There will be a ramp at the Norwich Tech High School graduation so a student in a wheelchair can cross the stage with his classmates.

Kyle Tempesta spoke with NBC Connecticut earlier this month when he learned there would not be a ramp for the stage at graduation.

Tempesta said a school staff member told him there would be no ramp at the ceremony in the gym.

“She basically told me that I was going to be unable to cross the stage at graduation with the rest of my class and I would have to receive my diploma kind of off to the side out of the spotlight unlike everyone else,” Tempesta said in a previous interview.

When NBC Connecticut reached out, a spokesperson for the Connecticut Department of Education that runs the school said the administration was working on a solution.

NBC Connecticut reached out to the local ramp rental company Amramp, which offered to help out.

On Friday, the state confirmed that Amramp will be providing the ramp for Tempesta’s graduation ceremony next Thursday, so he can cross the stage like all the other graduates.

Six people, including three children, were displaced by a fire in Hartford Friday night.

Fire crews responded to a two-family home on Pliny Street just before 8 p.m. and quickly brought the fire under control.

Hartford fire officials said the fire was on the rear porches. The family on the first floor was able to escape unharmed, and the second floor was vacant.

No injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

A woman is in the hospital after she was burned in a fire at a multi-family house in Manchester early Saturday morning.

According to officials, the 48-year-old woman was awakened by smoke and fire in her apartment at 56 1/2 School Street around 3:20 a.m. She woke up her neighbor who then called 911.

The woman was injured in the fire and required help from her neighbors to get out of the building. Firefighters treated her on scene before she was transported to the hospital with potentially life-threatening thermal injuries, according to authorities. Six other people inside of the building were all able to escape without injury, fire officials say.

When firefighters arrived, they say they saw light smoke coming from the second floor windows in the front of an apartment. Once they were inside, they say they encountered a high heat and heavy smoke in the apartment. They were able to determine that nobody was still inside the building.

The fire was contained to a single apartment, officials say, but the house has been deemed uninhabitable by the local building department until repairs can be made.

The American Red Cross and Manchester Human Services are assisting everyone who is displaced from the fire.

The Fire Marshal is working to determine where and how the fire started.

The goal of the new Hartford line is to get cars off the roads during the work week and connect Connecticut commuters from the shoreline to the capital city and beyond. However, this weekend, passengers who hopped aboard the new Hartford rail line were looking to ride for pleasure.

“The last time I rode north from Hartford was 1958. When I was three years old,” explained Roger Ristau of Willimantic.

Ristau, a self-described train enthusiast, wanted to recreate his ride to Springfield, Massachusetts 60-years ago. The inaugural ride attracted many train aficionados, like Gary Grahl, who drove in from New York City to be on the first train out of the station.

“During my life I’ve been at closings. The last train here, the last trolley there and it’s nice to be at a place where something is new. I’d like to be on the first instead of the last,” said Grahl.

Mike and Kam Perotti had a day of errands and household chores planned, but when they heard about the free ride, they decided to hop aboard and celebrate their 34th wedding anniversary in the Big Apple instead.

“We’re going to take the train into New Haven and then from New Haven into New York,” said Kam.

After this weekend, a one-way ticket will cost eight-dollars.

“Although there were some trains on this line they were relatively infrequent and expensive, people tended not to use it because it was expensive. What we’ve done is lower the fairs,” explained Rich Andreski, CTDOT Transit Bureau Chief.

The $768-million-dollar project was paid for with state and federal funds and took three years to build.

Officials say the train will take 45 minutes to get to Hartford from New Haven, making three stops along the way in Wallingford, Meriden, and Berlin, and 81 minutes from New Haven to Springfield, stopping in Windsor and Windsor Locks. From there, passengers will be able to board others lines and travel even further.

With children in New York City and Boston, the Perrottis expect to be frequent passengers.

“I’ve always thought it would be great to have a train from Hartford to New York and Hartford to Boston so when I heard about this I was super excited,” Mike said.

“Although the free rides end this weekend, free parking will continue at some of the stations along the Hartford line until September 3rd.

Officials from multiple agencies are monitoring bear sightings in Rocky Hill on Saturday.

Police in Rocky Hill say they received several reports of bear sightings in the west end of town. The bear was seen in different locations including Maple Street, Candle Lite Drive and France Street, but was most recently seen near Cold Spring Road.

Officers from the Rocky Hill Police Department and members of Rocky Hill Animal Control were called to the areas and saw the bear themselves. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) was also advised of the sightings. Rocky Hill Animal Control and DEEP say they are continuing to monitor the area.

According to officials, residents should be aware of their surroundings and are reminded that bears are attracted to garbage, pet food, compost piles, fruit trees and birdfeeders around houses.

Home owners should take necessary steps to make sure homes and yards do not have items that would attract bears, police say.

Anyone who sees a bear in Rocky Hill is encouraged to contact Rocky Hill Police at (860) 258-7640 or DEEP at (860) 424-3333.

