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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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Police & Fire

Wanted: Suspect Shot Teen On Long Island Over Pair Of Sneakers, Police Say Police on Long Island are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the person who shot a teen earlier this year. According to Suffolk County detectives, a teen attempting to sell a pair of Air Jordan Black Cat sneakers via Snapchat met a man outside his home on Sunday, Jan. 29 at 3 p.m. The teen left the shoes in the house when he came outside to meet the man. The man then displayed a handgun and demanded the teen bring the shoes outside, police said. Police said the teen ran into his house and closed the door. The man then fired a shot through t…

by Kathy Reakes

03/29/2023

Police & Fire

School Bus Crash: 3 Kids Hospitalized In Hudson Valley Three students were hospitalized following a crash of their school bus with another vehicle. The crash took place in Ulster County around 7 a.m. Tuesday, March 28 on Route 32 in the town of Rosendale at the intersection of Madeline Lane. According to the Rosendale Police, the bus was transporting eight students and a driver at the time of the crash and the other vehicle had just the driver. Three students from the school bus were transported to Health Alliance Kingston for evaluations and the driver of the other vehicle was transported for lacerations, police said. The crash remains…

by Kathy Reakes

03/29/2023

Police & Fire

14-Year-Old In Stolen Car Kills NJ Driver In Head-On NY Crash: Police A New Jersey man was killed when a 14-year-old driver in a stolen car struck his vehicle head-on early Tuesday, March 28 in New York, authorities said. The teen was heading south in a Toyota 4Runner on Route 9 in Rhinebeck when he struck Jonathan A. Kiech, 49, of Fords, who was heading north, around 6:30 a.m., Dutchess County Sheriff's Office Capt. John Watterson said. Kiech was pronounced dead at the scene, and the juvenile was taken to MidHudson Regional Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. He was since remanded to a detention facility pending further investigation/c…

by Kathy Reakes

03/29/2023

Police & Fire

14-Year-Old In Stolen Car Crashes, Killing Person In Hudson Valley A man was killed during a two-vehicle crash with a stolen vehicle driven by a 14-year-old in the Hudson Valley, police say. The crash took place in Dutchess County around 6:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 28 on Route 9 in the town of Rhinebeck. According to Capt. John Watterson of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office, a preliminary investigation revealed that a 2017 Chevrolet van driven by New Jersey resident Jonathan A. Kiech, age 49, of Fords, in Middlesex County, was traveling northbound when the van was struck head-on by a southbound 2015 Toyota 4Runner. The 4Runner is a confirmed s…

by Kathy Reakes

03/28/2023

Police & Fire

Fight At CT Courthouse: 4 Nabbed After Incident That Injured Officer Four people were arrested after allegedly getting into a fight with another person at a Connecticut courthouse. The fight took place in New Haven in front of the Superior Courthouse around 11 a.m., Monday, March 27. According to state police, a fight broke out between five people near the entrance to the courthouse, causing judicial marshals to try and break up the fight and separate those involved. One marshal was injured during the melee and taken to Yale New Haven Hospital, police said. Police said three people, including Oreanna Davis, age 28, Ideshia Graham, age 47, and Triniya …

by Kathy Reakes

03/28/2023

Police & Fire

Double Fatal Head-On Crash: 24-Year-Old From Region One Of Victims This story has been updated. State police are seeking witnesses to a double fatal crash that killed an area man. The crash took place in Sullivan County, around 3:45 p.m., Monday, March 27, near Liberty on Route 97, said Trooper Steven Nevel. A preliminary investigation revealed a 2008 Audi A4, driven by James Card, age 34, from Beach Lake, Pennsylvania was traveling southbound when it was involved in a head-on collision with a 2020 Hyundai Elantra traveling northbound, driven by Sullivan County resident Edward Sykes, age 24, from North Branch, a hamlet of Callicoon. Both men were k…

by Kathy Reakes

03/28/2023

Police & Fire

Fairfield County Resident Dies Days After 3-Vehicle Crash A Connecticut man died days after a three-vehicle crash left him with life-threatening injuries. The crash took place in New Haven County around 1 p.m., Saturday, March 25 near Bridgeport Avenue in Milford. According to the Milford Police, the collision involved a 2017 Ram 1500 and a 2009 Hyundai Elantra. An initial investigation revealed that the Ram 1500 was traveling west on Bridgeport Avenue and crashed into the Hyundai Elantra when it attempted to turn left onto Cleveland Avenue. The collision caused the Ram to strike a third vehicle, a Hyundai Sonata, which was s…

by Kathy Reakes

03/28/2023

Police & Fire

15-Year-Old Struck By Car In Hudson Valley A Hudson Valley teen riding an e-bike was injured after being struck by a 2003 Ford Mustang. The incident took place in Ulster County around 8:20 p.m., on Thursday, March 16, at the intersection of Route 9W and Saugerties Plaza in Saugerties. According to Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra, an investigation found that Amanda M. Rosario, age 40, of Saugerties, was driving a 2003 Ford Mustang northbound on Route 9W. A 15-year-old from Saugerties was driving an electric bicycle northbound on Route 9W, in the center of the northbound lane, directly in front of Ros…

by Kathy Reakes

03/28/2023

Lifestyle

Conan O'Brien Stops By Popular CT Pizzeria Hilarious funnyman and TV host Conan O'Brien wasn't insulted when he was turned away from a popular Connecticut pizzeria last year due to a packed house. Instead, the 59-year-old host of HBO Max's "Conan Without Borders," surprised the restaurant by returning Monday, March 27, to New Haven's Sally's Apizza. "Our amazing manager Rylan turned away Conan O’Brien because we were booked for the day," the restaurant said on Facebook. "Word quickly got around the restaurant Conan had been spotted out front and turned away. A regretful Rylan ran up and down Wooster Street looking for him but it wa…

by Kathy Reakes

03/28/2023

Police & Fire

21-Year-Old Caught Printing Pistols In Hudson Valley, Police Say A Hudson Valley man has been accused of allegedly printing ghost guns using a 3-D printer after being charged with possession of a loaded firearm. Orange County resident Noah James McCagg, age 21, of Port Jervis, was arrested on Saturday, March 25, following a foot chase by police on Front Street by Port Jervis Police. When arrested, McCagg was in possession of a loaded 9mm pistol, said Port Jervis Police Chief William Worden. An investigation revealed that McCagg had created the pistol inside his Prospect Street residence using a 3-D printer, Worden said. McCagg was arrested …

by Kathy Reakes

03/28/2023

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