Singer/songwriter Cole Swindell is heading out on the road and he will be coming to Connecticut for a show at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. 

The country singer’s hits include “Love You Too Late,” “Break Up in the End,” “You Should Be Here,” “Ain’t Worth the Whiskey” and “Middle of a Memory,” to name just some. 

Tickets will be $59, $49, $39 and $29. They go on sale Friday, May 31 at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster. 

Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning Saturday, June 1 at 10 a.m. 

Learn more about the show here. 

A harbor seal was spotted frolicking in the Connecticut River in Massachusetts Wednesday.

Officials said the New England Aquarium and Massachusetts Department of Fisheries & Wildlife received reports of the seal just south of the Holyoke Dam in South Hadley, Massachusetts Wednesay evening.

Local residents and fishermen recorded the seal swimming, eating and lounging on the river bank. Experts said the seal appeared healthy and was behaving normally.

This particular seal was tagged and biologists were able to identify it as one that was rehabilitated by Mystic Aquarium. The seal arrived at Mystic as a 1-week-old pup in May 2018 and was released into the wild in January. Click here for more on that story.

Biologists are looking for the seal. Anyone who spots it is asked not to approach, touch or feed it and report the sighting to the marine animal hotline at 617-973-5247.

“He would always say I’m coming home,” Suzanne Greene, wife of fallen Connecticut State Trooper First Class Walter Greene, Jr., recalled.

From the Marine Corps to the State Police, TFC Greene kept his promise to his high school sweetheart and wife of 33 years.

“He was very loved he would do anything for anyone and that’s just who he was,” said Suzanne.

In May of 2018, the Norwalk native lost his two-year battle with cancer, which doctors believe was a result of the time he spent working at Ground Zero after the September 11 terrorist attacks.

“He helped bringing family members. He helped look for people and then he also escorted the trucks that were carrying the stuff back and forth,” Suzanne explained.

“He’s the greatest guy in the world. He’s my hero,” said his father Ted Greene who attended the police officers memorial service at the Connecticut State Police Academy on Thursday. “He’s the type of person, if he had to do all of this he would do it again.”

Greene was only 49 years old when he got the diagnosis. Suzanne says the cancer started in his colon and quickly spread to his liver and lungs before taking his life.

“He always said to the end that he was gonna beat it,” she remembered.

That was a promise he couldn’t keep.

Thursday, Greene’s name was added to the Connecticut Police Memorial and read out loud during a moving tribute to the state’s men and women in blue who have paid the ultimate sacrifice.

“The way he died was not who he was, the way he lived was,” said Suzanne.

“What’s even more important in my eyes is never forgetting. These are brothers and sisters who have given the ultimate sacrifice for this state,” added Chief James Cetran, President of the CT Police Chiefs Association and Chief of Police in Wethersfield.

Nearly a year after losing her husband, Suzanne takes comfort in knowing his sacrifices are won’t be forgotten.

“His life did mean something, and his legacy goes on,” she said tearfully.

Greene is now the 144 Connecticut police officer added to the memorial at the police academy. The state began honoring its fallen in 1989, one of the first in the nation to do so.

Boaters are looking forward to a sunny and warm Memorial Day Weekend, but while everyone is looking to have fun on the water, it's important to ensure it's done safely. 

“This is the kick off of the season. This is the first big weekend,” said Bruce Kuryla, general manager at Safe Harbor’s Bruce & Johnson’s Marina.

Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial beginning to summer activities. Connecticut marinas are prepared, but caution boaters to be safe, especially with frigid water temperatures.

“I think people forget this time of year that the water very gradually gets warmer. So it’s still very unsafe for jumping in,” Kuryla said.

Connecticut also has strict personal flotation laws. From October 1 through May 31, everyone on board a manually propelled watercraft, like a kayak, must wear a life jacket, and everyone 12 and under on any vessel must wear a life jacket.

