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Kathy Reakes

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Kathy Reaks has worked as a reporter in the local news business since 1984, starting as a news clerk and working her way up. She spent 17 years at Florida Today in Melbourne, Florida as a general assignment reporter, crime reporter, entertainment reporter and restaurant critic. She worked four years at Hometown News as a general assignment reporter, then another two years at Spacecoast Daily in Cocoa Beach, Florida. She attended Eastern Florida State College in Melbourne, Florida.

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Transient Sentenced For Murder Of Father Of 3 At Courtyard By Marriott In Hudson Valley A 36-year-old man has been sentenced for killing a Long Island man while at a Hudson Valley hotel. During the unprovoked shooting Suffolk County Paul Kutz, age 52, of East Northport, was killed at the Courtyard by Marriott in the town of Poughkeepsie on Sunday, Oct. 2, while visiting his youngest son at Marist College. Roy Johnson Jr., the transient, who was found guilty by a jury last year, was sentenced on Monday, June 26 to 58 years to life in prison for the murder, plus another 15 years for criminal possession of a weapon, said Dutchess County Chief Assistant District Attorney, Matthew …

by Kathy Reakes

06/27/2023

Police & Fire

Driving Dangerously: CT 25-Year-Old Flees After Attempted Stop, Police Say A Connecticut man has been charged with driving dangerously and fleeing police when they attempted to stop. him. New Haven County resident Henry White, age 25, of Waterbury was arrested on a warrant on Monday, June 26, for the incident which started in Beacon Falls on Route 8 on Friday, June 16. According to Connecticut State Police, a trooper patrolling Route 8 southbound in the area of Beacon Falls, was traveling in the left lane when he spotted a silver Honda Accord with heavily tinted windows approaching the rear of his cruiser at a high rate of speed. In an effort to view the registr…

by Kathy Reakes

06/27/2023

Police & Fire

Fatal Crash: Hudson Valley Woman Pulling Out Of Driveway Hit By Truck A Hudson Valley woman backing out of her driveway was hit and killed by a truck. The deadly crash took place in Dutchess County around 9:40 a.m. on Route 55 in the Dover hamlet of Wingdale. A preliminary investigation has revealed that a 2011 Mazda 3 sedan driven by Valerie G. Parsons, age 80, of Wingdale, was entering Route 55 from a private driveway when it was struck by a 2015 Kenworth truck traveling eastbound on Route 55, said Capt. John Watterson of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office. As a result of the crash, Parsons suffered serious injuries and was pron…

by Kathy Reakes

06/27/2023

Police & Fire

CT Woman Brutally Attacked On Transit Bus, Police Seeking Suspect Police in Connecticut are seeking the public's assistance to identify a man who allegedly brutally attacked a woman waiting on a transit bus. The incident took place in Hartford County on Thursday, May 18, at the North Main Street bus stop in Bristol. According to Lt. Geoffrey Lund of the Bristol Police, the woman was violently attacked while waiting on a CT Transit bus. This unprovoked assault occurred while the driver was temporarily out of the bus The victim and suspect were alone, Lund said. The attack occurred at the North Main Street Bristol bus stop in front of M…

by Kathy Reakes

06/27/2023

Police & Fire

Man's Body Found Floating In Norwalk Harbor Police in are working to identify a man whose body was found floating in Norwalk Harbor. The incident took place around 9:40 a.m., Tuesday, June 27. According to Lt. Joe Dinho of the Norwalk Police, officers responded to the harbor after receiving a report from a boater of a body floating in the water. Norwalk Police Marine Unit and Norwalk Fire Marine Unit responded to the location and recovered the dead man. A preliminary investigation did not reveal signs of obvious injuries and the individual did not have any identification on him, Dinho said. The Norwalk Police Detec…

by Kathy Reakes

06/27/2023

Lifestyle

Iconic Hudson Valley Eatery Days Away From Closing After 50 Years In Business After a half-century of slinging some of the best hot dogs to be found in the Hudson Valley, the three owners of Smith Street Hot Dogs are hanging up their aprons and closing the business permanently. John Pavlos, one of the owners of the Dutchess County restaurant located of course on Smith Street in the City of Poughkeepsie, told Daily Voice it's time to retire, spend some time with his wife, and travel. "It's been great," Pavlos said. "We have the best customers who have been coming for years." Yum, a couple of Smith Street hot dogs.Smith Street Hot Dogs Packed for years, Pavlos sai…

by Kathy Reakes

06/27/2023

Police & Fire

Man Charged In Crash That Kills 22-Year-Old Hanging Out Of Sunroof In Bridgeport A 22-year-old Connecticut man has died following a crash while he was hanging out of the sunroof while standing in the backseat of the car. Windham County resident Miguel Angel Rodriguez, of Willimantic, died on Sunday, June 25, hours after the crash in New Haven County on Derby Avenue in Orange. According to the Orange Police, an investigation found that a white 1995 Honda Civic being driven by Fairfield County resident Jeremie Rodriguez, age 19, of Bridgeport was traveling eastbound on Derby Avenue when he disregarded the traffic control signal and collided with a silver 2021 Do…

by Kathy Reakes

06/27/2023

Obituaries

Beloved Mom, Pillar In Community: Death Of 45-Year-Old Woman Mourned In Fairfield New Update: Member Of Raveis Real Estate Family Killed In Crash Remembered For 'Loving Heart' The death of a well-known mother, wife, and fundraiser who was a member of the William Raveis Real Estate Company family has shaken the Connecticut community where she lived after she was struck by a car while taking a walk. Fairfield County resident Meghan Raveis, age 45, died just before 3 p.m. on Friday, June 23 in the town of Fairfield, in the 500 block of Redding Road. "My heart breaks for the Raveis family," said Fairfield First Selectwoman Brenda L. Kupchick. "It’s a horrible tra…

by Kathy Reakes

06/26/2023

Police & Fire

Head-On Crash: Hudson Valley Woman Killed After Failing To Negotiate Curve, Police Say A 79-year-old woman from the region was killed after she allegedly failed to negotiate a curve and hit a Dodge Ram 1500 head-on. According to Trooper Steven Nevel, the crash took place in Ulster County around 6 p.m., Friday, June 23 at Routre 28 and Bridge Street in the town of Shandaken. Nevel said an investigation found that a 2002 Subaru Outback, driven by Anna C. Maguire, age 79, from Woodstock, was traveling eastbound on Route 28 in the area of Bridge Street in Phonecia when she failed to negotiate a curve and crossed over into the westbound lane and struck a 2019 Dodge Ram 1500 head-o…

by Kathy Reakes

06/26/2023

Police & Fire

Wrong-Way Driver: 60-Year-Old Woman Dies In Hudson Valley Crash A 60-year-old woman was killed in a two-car crash that also injured five others. The crash took place in Orange County on Saturday evening in the area of Route 9W and Conway Road in the town of Newburgh, said Town of Newburgh Police Lt. Adam Zeilberger. According to Zeilberger, a preliminary investigation found that a 2023 Kia Forte driven by a 44-year-old woman was traveling southbound on Route 9W when it crashed into a 2021 Honda CRV driven by a 50-year-old man with three passengers including a 10-month-old child. It is believed that Kia was traveling southbound in the northbound lane of…

by Kathy Reakes

06/26/2023

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