Today is Tuesday, January 31, the 31st day of the year.

Today's Headlines

State Considering Red Light Cameras

Brookfield Film Festival Comes Back to TBTA

Comic Strip: It Came to Brookfield

Today's Weather

Tuesday: A slight chance of snow and sleet before 9 a.m. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 51. West wind between 3 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Southwest wind around 5 mph. 

Events & Reminders

• Instructor Rita Marie Bryant is teaching a course on communicating with your pets today at 6:30 p.m. in Town Hall. Follow this link for more details on the class.
• Residents are asked to attend a town meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at Brookfield High School (BHS) to vote on a $485,000. Click here for more information about the spending request.

Today in History

• 1865: The U.S. Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery, and submits it to the states for ratification.
• 1876: The U.S. orders all Native Americans to move into reservations.
• 1930: 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape.
• 1950: President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
• 1968: Viet Cong attack the U.S. embassy in Saigon, along with other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
• 1990: The first McDonald's in the Soviet Union opens in Moscow.

Weather information taken from the National Weather Service. Today in History compiled from Wikipedia and other sources.