“You always have to think about do you have enough life preservers. You also have a have set rules like you’re not gonna drink alcohol when you’re under way,” Susan Frew of New Haven said.

Alcohol is prohibited for anyone operating a boat. Passenger should also take warning of the dangers.

“When you’re out on the water for a prolonged period of time bouncing around alcohol has a compounding effect on the body,” said Captain Keith Williams with the Connecticut State Environmental Conservation Police.

Authorities suggest having an emergency plan, something boaters in Branford say they stick to.

Henry Dziekan is a former Navy sailor who lives on his boat with his wife Cathy. They are veteran boaters who clearly understand the rules of the open water.

“Mostly you just want to make sure you’re safe when you’re out on the water, and put life jackets on our puppy,” they said with a laugh.

Authorities say, before you go out, know limitations on your vessel, know the wind the currents and have a float plan.

They also say to dress for the water, not the weather. Along Long Island Sound this weekend it will feel beautiful with temperatures in the 70s, but the water in the Sound will only be in the mid-50s.

3D-printed guns are often undetectable, unregistered, and can be unlawful. But they're also becoming easier for criminals to get their hands on.

At 1:09 a.m. Wednesday, in the 100 block of Central Avenue, Waterbury officers arrested 36-year-old Jeremy Stevens, charging him will carrying a pistol without a permit. They say Stevens was hiding a white homemade handgun, loaded with ammo, in his waistband. They say he also had heroin in his pocket.

“It’s one scary thought. Somebody can print up a gun in their own home," said Chief James Cetran, President of the CT Police Chiefs Association.

Guns made on 3D printers are the latest threat police officers are facing on the streets.

“As it gets more popular, cheaper, you’re going to start seeing a lot more of these things," explained Cetran. "It can be prolific. It isn’t right now but it can be and I have a feeling in the near future it will be.”

Around the country, so-called ghost guns are on lawmakers’ radars because they don’t have serial numbers, making them virtually untraceable.

They’re also easy to pass through security, including at airports.

"It’s pretty much undetectable because there’s no metal in it," Cetran said.

Connecticut House members have passed a bill banning them. It’s waiting approval by the state Senate.

"If you have a conceal and carry license I believe if you can make one, ya it’d be cheaper for yourself," said Waterbury resident Angel Gonzalez.

"Those 3-D guns could be anywhere," said Stephen Fields. “I think it’s a bad idea."

“Banning them is good, but having to run across them by people who don’t follow the laws well in the first place, is a scary thought," added Cetran.

Stevens told police the gun didn’t work, but officers say the black residue on it suggested it had already been fired at least once.

Stevens’ attorney told NBC Connecticut News he plans to request that the plastic item seized by police be tested because the state will have to prove that it is capable of firing a shot.

Community leaders in New Haven are celebrating a housing milestone, one that they hope reinvigorates an important corridor in the city.

On Thursday, Parkside at City Crossing opened its doors.

The four-story building on Gold Street consists of 110 apartments and some retail space.

It’s the first of a couple of projects in the city’s “Hill-to-Downtown Community Plan.”

The goal: to bring new life to the corridor connecting the Hill neighborhood and downtown after Route 34 separated them decades ago.

“When I see increased densification and really creating new neighborhoods like this where you have beautiful opportunities for people to live, work and play in New Haven and really grow this city, that’s critically important,” said David Lehman, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development.

Residents will start moving in during the next couple of weeks.

The building manager says so far about one-third of the apartments have been leased.

The next phase of the “Hill-to-Downtown Community Plan” includes more apartments in the area.

Three gun controls, two involving the storage of firearms and one concerning the manufacture of guns without serial numbers, passed in the Connecticut Senate Wednesday.

The bill known as "Ethan's Law" cleared the Senate on a 34 to 2 vote Thursday afternoon.

Ethan’s Law is in response to the death of 15-year-old Ethan Song, who shot himself with a handgun owned by a friend's father in January 2018. It requires both loaded and unloaded firearms to be safely stored in homes where there are minors under age 18. 

