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A manager of a Danbury company sprang into action after a truck caught on fire inside of a loading dock on Saturday morning. Dispatchers received a 911 call around 7:45 a.m. reporting a truck on fire in the loading dock at Omaha Beef on Maple Avenue. As firefighters were responding, officials said Jason Street, the manager of Omaha Beef, who…

Connecticut State Police have issued a Silver Alert for a man who has been missing from Danbury for almost a month. According to police, 73-year-old David Allen has been missing since Tuesday, January 19. Allen has grey hair and grey eyes and is 5-foot 11-inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. In a photo provided by police, he can be seen…

Nine people are displaced after a fire on Smoke Hill Drive in Danbury early on New Year’s Day. Firefighters responded at 1:30 a.m. and escalated the call to a second alarm. The fire was put out quickly, but nine people are displaced. The Danbury fire marshal’s office is investigating the cause of the fire.

One person is in critical condition after a fire in Danbury Wednesday morning, Firefighters responded to the Sterling Woods Townhouse complex off of Nabby Road at 8:14 a.m. after receiving reports of a garage fire and found a large column of smoke. Fire was coming from the garage of a two-and-a-half story condo unit and a third alarm was struck,…

Connecticut State Police have issued a Silver Alert for a woman from Danbury who has been missing for almost two weeks. On Sunday, a Silver Alert was issued for 36-year-old Christina Motley. State police said she has been missing from Danbury since December 16. She is 5-foot 7-inches tall, weighs 160 pounds and has brown eyes and brown hair. Anyone…

A total of 10 people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries following multiple crashes on Route 7 in Danbury on Friday. Danbury fire crews said they were clearing an accident of Route 7 north as they were made aware of another accident on the other side of the highway. That accident ended up being in Brookfield. Brookfield…

The American Red Cross is assisting 22 people after a fire in Danbury on Saturday. Five families, including 16 adults and six children, are receiving assistance through the Red Cross after the fire on Rowan Street. The Red Cross is also providing comfort kits containing personal care items such as toothbrushes, deodorant, shaving supplies and other items a resident might…

Amid an uptick in coronavirus cases, Danbury is taking several steps including a delay to in-person learning. “I have three kids and I would love for them to back to school. So I just want this all to be over with,” said Kellie Vasquez of Danbury. The school district decided to postpone Monday’s planned return to in-person classes. For...

Amid an uptick in coronavirus cases, Danbury is taking several steps including a delay to in-person learning.

The city of Danbury is taking action amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases.

Danbury city officials announced Friday night that all schools will remain remote due to ongoing concerns about the spread of COVID-19 in the city.

After a playful feud that has gone on for months, the sewage plant in Danbury is now named after comedian John Oliver and the host of “Last Week Tonight” made the trip from New York City to Danbury for the renaming. “There is a reason that this sewer plant means so much to me and that’s that it represents...

After some good-natured ribbing between John Oliver and the City of Danbury, the mayor announced the city has officially named its sewage treatment plant after the show host.

Interstate 84 East was closed at exit 4 in Danbury after a tractor-trailer overturned between exits 3 and 4 around 6 a.m. The highway has reopened and the right lane remains closed as of 1 p.m. The fire department posted that there might have been a hazardous materials leak and crews were in the process of identifying and stopping the…

What started out as a potty joke has turned into a positive impact for many in Danbury.  According to Mayor Mark Boughton, comedian John Oliver has pledged over $50,000 to help the community. This is in exchange for having his name put on the city’s sewage plant. In an 18 – 1 vote Thursday night, Danbury Town Council agreed to…

The Danbury City Council voted to rename the city’s sewer plant after John Oliver, according to Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton. Oliver previously vowed to donate $55,000 to charity if officials followed through on the joke to rename its sewage treatment plant after him. The back and forth between the two started when Oliver took some shots at Boughton on his…

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection responded to an oil spill in Sympaug Brook in Danbury. DEEP officials said the spill resulted from a hose failure at a manufacturing facility owned by Stanley Engineered Fastening on Shelter Rock Lane. About 1,800 gallons of waste oil containing metals was assumed lost, and while some waste was recovered from a secondary…

A Connecticut city won’t waste an opportunity to get a sizable donation from comedian John Oliver over a weekslong joke pertaining to the name of a sewage plant in the area. Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton said in a video posted on his Facebook page Sunday that the city would accept Oliver’s challenge. Boughton said the city would rename the...

The governor was joined by Mayor Mark Boughton, Connecticut Department of Public Health Acting Commissioner Dr. Deidre Gifford, City of Danbury Acting Health Director Kara Prunty, and other local officials to talk about the recent spike. The Connecticut Department of Public Health on Friday evening issued a COVID-19 alert for Danbury.

The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is closing the Lattins Cove state boat launch and limiting parking at the Squantz Cove state boat launch on Candlewood Lake to 50% after reports of large gatherings paired with an uptick in coronavirus cases in Danbury, state officials said Tuesday. State officials said there have been reports of activities at Candlewood…