Stamford

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said a small earthquake happened in Stamford on Monday morning. The 1.3 magnitude quake happened just before noon around 11:55 a.m. The USGS said the earthquake was reported about five kilometers away from North Stamford, in close proximity to the Merritt Parkway. This comes after multiple residents reported tremors Thursday night and into Friday morning....

Police and fire officials are investigating multiple reports of tremors in Stamford Thursday night and into Friday morning. The police department said they received reports of tremors and shaking in the Turn of River Road and High Ridge Road area around 6:30 p.m. Some residents described the noise as a series of loud explosions, causing homes to shake and even...

A pedestrian and a motorcyclist are both hospitalized with serious injuries after the motorcycle hit a man in Stamford on Wednesday night, according to police. The crash happened at the intersection of Atlantic Street and Tresser Boulevard around 7:41 p.m. Police said a 28-year-old Stamford resident was driving a 2023 Kawasaki, heading west on Tresser Boulevard, and hit a 24-year-old...

A 64-year-old man was struck by a front-end loader at a Stamford business on Wednesday morning and he has died, police said. Police responded to an undisclosed business on Magee Avenue around 8:13 a.m. and said they learned that a 64-year-old Stamford man was working in the back of a business, helping a customer, when a driver on a front-end...

A 17-year-old Stamford High School student has died after his motorcycle collided with a car on Friday night. Police said a 58-year-old Stamford resident was driving a car south on Lockwood Avenue around 9:15 p.m., attempted to make a left turn and went into the motorcycle’s path of travel. Investigators believe the motorcyclist tried to stop, but he could...

A Stamford elementary school teacher has been charged with a dozen counts of sexual assault for allegedly touching kids inappropriately. The police department said they arrested Andrew Park, who is accused of inappropriately touching 12 girls. All of the victims were Park’s students, according to police. On Feb. 23, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) notified the Stamford Police…

A Stamford police officer has been arrested for his role in a deadly crash that left a beloved pastor dead in July. Rev. Tommie Jackson was trying to cross Wire Mill Road in Stamford after retrieving mail from his mailbox on July 26 when he was struck by a marked Stamford police patrol vehicle driven by Officer Zachary Lockwood. Lockwood...

An investigation is underway after a pastor was struck by a police cruiser and died while getting mail outside his Stamford home Wednesday. Reverend Tommie Jackson, 69, was a beloved member of the community. He was trying to cross Wire Mill Road in Stamford after retrieving mail from his mailbox around 4:12 p.m. Wednesday when he was struck by a…

The man who died after he was hit by a police cruiser in Stamford Wednesday night was a local pastor, the assistant director of the Urban Redevelopment Commission and the husband of a Stamford police commissioner, according to the mayor’s office. Reverend Tommie Jackson, 69, was trying to cross Wire Mill Road in Stamford after retrieving mail from his mailbox...

Connecticut State Police are investigating after a reverend was hit by a police cruiser in Stamford and died. The Stamford Police Department said a resident was struck on Wire Mill Road at about 4:15 p.m. The resident, identified as 69-year-old Tommie Jackson, was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died. Stamford Mayor Caroline Simmons said Reverend Tommie Jackson…

A Worcester, Massachusetts man has died after a crash on Interstate 95 in Stamford early Thursday morning. State police said 26-year-old Emmanuel Pierre, of Worcester, was driving a Nissan Rogue on I-95 North when he hit the guardrail near exit 8 in Stamford, crossed the highway and hit a concrete barrier just before 12:30 a.m. He was taken to Stamford…

A federal court cleared the way for the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, to settle thousands of claims over the toll of opiods, seemingly without the threat of civil lawsuits.

A man has died after crashing into a support column of a parking garage in Stamford on Friday night. Investigators said 47-year-old Hector Ricardo Rivera-Salazar, of Stamford, was driving northbound on Houston Terrace around 11:45 p.m. At one point, his vehicle went across all lanes of traffic on East Main Street and entered a property before hitting a support column…