The New York attorney general’s lawsuit against President Donald Trump and the Donald J. Trump Foundation is essentially a civil complaint, and while most would prefer being sued than being prosecuted, a civil action has the potential to do more damage than an indictment for the presidency, NBC News reported.

It remains an open question about whether a president is immune from indictment, arrest or prosecution while in office, but there is less debate about presidential immunity from civil suit. This mean’s the president is most likely less immune to a state attorney general’s petition that is civil in nature than he would be if the same attorney general tried to prosecute him.

If forced to defend himself against the petition, Trump will be forced to come up with answers for very serious allegations about his charitable organization.

A plane made an emergency landing in East Hartford on Saturday afternoon.

It happened near Pratt and Whitney around 1 p.m. According to police, they are investigating what appears to be an engine failure on the plane. 

There is no damage to the plane and there are no known injuries, officers say.

This is a developing story.

Officials are working to determine the cause of a fire at a home in Fairfield that happened on Saturday.

Residents say there was an explosion before the house on Half Mile Road caught fire.

When firefighters arrived, they say they were faced with an extensive fire that had already engulfed the rear of the house. They say smoke and fire could be seen towering over the home from across the street.

While some firefighters stretched hose lines to control the fire, others used hand tools to access concealed burning areas and removed toxic and cancerous smoke from the house with powerful fans.

Everyone inside of the house was able to safely evacuate and call first responders. There were no injuries to occupants or firefighters reported.

Investigators estimate the money save from the fire to be approximately $350,000.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Police in Bristol are searching for a man after a woman was stabbed on Saturday morning.

Officers say they received a 911 call reporting a woman was injured on Landry Street near Divinity Street around 8:00 a.m.

When police arrived, they say they found a woman bleeding from a knife wound to her neck. The woman was transported to the hospital where she is being treated for her injury. She is expected to survive.

An investigation into the incident is being conducted by members of the department's patrol and crime divisions. As a result, Bristol Police have issued an active arrest warrant for 29-year-old Christopher Howard for crimes of assault and unlawful restraint.

Howard is described as a man who stands at approximately 5'10" with a slim build and red hair.

Police say he is known to frequent the Bristol and Waterbury areas.

Anyone with any information on where he may be is asked to call Bristol Police at (860) 584-3011.

Members of Middletown Fire Department's dive team have recovered a man's body after he drowned at Millers Pond State Park in Durham on Saturday.

First responders from Connecticut State Police, Durham, Haddam, Middletown and Portland all responded to the park around 2:00 p.m for reports of a possible drowning.

Within an hour, the 27-year-old man's body was recovered by members of Middletown Fire Department's dive team.

Millers Pond State Park will remain closed until the investigation is complete.

Authorities have not released the man's identity.

Three people are in the hospital after being injured in a multi-vehicle crash on I-84 in Tolland that closed both sides of the highway on Sunday morning.

State police say a tractor trailer and two other vehicles collided and closed the highway from exits 67 to 68 around 12:40 a.m. 

According to investigators, a tractor trailer ended up in a ditch headed toward a grove of trees on the eastbound side of the highway. Another vehicle landed upside down next to the concrete barrier in the median towards the westbound side of the highway.

First responders say two people were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries and a third was hospitalized with minor injuries.

DEEP has been called to clean up 80 gallons of fuel that leaked from the tractor trailer.

The westbound side of the highway reopened around 9:15 a.m. There is no word on how long until the eastbound side reopens.

Crews have fixed a sewer line and stopped sewage discharge after the line broke on Friday.

On Friday afternoon, officials from Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection responded to assist the city with the break. The 24-inch sewer line collects sewage from South Main Street south of Pameacha Avenue and discharges into Sumner Brook, which flows into the Connecticut River.

The city worked with a contractor to make repairs to the pipe and control the sewage discharge. The City of Middletown Department of Water and Sewer says the sewer line was fixed on Saturday.

Experts say residents should continue to avoid direct contact with water in Sumner Brook and in the Connecticut River in the area for the time being.

If you have a question or concern, you should contact the Middletown Department of Water and Sewer at 860-638-3500 or the Middletown Department of Public Health at 860-638-4690.

The battle for Puerto Rico's future is underway in a crowded courthouse where teachers, parents and students are fighting to keep their schools open, NBC News reported.

Nearly 300 are slated to close after Hurricane Maria plunged the island into a devastating economic crisis nine months ago that deeply cut into school enrollment.

"Where there is no school there is no community," said educator Providencia Figueroa, who is working with one of Puerto Rico's teachers unions. "The community is dead."

There are other concerns on the island, where most of the power service is finally has power back after what Gov. Ricardo Roselló said was "the most devastating event in the history of Puerto Rico": It's hurricane season again and the grid isn't ready for another storm and Maria's true death toll is still a mystery.