“Hopefully no one will ever have to walk the journey that my family has because it absolutely shatters, shatters you,” Ethan’s mother Kristin Song said.

“I would love to see my daughter grow up in a world where her kids are much less likely to be involved in an incident with an unsecured gun,” Ethan’s father Michael Song added.

The bill, which saw bipartisan support, also requires the State Board of Education to develop a firearms safety guide for students in kindergarten through grade 12 for school districts to use, if they choose.

“We were pleased that the gun control side acquiesced and allowed the education component to be there,” said Connecticut Citizen’s Defense League President Scott Wilson.

Wilson said he was not surprised the three laws passed Thursday, but he had concerns about the direction things were going.

“Obviously we do feel there is still too much gun control being passed, ultimately we don't think we're going down the right road on a lot of it,” he said.

Another bill, House Bill 7223, also concerns gun storage. It prohibits storing a pistol in an unattended vehicle unless that pistol is in the truck, a locked glove box, or a locked safe. It passed with a 20 to 15 vote and comes as many cities are seeing an increase in gun thefts from cars.

Ray Bevis, legislative coordinator for the Connecticut Citizen’s Defense League, spoke out against the measure.

“It's definitely an infringement on the second amendment. so it's ultimately going to penalize and criminalize the firearms owners if they leave their firearms in their vehicle unattended,” he said.

Lawmakers also approved House Bill 7219, a bill that will prohibit the manufacturing of so-called “ghost guns” – guns created without serial numbers. With the widespread use of 3D-printers, it’s become easier to create such weapons. It passed on a 28 to 7 vote.

The bill prohibits manufacturing of firearms with a serial number, manufacturing of plastic guns that can pass through security measures, or possessing, receiving or transferring an unfinished firearm frame or lower receiver without a serious number.

“This is a scary thing,” said Sen. Christine Cohen (D- Guilford). "Guns without serial numbers, no tracking mechanisms, people are ordering these things offline, assembling them at home.”

Wilson argued that the law was excessive.

“There's already laws against individuals from possessing firearms who should not have them therefore the laws in our books i would subscribe are perfect and working fine,” he said.

The law does make exceptions for guns created by federally licensed manufacturers, antique firearms and legally-produced weapons made before October 1, 2019.

Route 195 (Storrs Road) is closed in Mansfield after a fatal crash Thursday night.

State Police confirmed at least one person is dead after a crash involving a bus and car on Route 195. The road is closed between Bassetts Bridge Road and Mansfield Hollow Road.

The Windham Regional Transit District said one of their buses was involved and that their driver did not report any injuries. There were no passengers on the bus.

No other information was immediately available.

Check back for updates.

Route 190 in Enfield is closed after a vehicle rolled over. 

Police said it happened at the intersection with Freshwater Boulevard and wires are down. 

Drivers are urged to avoid the area.

Three students from Connecticut are among the best young spellers in the United States and they will be representing the state at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Maryland next week.

The three Connecticut students competing are Janelle Newell, a seventh-grade student from Bridgeport's Multicultural Magnet school; Roderick Chittem, an eighth-grade student from Bethel Middle School in Bethel; and Charles Fennell, a sixth grader from Carmen Arace Intermediate School in Bloomfield, according to officials from Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society, which hosted the Connecticut Spelling Bee.

Newell is the Connecticut Spelling Bee champion. Chittem came in second and Fennell tied for third place.

Scripps National Spelling Bee Week starts on Monday, May 27 with a written preliminary round quiz.

Newell, who is speller #48; Chittem, who is speller #24; and Fennell, who is speller #111, are in Scripps Group 1.

Group 1 spellers take the stage in Round 2 on Tuesday, May 28 from 8 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. and spellers in Group 1 who advance to Round 3 will spell again on May 28 from 4:45 to 6:30 p.m.

