-95 southbound at exit 28 has traffic backed up into Stratford. No word on injuries. Detour if you can!
10:52am--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- #cttraffic--A crash on I-95 southbound at exit 28 has traffic backed up into Stratford. No word on injuries. Detour if you can!
#Bridgeport Connecticut-- As we were first to report, on February 24 at 9:25pm EMS responded to 438 Berkshire Avenue on a report of a man down. Upon examination EMS determined the male victim Michael "Shane" Watkins was shot and was transported to Bridgeport Hospital where he was pronounced dead from the gunshot wounds. At the same time a gunshot victim arrived at St. Vincent's Hospital, a man shot in the chest. He is expected to survive. Detectives are determining if the shootings are connected. Unconfirmed reports say detectives made an arrest on Old Town Road of a suspect in Williams's homicide.
10:00pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- It is food burning on the stove no house fire at 1315 Noble Avenue, but now you know what all the noise was about! This news report is made possible by:
9:40pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- Fairfield Avenue was closed until Bud's Towing cleared the crash 3 car crash at Fairfield and Norman Street. No word on any injuries.
9:30pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- A second ambulance has been dispatched to a crash in front of 3401 Main Street near Keeler Avenue. Traffic is being rerouted, avoid the area if you can. This news report is made possible by: http://www.zeislaw.com/attorneys/james-r-miron/
4:33pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a motor vehicle which struck a pedestrian at 4980 Park Avenue in Bridgeport. First responders are on their way. This news report is brought to you by you the patron, support us today at http://www.patreon.com/doingitlocal and by Interstate Batteries:
#WashingtonDC-- Hearst Connecticut just Skyped a question to Sean Spicer White House Briefing today. The question regarded sanctuary cities. Skyping questions from media around the country was a new practice started since President Trump took office.
12:00pm--#Trumbull Connecticut-- Here is a first since I've started reporting. An accident between a dog and a bicyclist at Main and Middlebrooks Avenue. The dog ran out in front the bicyclist, a sixty year old man who then hit his head and is injured. The dog fled the scene. This news report is made possible by:
12:15am--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- While firefighters were fighting two cars set on fire on West Parkway firefighters also responded to a trash fire at 1166 Central Avenue. Just after 12:45am police in the area called the fire department for another trash can set on fire across the street at 1167 Central Avenue. This news report is made possible by: http://www.zeislaw.com/attorneys/james-r-miron/
In their First Act of Power Purchased for them by CBIA, Senate Republicans Kill Senate Minimum Wage Bill Senate Republicans Choose Lobbyist Money Over Working People Reacting to the Connecticut Senate Republicans blocking legislation to raise the minimum wage, Senate President Pro Tempore Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) today released the following statements: “Today, we learned that the detached and divided public spirit of President Donald Trump is alive and well right here in Connecticut, as the Connecticut Senate Republicans’ first official act under our new, bipartisan power-sharing agreement was to turn their backs on some of the hardest working and most needy people of Connecticut by dividing the Labor and Public Employees…