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Glen Mourning is a Danbury native who wanted to inspire and empower disenfranchised minority youth between 6-14 years of age. The educator said he struggled to find positive roles influences in his community during his childhood. “There was not too many positive role models in general,” said Mourning. “I met my father at 18 and most of my uncles were…

Danbury police are investigating what they said is a suspicious death after a man was found near railroad tracks last week. An officer was alerted by a concerned citizen about an unresponsive man shortly before noon on Wednesday. According to police, the unidentified man was found near the railroad tracks by Maple Avenue and Garamella Boulevard. The man appeared to…

Connecticut State Police are searching for an evading vehicle that was involved in a motorcycle crash in Danbury on Saturday. Troopers said the accident happened on Route 7 northbound, south of exit 11 in Danbury around 11:43 a.m. According to police, a black Dodge Challenger or Charger with tinted windows and Connecticut plates hit a motorcycle and fled north on…

Amazon has plans to open a distribution center in Danbury, city officials announced Wednesday. Mayor Mark Boughton said that the company will open a 147,000-square-foot Last Mile Distribution Center on the Old Sherman Turnpike at the former site of the Scholastic Corporation. The mayor expects the move to bring at least 400 new jobs to the city. “We are so…

A woman has died and a man is in critical condition after a fire at a multi-family home in Danbury early Sunday morning. Firefighters were called to a home on Ninth Street just after midnight after getting a report of a smoke detector activation. While crews were responding, firefighters said there was a second call reporting an odor of smoke….

A bear that was hanging out behind a fire station in Danbury on Monday has been relocated and is now safely back in the wild. Firefighters said they spotted a bear in the lot behind their fire station while doing a morning station cleaning and equipment check. The bear, later named ‘Dan Berry’ by Mayor Mark Boughton, decided he liked…

Three families were displaced after a fire at a housing complex in Danbury on Monday morning. Firefighters responded to a structure fire at Bells Place in the Danbury Housing complex and found heavy smoke and flames coming from the rear of one of the units, according to fire officials. Emergency crews searched the building for anyone still inside, but everyone…

Police have arrested two people in connection with a fatal stabbing at a Danbury skate park earlier this month. Officers Thursday arrested a 16-year-old from Danbury in the death of Willy Placencia. Placencia, 21, was found suffering from multiple stab wounds at the Danbury Skate Park on March 18. He later died of his injuries. After receiving several anonymous tips…

Danbury Superior Court will be closed until further notice after an employee in the clerk’s office there tested positive for COVID-19. The Judicial Branch learned of the employee on Wednesday and immediately closed the building for cleaning and sanitization, according to chief court administrator Patrick Carroll III. After more discussions about the flow of business to the Danbury courthouse...

A 21-year-old man was killed in a stabbing at the Danbury Skate Park Wednesday. Police said they were called to the park on Patriot Drive around 6:30 p.m. for a reported fight. When they arrived they found Willy Placencia with multiple stab wounds. He was taken to Danbury Hospital where he died. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information should…

Governor Ned Lamont says the state is doing everything it can to combat coronavirus and offered suggestions for residents during a news conference on Monday. “Nobody could be totally prepared for a virus like COVID-19, a virus that’s changing every day. And the infections are accelerating every day, but we’re working together on a collaborative basis to do everything...

Governor Ned Lamont says the state is doing everything it can to combat coronavirus and offered suggestions for residents during a news conference on Monday.

A Wilton man has tested positive for coronavirus, marking the first presumptive positive case of coronavirus involving a Connecticut resident. Governor Lamont said on Sunday that the Connecticut Department of Health State Laboratory confirmed the case. The patient is a resident of Wilton, is 40 to 50 years old and is being treated at Danbury Hospital, according to Lamont. The…

A Wilton man has tested positive for coronavirus, marking the first presumptive positive case of coronavirus involving a Connecticut resident.

A Wilton man has tested positive for coronavirus, marking the first presumptive positive case of coronavirus involving a Connecticut resident.

A Connecticut community physician has tested positive for coronavirus, marking the second case connected to the state within a day. The newest person who is infected is a community physician who made rounds at Bridgeport Hospital, according to Governor Ned Lamont. The doctor saw a limited number of patients at Bridgeport Hospital and did not show signs or symptoms of…

A Connecticut community physician has tested positive for coronavirus, marking the second case connected to the state within a day.