Any Connecticut spellers who make it to the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals will be announced at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29 and the finals will take place on Thursday, May 30 beginning at 10 a.m.

How do you think you would do at the National Spelling Bee? Take the test that spellers took in 2018 and find out.

A pedestrian is dead after being hit by a car in West Haven Thursday night and police are investigating. 

Police have not released the male victim’s name and said it appears that he was trying to cross the Boston Post Road at Front Avenue from the south side of the curb to the north side just before 8:30 p.m. when he was struck. 

He was unconscious when officers arrived at the scene and later pronounced dead after being transported to the hospital. 

Police said it appears a 2017 Mercedes going east on Boston Post Road in the right lane hit him. 

The driver remained at the scene. 

Anyone who saw what happened is asked to call the West Haven police traffic division at 203-937-3925.

New London police held a news conference on Friday afternoon to address the arrests of two New London Public Schools employees who have been charged with sexual assault and said the investigation is complex and it is ongoing.

“The investigation is ongoing. We are a long way from being concluded. We continue to follow up on information and tips that we have received. The investigation is complex and just when we believe we have a true handle on it, there is additional information that is received which requires us to exercise our due diligence and follow up on it,” Captain Brian Wright, the investigative services division commander for the New London Police Department, said.

On Thursday, police said they arrested 25-year-old Jevon Elmore, of New London, in association with an ongoing investigation involving New London Public School employees. Police said Elmore was hired in the summer of 2018 as a paraprofessional and has worked at Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School and the high school.

Elmore was charged with sexual assault in the second degree. During a news conference on Friday, police said the case didn’t involve a staff member. Police said the warrant is sealed and they have disclosed limited information on the allegations.

Bond for Elmore was set at $150,000.

The was the second arrest of a New London school employee on sexual assault charges this month and Wright said they got to the arrest of Elmore through their investigation into Corriche Gaskin, 35, who worked at Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School as a behavioral specialist.

He was arrested and charged with multiple counts of risk of injury to a child, illegal possession of child pornography, second degree sexual assault and voyeurism with malice.

When asked about any connections between the two cases Wright said “they were both employed by the New London public school system and they engaged in inappropriate and illegal activity.”

Both men were graduates of New London High School, where they were standout athletes, police said Friday.

Online court records say Gaskin is being held on $500,000 bond and he is due in court next on June 5.

In a statement, New London Public Schools Superintendent Cynthia Richie called the situation "extremely disturbing" and said they are continuing to work police and DCF on the case.

"We will continue to actively support students, staff and families through our multi-tiered support systems. Any staff who is not displaying the highest moral, ethical and professional standards will continue to be held accountable through discipline and termination," she wrote.

School district officials previously said four employees from New London Schools were placed on paid administrative leave related to the investigation into Gaskin.

Wright says the school district’s policies, which led to placing employees on administrative leave, are different than police policies.

“That has nothing to do with our investigation in the New London Police Department. That is their own individual protocol,” Wright said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the New London Police Department’s Detective Bureau at 860-447-1481 or submit anonymous information through the New London Tips 411 system by texting NLPDTip plus the information to Tip411 (847411).

A voluntary recall has been issued for Bakers Corner All Purpose Flour sold at Aldi stores in 11 states, including Connecticut, due to possible E. coli.

A news release posted on ALDI’s website said the flour was from an ADM Milling Co. production facility in Buffalo, N.Y. and distributed to select Aldi stores in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and West Virginia. The recall is for Bakers Corner All Purpose Flour sold in a 5 lb. bag with the UPC code: 041498130404.

As a precaution, Aldi has recalled all best if used by dates and all lots of Bakers Corner All Purpose Flour products produced by ADM Milling Co. in Buffalo, N.Y. from store shelves in the 11 affected states.

If you have flour affected by the recall, throw it away or return it to your local store for a full refund.

Anyone with questions can call ADM Milling Co. Customer Service at 800-422-1688.

Aldi is also urging people not to eat raw dough or batter. 

