Bridgeport Firefighters are on the scene of a stubborn attic fire on Staples Street. Everyone made it out safely. No reported injuries; the fire marshal has been called in to investigate the cause of the fire. The Red Cross has been called to help 3 adults with their immediate needs. 2025-11-14@4:47pm --- #Bridgeport CT #ctfire
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is alerting medical and public health partners to a multistate outbreak of infant botulism associated with ByHeart powdered infant formula. This advisory provides updated epidemiologic information, guidance for early case identification, and critical actions for clinicians, hospitals, and public health agencies. CDC has identified 15 infants with suspected or confirmed infant botulism across 12 states, all of whom required hospitalization and treatment with BabyBIG® (Botulism Immune Globulin Intravenous). While no deaths have been reported, new national data reveal a disproportionate number of illnesses among infants who consumed ByHeart Whole Nutrition formula, prompting an immediate nationwide recall of all ByHeart Whole Nutrition products on November 11. Neither CDC nor FDA has identified…
First responders were dispatched to Seaside Avenue early Friday morning for a report that a 2-year-old child may have ingested a dishwasher pod. No further details are available at this time. 2025-11-14 @ 9:13am — #Bridgeport CT
A one car rollover on Exeter Street. The car appeared to hit a boulder protecting the mailbox. No injuries reported. 2025-11-13@3:15pm #Bridgeport CT
A passerby called 911 to report an unresponsive man in the 800 block of Madison Avenue. EMS discovered the man had been stabbed. There are no further details available as the police have just begun their investigation. 2025-11-12@8:25pm #Bridgeport CT
Firefighters quickly contained a blaze that spread from the second to the third floor of a building in the 300 block of Cleveland Avenue late Wednesday morning. Everyone made it out safely, and while no injuries were reported, the Fire Marshal is investigating the cause, and the Red Cross is assisting displaced residents. 2025-11-12@11:44am #Bridgeport CT
The Westport Police Department, in partnership with the Westport Police Athletic League, and Westport Police Benevolent Association, will be hosting their annual “Holiday Toy Drive”, that provides toys to underprivileged children throughout Fairfield County. Westport Police Officers will accept new, unopened and unwrapped toys for all ages and genders, as well as cash donations in the parking lot of ASF Sports & Outdoors located at 1560 Post Road East, Westport, CT on the following Saturdays and Sundays between the hours of 9:00am to 4:00pm: The Toy Post, 180 Post Road East, Westport, CT We respectfully ask for your support and generosity to help create lasting memories for children in need in our community as we believe that every child deserves…
Bridgeport, CT — The Bridgeport Police Department has arrested a 24-year-old city man, Therdy Joseph, just hours after he sexually assaulted an adult woman in the basement bedroom of his North End home late Saturday night. Joseph was charged with Sexual Assault in the First Degree, Strangulation in the Second Degree, Unlawful Restraint in the First Degree, Interfering with an Emergency Call, and Assault in the Third Degree. He was ordered held without bond ahead of his arraignment scheduled for today. The 19-year-old victim, who is not from Bridgeport, escaped the residence following the assault and drove to a nearby parking lot, where she called 911. A Bridgeport dispatcher quickly pinpointed her approximate location through the cellphone call, allowing officers…
(Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong shortly after midnight sought a temporary restraining order to block the Trump Administration from demanding that states “undo” Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits already paid out to millions of Americans.“Donald Trump wants us to take food off the plates of Connecticut families who finally just now got the chance to eat. Undo food stamps? Those funds were out the door on Saturday, and families were in the grocery stores all weekend. We’re fighting this one to the bitter end,” said Attorney General Tong. “Trump’s actions have been unconscionable, unlawful and erratic, and states like Connecticut had a moral imperative and legal right to act quickly to get funds out the door. Trump never had the…
https://youtube.com/shorts/tRoqFEHky5I A pedestrian was struck on Lordship Boulevard at Honeyspot Road. On scene there did not appear to be the striking vehicle. 2025-11-10@9:28pm #Stratford CT
