Connecticut
Meet first babies of 2025 in Connecticut
The new year brought new bundles of joy for some Connecticut families.
Irmaris and Dibamny Robles, of New Haven, welcomed their daughter, Rebecca, at 12:53 a.m. on Jan. 1.
Rebecca was born at Yale New Haven Hospital, weighing in at 6 pounds, 6 ounces.
This is the couple’s fourth child – and she joins her three sisters.
Judith Marrero, of Bridgeport, welcomed her baby girl, Phoniex, at 2:33 a.m. on Jan. 1.
Phoniex was the first baby of the year born at Bridgeport Hospital.
She weighs 8 pounds, 3 ounces and is 22 inches long.
She joins siblings 5-year-old Nikolai and 4-year-old Blanca.
Andrjana and Nikola Milosavljevic welcomed their newborn son at Hartford Hospital on Wednesday morning.
Aleksej was born at 5 a.m., arriving two days early and weighing in at 6 pounds, 10 ounces.
“He is already awake like a big man,” his mom, Andrjana, said.
The couple said it wasn’t quite the normal New Year’s Eve party they are used to, but that was OK.
“We are blessed, what we can say? We don’t have a new year in the way we want because we were a little bit busy, but absolutely blessed,” dad, Nikola, said.
Aleksej is one of four New Year’s day babies to be born at Hartford Hospital. His mom said it was special, like a New Year’s miracle.
Aleksej has a big brother at home waiting for him.
Connecticut
Serious injuries reported in North Branford crash
A person has serious injuries after a car crash in North Branford Friday night.
The police department said a two-car accident happened in the area of Route 80 and Totoket Road around 9 p.m.
Route 80 was closed late Friday night as police conducted their investigation.
One person was transported to the hospital with serious injuries, police said.
No additional information was immediately available.
Connecticut
Connecticut intelligence center monitors tips from app, potential threats
Following the recent events in New Orleans and Las Vegas, state officials say they are not aware of any current credible threat in Connecticut.
But they are constantly monitoring for any suspicious activity.
Following the deadly attack in New Orleans, we got an inside look at how the state works to help keep people safe.
Public safety deputy commissioner Brenda Bergeron gave us access to what’s known as the Connecticut Intelligence Center.
You can find information sharing here between different local, state, federal and private organizations for preventing and responding to possible threats.
“That is the real value of a hub because we can have something can come in on the desk or some other way through the suspicious activity reports or another way, it gets evaluated here,” Bergeron said.
Those suspicious activity reports might be coming from someone who downloads and uses the updated CT Safe Mobile app.
Recently there a surge in people alerting about drone activity.
“Sometimes it’s in response to something that may have just occurred but other times, it’s used exactly as designed. Somebody in their neighborhood noticed something out of the ordinary and wanted to report to us and give us a heads up that something didn’t seem right,” Bill Turner, State Emergency Management director, said.
Authorities say things to watch out for include someone who has an unusual interest in getting key details about security measures or watching them closely.
Also, discreetly using a camera to record.
And finally, trying to access rooftops or other potentially sensitive areas.
“Maybe it’s nothing at all, but maybe it’s something very significant, and there are people now who are trained to put all the pieces together to see if these red flags are an indication that something is about to happen,” Mike Lawlor, University of New Haven criminal justice professor, said.
If there is an emergency, you should still call 911.
Connecticut
First $100,000 Cash5 jackpot winning ticket of 2025 sold in New London
Someone won the $100,000 Cash5 jackpot on Thursday night and this was the first jackpot winner of the year for the game.
The winning numbers were 3-4-6-11-25.
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The ticket was sold at Sully`s Mobil Mart at 382 Vauxhall St. in New London, according to the Connecticut Lottery.
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