State-wide there are 1,400 campsites and every single one of them is booked full for the Memorial Day weekend.

The most popular place to pitch a tent or pop up a camper is Hammonasset State Park, where you must make your reservation for Memorial Day weekend before the 4th of July the previous year.

“The competition to get a site is really tough,” said Linda Cull of New Hartford. “You have to be ready. You have to have a plan.”

Linda and her husband Richard said they grabbed their spot for their camper at Hammonasset 11 months ago. So did Bruce and Sheila Miner of Stonington.

“It’s sold out, probably in an hour,” Bruce recalled.

After several seasons of campground cuts due to state budget woes, the parks are fully operational again.

“We’ve been building back up after closures a couple years ago. Now, with the Passport to the Parks we now have the availability to staff and reopen all of our 14 campgrounds,” said the state’s Director of Parks Tom Tyler.

A $10 fee on your vehicle registration means as long as you drive up with a Connecticut license plate you don’t have to pay to park anymore.

“People think that’s there’s something that they need to buy and get and that’s not true. They’ve already done it,” Tyler explained.

Friday afternoon, campers were anxious to get to their sites and start their long weekend. Lines starting forming shortly after noon. Hammonasset had 491 reservations for Friday night and anther 50 guests arriving Saturday.

“We got here right about noon time but they did tell us the lines were going to be an hour long in about 10 minutes,” said Linda.

There were a lot of familiar faces in that line. Both the Culls and Miners have made camping an annual Memorial Day weekend tradition.

“It’s a great time. You get to see all the people that you met,” said Richard.

“We come with family and friends and the beach, the nature center, there’s a lot of the kids to do here,” added Sheila.

While Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start to summer, Tyler said Connecticut’s state parks see the biggest attendance on the 4th of July.

Joanne Taylor pumped her fist in the air and laughed as she exclaimed. “I’m an American!”

Taylor, born in the Philippines, was one of 22 people sworn in Friday as naturalized American citizens.

Many of those sworn in during ceremonies at the USS Nautilus in Groton had military ties, including Navy Hospital Corpsman Bradley Whittle.

“Joining the military was a big deal to me and becoming a citizen full fills being an American,”said Whittle.

Whittle has been in the US eight years after spending most of his life in the UK.

Like the other new American citizens he’s excited. New privileges will come, and more opportunity to fulfill his naval ambitions.

“(The Navy) doesn’t let you do a lot of things that other American Citizens can do,” explained Whittle. “Finally being a citizen now means I can fully do my job and have security clearance and things like that.”

The group represented 16 different countries, including Spain. Manuela Irving moved from Madrid to the US in 1990.

“I’ve been in this country 29 years and I’m just so happy to be a US citizen,” said Irving.

For her, the United States is not only home, but also the country her husband has served in the military for 33 years. To be able to say she too is an American, tightens their bond.

“It was incredible. It was a long time coming,” said Keith Irving, a master sergeant for the US Army. “We talked about it for 30 years and finally to have this day happen is incredible.”

Manuela remembers difficult times, initially moving from the big city of Madrid to a small town in New Hampshire. She did not speak English then. She has since mastered the language and wants her voice heard.

“I want to vote,” she said, “I want to make a difference.”

Holding today’s ceremonies at the USS Nautilus museum was not only a nice setting, it had symbolic meaning as well. The Nautilus’ developer - Hyman G. Rickover - was born in Russia and became a naturalized citizen himself.

The director of the agency overseeing legal entry into the United States, including through green cards and asylum, was asked to resign from the agency on Friday, according to a letter sent out to the agency and obtained by NBC News.

L. Francis Cissna has served as President Donald Trump’s only director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security. He oversaw the agency during the final iteration of the travel ban, attempts to repeal status for “Dreamers” and the administration’s repeated attempts to limit the ability for undocumented immigrants crossing the southern border from Central America to claim asylum.

