HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 14 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * A 36-hour detour will be in place during construction * * * The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is alerting the public that the replacement of railroad crossings at Route 14/School Street and Texas Heights Road in Plainfield will take place in late-September and early-October. To ensure the safety of workers and the public, and to facilitate installation o  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Bridgeport has returned a three-count indictment charging JAMAINE JONES, 34, of Stamford, with PCP distribution and firearm possession offenses. The indictment was returned on August 21, 2024. Jones, who had been detained  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MIGUEL ACEVEDO, 41 of Meriden, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to cocaine trafficking offenses. According to court documents and statements made in court, on June 7, 2021, Meriden Police arrested Acevedo on state crack cocaine distribu  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 14 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: More than $554,000 in food benefit dollars have been stolen from North Carolina's Food and Nutrition Services participants since Aug. 18. No further fraudulent activity has been reported since Sept. 6, 2024, when NCDHHS implemented a block on online transactions originating from Connecticut, Florida, and New York that appeared to be tied to fraudulent activity. The  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: Newport, R.I. Leadership how we are influenced, how we influence others and how to be successful at leading was the focus of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport's Women's Equality Day celebration held on Aug. 29. U.S. Navy Cmdr. Abaigeal Hillyard, deputy director of the Human Resources Center of Excellence at Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island, spoke in ho  more