Danbury News

Five people were charged with drunken driving as a result of traffic stops or accidents over the holiday weekend, according to police in Danbury and Brookfield.

A tractor-trailer truck loaded with building material rolled over on Interstate 84 East just shy of Exit 4 on Thursday, completely closing the highway until early evening.

With apologies to "American Idol's" Adam Lambert, if you want to hear a Led Zeppelin cover done right go see Lez Zeppelin.

Police arrested two brothers early Saturday morning, after an unpleasant motor vehicle stop.

State Rep. David Scribner, who also is Brookfield's town treasurer, has a federal tax lien filed against him for more than $75,000. Scribner on Tuesday confirmed the Internal Revenue Service filed a lien for $76,253 in August 2006.

Many of the fifth- and sixth-graders in the Immaculate High School science lab Monday raised their hands when asked if they had seen the movie "Apollo 13." "Do you remember when the spaceship was in peril because there was not going to be enough fuel to land?" science teacher Katherin Sniffin asked.

A Danbury man involved in a fatal Feb. 1 multi-vehicle accident on the Route 7 connector in Norwalk surrendered Friday at State Police Troop G headquarters after learning they had a warrant for his arrest.

A fight broke out near Cowboy Bar around 6 p.m. Saturday, sending one man to the hospital and two others behind bars.

Sometimes staycations can stray from civilization. In other words, let's just say they need not involve a museum or art gallery.

The Newtown High School Class of 2009 graduated in ceremonies Thursday evening, June 25, at the O'Neill Center at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury.

The Bethel man whose green BMW swerved onto the grass and into several parked cars at the War Memorial nearly two weeks ago is now listed in fair condition at Danbury Hospital, according to an official there.

NEW FAIRFIELD, Conn. - Connecticut police say a 13-year-old girl has died after a large tree fell on her during a party at a home on the Danbury - New Fairfield town line.

A party to celebrate the end of the school year turned tragic Wednesday afternoon when a dead 50-foot tree fell and killed a seventh-grade New Fairfield Middle School student and injured another girl.

A city man whose car allegedly rear-ended another vehicle while driving along South Street is blaming a crossing guard for the accident.

Danbury, Connecticut, a city of 75,000, is home to more than 4,000 Arab Americans, most of Lebanese descent.

Local police work day and night to make sure residents are safe on the road and at home.

A 22-year-old Danbury man was charged with drunken driving after he was seen driving erratically on Main Street in front of the police station.

Federal drug agents and Connecticut police have arrested a Bronx, N.Y., man in a drug robbery and fatal shooting in Danbury.

Danbury police and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents arrested a 29-year-old man at his home in New York Wednesday morning in connection with the discovery of a bullet-riddled body found in February on a rural road along Route 37.

The Latino Scholarship Fund will award a total of $50,000 to 26 Danbury, New Milford, and Newtown high school seniors Sunday.