A man from Colchester is facing charges after a crash that seriously injured two children in Norwich on Saturday night.

Police say they responded to a two-car crash on Hamilton Avenue around 7:15 p.m. Investigators determined a black pick-up truck being driven by 32-year-old Carlos Davila swerved into oncoming traffic and hit a vehicle with a mom and her two children inside. A 3-year-old and a 6-year-old who were inside the vehicle were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Officials say Davila then fled from the accident scene on foot before being apprehended by Connecticut State Police.

Davila was arrested and is facing charges including assault with a motor vehicle, evading serious physical injury, reckless driving, operating under the influence and interfering with an officer.

Prior to the accident, officers believe Davila was involved in a road rage incident with another vehicle on Hamilton Avenue. The vehicle involved in the altercation with Davila is being described as a brown Acura TL from the early to middle 2000's. It was last seen traveling northbound on Hamilton Avenue.

Anyone with any information about the accident or the brown Acura TL is asked to call or email Officer Kevin McNeill at (860) 886-5561 or kmcneill@cityofnorwich.org. You can also call the department's anonymous tip line at (860) 886-5561 ext. 4. Police remind callers that all information can be kept confidential.

Connecticut State Police have issued a silver alert for a missing man from Branford on Sunday afternoon.

Police say 86-year-old Phillip Danahy has been missing from Branford since Saturday.

He's described as a man with grey hair and brown eyes who is 5'7" tall and weighs 130 pounds. It is unclear what he may have been wearing when he was last seen.

In a photo provided by police, Danahy can be seen wearing glasses.

If you have any information about Danahy's whereabouts, you're asked to call Branford Police at (203) 481-4241.

The new Hartford Line rail line is closed to new passengers on Sunday afternoon after it reached capacity.

The Hartford Line tweeted that ridership has exceeded available capacity around 1:00 p.m. The only train service that will be available will be to get riders back to their original destination.

Officials say buses are being dispatched to Hartford Union Station to help relieve crowding.

The train will take 45 minutes to get to Hartford from New Haven, making three stops along the way in Wallingford, Meriden, and Berlin, and 81 minutes from New Haven to Springfield, stopping in Windsor and Windsor Locks. From there, passengers will be able to board others lines and travel even further.

Tickets were free this weekend. After this weekend, a one-way ticket will cost eight-dollars.

First lady Melania Trump waded into the fierce debate around family separation on the border on Sunday, saying she "hates" to see it done and pushing for bipartisan cooperation to end the practice, NBC News reported.

"Mrs. Trump hates to see children separated from their families and hopes both sides of the aisle can finally come together to achieve successful immigration reform," her spokeswoman said in a statement. "She believes we need to be a country that follows all laws, but also a country that governs with heart."

Trump has repeatedly blamed Democrats for opposition to his immigration reform proposal, falsely crediting an anti-trafficking law that passed unanimously in 2008 under President George W. Bush.

But the Trump administration implemented the "zero tolerance" policy under which it's separated families at the border, and there is no law that requires family separation.

Two people have been arrested in connection with a stabbing that happened in Hartford on Sunday.

Hartford police said they arrested 42-year-old Chester Gaston and 37-year-old Nicholas Fray on assault charges after one man stabbed the other. 

With help from area witnesses, officers were able to identify the two men walking on Burnham Street, both both suspect fled after police tried to aprehend them. 

Both were taken into custody and one was treated for cuts to his face and body. 

Authorities said five undocumented immigrants are dead following a chase involving Border Patrol agents Sunday afternoon.

Dimmit County Sheriff Marion Boyd said the crash happened off Highway 85 in Big Wells at about noon. Boyd said agents were chasing the SUV when it lost control and overturned. The vehicle was traveling at more than 100 miles per hour when it crashed.

Fourteen people were inside, including the driver and passenger. Twelve immigrants were ejected and four died at the scene when the car crashed and rolled over, according to Boyd. A fifth person later died at the hospital. A total of 9 people were transported to the hospital, including five who went to San Antonio Military Medical Center and the rest going to local hospitals. The driver, who is believed to be a United States citizen, was among those transported.

Boyd credited "good police work" for the reason why deputies started pursuing the vehicle.

A border patrol agent observed three vehicles traveling one behind the other on FM 2664 and suspected a smuggling attempt was happening, the agency said in a statement. The agent was able to stop one of the vehicle and called out a description of the other two. A second border patrol agent was able to pull over the second vehicle but the third refused to stop. The agency said multiple arrest were made in both vehicles.

The passenger, also believed to be a U.S. citizen, is currently in custody.

Boyd said there needs to be a wall built because this is a "real problem" in the area.

The incident is under investigation by the US Border Patrol, Texas Department of Public Safety, Dimmit County Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations, and Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Professional Responsibility, Border Patrol said in a statement.

Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke led protestors in a Father's Day march to the new "tent city" in Tornillo, Texas, that will house migrant children separated from their parents upon arrival in the United States.