Connecticut teacher, union head, facing DUI charge

WATERBURY — A Waterbury teacher who’s also head of a teachers’ union is facing drunken driving charges after he was spotted going 30 mph on an interstate highway.
The Republican-American reports Wednesday that 49-year-old Waterbury Teachers Association President Kevin Egan was stopped by police in the westbound lanes of I-84 on Dec. 7.
State police say he failed field sobriety tests and was charged with driving under the influence. He is free on $500 bond pending a Jan. 19 cour