Prior to leading USCIS, Cissna served at DHS in the Office of Policy in the Obama administration and worked for Republican Senator Chuck Grassley. According to a source familiar with Cissna’s resignation, Trump thanked him for his service and asked him to resign.

Cissna will depart the agency on June 1, according to the letter he sent employees on Friday."As an immigration law and policy professional dedicated to the rule of law like so many of you, I appreciate that this opportunity to serve was a unique experience,” he said in the letter.

Waterbury police are searching for a suspect after gunfire struck a home and left a bullet lodged in the wall of a nursery.

Police said on May 18 they were called to a home on Chestnut Avenue around 10 p.m. to investigate reported gunfire. Investigators discovered the home had been hit and one bullet went through an exterior wall, two interior walls and into the wall of a nursery.

No one was hurt.

Police are searching for the suspect, identified as 18-year-old Gabriel Ramos. He faces charges of illegal discharge of a firearm, illegal carry of a pistol without a permit, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief.

A mugshot shows Ramos with long hair and a beard. Police believe he may have shaved his head and trimmed the beard.

Investigators said Ramos should not be approached and that they have not yet found the gun involved in the incident. Anyone with information on Ramos should contact Waterbury Police detectives at 203-574-6941, the Waterbury Police dispatch at 203-574-6911 or 911.

Most of the holiday weekend looks dry, but the NBC Connecticut meteorologists are keeping their eye on a chance for rain Saturday and scattered storms Sunday.

Saturday begins sunny with temperatures in the high 70s inland and 70s along the shore. The water in the Long Island Sound will still be chilly – around 60 degrees. Clouds roll in by late afternoon and some showers may move through after sundown.

On Sunday temperatures will be in the 80s. In the afternoon there is the risk for rain and scattered storms. They will be isolated and the weather will clear back up for Monday. Monday is dry. Temperatures should hit 80 inland and the high 70s along the shore.

Track conditions in your area using our interactive radar.

Get the latest forecast anytime here.

A nursing home workers strike has been averted.

Nursing home workers at 25 facilities had threatened to strike in June if they didn’t receive pay raises.

SEIU 1199, the union representing more than a thousand caregivers, said it agreed to a new contract through 2021. It’s subject to the approval of a funding increase that’s currently part of the state budget.

The new contract includes the demanded wage increases and other benefits.

“This is a major victory for our Union members who are truly deserving of these wage raises and improved benefits,” Rob Baril, president of SEIU 1199 New England, wrote in a press release “We feel proud of this achievement, and we are confident that we’ll be able to settle all pending contracts for our members in the near future.”

The mayor of Hamden has declared a public emergency due to an outstanding utility bill that is preventing the town from meeting contractual obligations to a local golf course.

The owner of Laurel View Country Golf Club contacted the town’s Public Works Department last week warning that they may soon have to turn on the water at the course. The town is responsible by contract for supplying the water for the course.

Accoridng to press release, Hamden Mayor Curt Leng called for an emergency meeting when the town learned the Regional Water Authority would not turn on the water until the town paid its bills. Leng declared the emergency to authorize spending up to $100,000 to pay off the bills.

Without water, the release said, there could be serious damage to the course.

“The Council approved the new lease agreement for the golf course, with knowledge that these utility bills needed payment immediately,” Leng wrote in a statement. “A transfer to cover all the costs associated with these utilities and other contracted expenses was submitted to the Council in March. Inaction has created a manufactured problem that required action on my behalf to avoid harming the Town.”

Matt Menchetti, director of golf at the course and president of Triump Golf, said he was not aware of any issues at this time. He said they informed the town they may soon be pressurizing the water system, and that they plan to water around June 1. They have not had to use the system yet due to the rainy spring.

Menchetti said at this point he was not concerned and that he it wasn’t his place to comment on the town’s financial situation. The course is open as usual this weekend.

Leng has called for an emergency meeting of the Hamden Legislative Council on Saturday to discuss the issue.