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Driver With White, Powdery Substance On His Face Found Asleep Behind Wheel On I-84: Cops Driver With White, Powdery Substance On His Face Found Asleep Behind Wheel On I-84: Cops
Driver With White, Powdery Substance On His Face Found Asleep Behind Wheel On I-84: Cops Michael Tobin's great escape from troopers never really got off the ground in Connecticut. The 66-year-old Vernon man was found asleep behind the wheel at a green light in Tolland and is now facing OUI and drug charges after allegedly trying to flee, despite his car being turned off, state police said. Shortly after 11 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 9, troopers responded to a report of a silver Jetta stopped in the right-turn-only lane at the intersection of I-84 eastbound at exit 68 and Route 195 in Tolland. According to state police, the vehicle had been sitting motionless at a green light for sev…

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by Zak Failla
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Fire Ravages Historic UConn Building On Storrs Campus Fire Ravages Historic UConn Building On Storrs Campus
Fire Ravages Historic UConn Building On Storrs Campus Fire crews from the University of Connecticut and other agencies responded to a fire at UConn’s historic Whitney House on the Storrs campus. The fire broke out in the house, one of the oldest structures on campus, located near Mirror Lake around 6 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 20, said university spokesperson Stephanie Reitz.  The building was not currently in use and no injuries were reported, but the damage is extensive and is being assessed, Reitz said. The fire was brought under control by 8 a.m. and is now fully extinguished, but one lane of Route 195 remains closed for emergency app…

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by Kathy Reakes