I-95 Brush Fires
2020-07-01@3:00pm--#Milford CT-- #cttraffic-- Firefighters just battled a brush fire near exit 36 and are now fighting another one near exit 32. This one is causing a lot of smoke and reducing visibility.
Darien News: Structure Fire
2020-07-19@12:38am--#Darien CT-- #ctfire-- Firefighters on scene on Dorchester Road for a house fire. The homeowner is being treated for smoke inhalation. This news report is made possible by:
Stratford News: Water Rescue
2020-07-16@3:09pm--#Stratford News: A person in the water was picked up by a person in a private boat transferred to the Stratford Marine Unit who are now on the way to Housatonic Boat Launch to transfer the victim to the hospital for evaluation. This news report is made possible by:
Deport Students Whose University Moves Classes Online?
Hartford, CT - Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on ICE's proposed rule change that would force international students to leave the country if their universities move classes online. "This is yet another cruel, unnecessary and harmful policy decision from the Trump administration," Tong said. "I have already heard from Connecticut students who are in danger of being kicked out of the country because of this rule change. The University of Connecticut, our flagship state school, hosts around 3,700 international students from dozens of countries. That's roughly 13 percent of the student body. These students often become immigrants who allow our nation's economy to grow and thrive. That's particularly the case in Connecticut, where thousands of immigrants have come to…
Wilton News: Structure Fire
2020-07-06@2:49am--#Wilton CT-- Firefighters are on the scene of a confirmed structure fire on Pipers Hill Road. This news report is made possible by:
I-95 Crash
2020-06-28@6:24pm--#Milford CT--#cttraffic-- A multi-car crash with injuries on I-95 northbound at exit 41. Expect delays.
Norwalk News: Carjacking
2020-06-19@9:33pm--#Norwalk CT-- There was just an armed carjacking on Ward Street and some Random Road. Taken was 2016 Toyota Camry. This news report is made possible by:
SENATORS WANT ANSWERS ON BOP’S FAILURE TO RESPOND TO COVID-19 OUTBREAK AT FCI DANBURY
WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Michael Carvajal seeking an explanation for BOP’s failed response to the spread of COVID-19 at FCI Danbury. The letter follows a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing “Examining Best Practices for Incarceration and Detention During COVID-19,” during which Blumenthal questioned Carvajal on BOP’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak at FCI Danbury. As of June 5, 2020, 98 inmates and 61 staff members at FCI Danbury have tested positive and one inmate has died. “In your testimony, you repeatedly told Senator Blumenthal that you would “get” or “look into” the information that you did not know then. Sadly, BOP provided minimal additional information…
Senator Wants More Money For Schools Amid Covid-19
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday questioned education officials on safely reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic. During today’s hearing, Murphy pressed former Secretary of Education John B. King, Jr. and Denver Public Schools Superintendent Susana Cordova on the need for more emergency funding for education and supporting students with disabilities as well as questioning the need for law enforcement in schools. Murphy has previously questioned college presidents on safely reopening on how athletes and fans are going to practice proper health precautions in sports arenas during the COVID-19 pandemic. On the need to appropriate additional funding to schools, Murphy said: “…let me express alarm at the prospect of…
I-95 Crash
2020-06-11@5:18pm--#Milford CT--#cttraffic-- A crash involving a tractor-trailer and a car on I-95 northbound near exit 38 sends one person to the hospital.