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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Three Critical Following School Bus Crash Involving Students In Hudson Valley Three Critical Following School Bus Crash Involving Students In Hudson Valley
Three Critical Following School Bus Crash Involving Students In Hudson Valley This story has been updated Three people are in critical condition, including a female elementary school student, following a school bus crash with a truck in the Hudson Valley. The crash took place around 8:21 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 21, in Orange County on Route 207 in the Town of New Windsor. The crash occurred when a commercial tree service truck that was heading westbound on Route 207 at Little Britain and Beattie roads when it crossed over the double-yellow line and struck the Washingtonville School District School bus,  said Town of New Windsor Deputy Police Chief …
Police Asking Public For Help IDing Two Armed Robbers At Area Market Police Asking Public For Help IDing Two Armed Robbers At Area Market
Police Asking Public For Help IDing Two Armed Robbers At Area Market Police are asking the public for help identifying two armed men who robbed an area market. The incident took place around 6:50 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 20, in Ansonia, at the S&A Mart, at 95 Division St., when the two men entered the market and demanded the employee turn over all the money in the cash register, said Ansonia Police Lt. Patrick Lynch. Several hundred dollars and store merchandise were taken during the robbery, Lynch said.  The suspects are described as being Black males, one tall and thin wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, grey pants, black facemask, and carrying a black …
Trio Nabbed For Drag Racing In Westchester After Chase Ends With BMW Crashing Into Cruiser Trio Nabbed For Drag Racing In Westchester After Chase Ends With BMW Crashing Into Cruiser
Trio Nabbed For Drag Racing In Westchester After Chase Ends With BMW Crashing Into Cruiser Three men were arrested and a loaded handgun was seized after Westchester County Police interrupted an illegal speed contest Monday, Oct. 19, on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Yonkers. At 2:25 a.m. Monday, a patrol sergeant observed two vehicles racing northbound on the Saw Mill near McLean Avenue.  The sergeant attempted to stop one of the vehicles, a blue BMW, near Yonkers Avenue, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester County Police. The BMW fled on to westbound Yonkers Avenue, where it was involved in a minor collision with another responding County Police patrol vehicle…
32-Year-Old Charged For Late September Murder In Bridgeport 32-Year-Old Charged For Late September Murder In Bridgeport
32-Year-Old Charged For Late September Murder In Bridgeport A Bridgeport man has been arrested for the September murder of another man who was gunned down on a city street. Ricardo Torres, 32, was arrested Tuesday, Oct. 20 by Detective Robert Winkler for the Sept. 24 murder of Jorge Tirado on Fox Street, said Lt. Christopher LaMaine. Tirado, 36, was found slumped over the wheel of a vehicle that had crashed into a tree in Black Rock, around 8 a.m. by police in the area of Fox Street and Canfield Avenue. He had been shot twice in the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene.  Torres was charged with murder, criminal possession of a…
FDA Recalls Drug From Long Island Supplier That May Contain High Levels Of Cancer-Causing Agent FDA Recalls Drug From Long Island Supplier That May Contain High Levels Of Cancer-Causing Agent
FDA Recalls Drug From Long Island Supplier That May Contain High Levels Of Cancer-Causing Agent The FDA has expanded a recall of a highly prescribed diabetes drug that may contain high levels of a cancer-causing agent. Metformin hydrochloride extended-release tablets, 500mg, & 750mg, was originally recalled in June, after it was found to contain higher-than-normal levels of a known carcinogen, the FDA said. In the new recall, an additional 76 lots of the drugs have been recalled. The original metformin drug that is not time-released is not included in the recall. The original recall was initiated after it was found the drug contained unsafe levels of nitrosodimethylamine, which …
COVID-19: Popular Hudson Valley Eatery Closes COVID-19: Popular Hudson Valley Eatery Closes
Covid-19: Popular Hudson Valley Eatery Closes An ultra-popular Hudson Valley restaurant that has been honored by the State Senate for its work with veterans has closed its doors for good. The owners of the Sweet Peas Café in New Windsor, announced this week that although it is continuing to look for a way to say open during the COVID pandemic, it has decided to close. "The café has struggled to remain financially viable through the pandemic," said owners Nina Baldassare and John Zippo on Facebook. "We are saddened and sorry to have to announce that we will have to permanently close the café." The cafe was opened in 2014 by K…
Large Group of Dirt Bike, ATV Riders Race Through Streets In Area, Frightening Residents Large Group of Dirt Bike, ATV Riders Race Through Streets In Area, Frightening Residents
Large Group of Dirt Bike, ATV Riders Race Through Streets In Area, Frightening Residents A large group of more than 30 dirt bike and ATV drivers were arrested after the group allegedly drove through the streets of the City of Newburgh at high speeds, frightening residents and other drivers. The incident took place around 4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 18, when the large group of riders gathered in the City of Newburgh, said City of Newburgh Police Lt. Brandon Rola. According to Rola, the riders were traveling recklessly through city streets, sidewalks, private yards, and business parking lots.  Police also received calls that several of the riders were crashing into …
Man Threatens Women At Palisades Mall, Nabbed With Loaded Handgun, Police Say Man Threatens Women At Palisades Mall, Nabbed With Loaded Handgun, Police Say
Man Threatens Women At Palisades Mall, Nabbed With Loaded Handgun, Police Say A 26-year-old unidentified man who allegedly assaulted two women at the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack was nabbed with a loaded weapon and marijuana when captured by police. The incident began around 7 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 18., when the Clarkstown Police Department responded to parking lot B (Northside A-frame) of the mall for the report of an attack, said Clarkstown Police Officer Norman Peters. Witnesses told officers the man had been heard threatening to shoot two females after he was observed assaulting them in the parking area, Peters said. A description of the suspect and his vehi…
Person Struck, Killed By Train On Long Island Person Struck, Killed By Train On Long Island
Person Struck, Killed By Train On Long Island An unidentified person was struck and killed by a train on the Long Island Railroad. The person, who was on the tracks, was struck around 6:40 a.m., Monday, Oct. 19, east of Brentwood, said MTA Spokesman Michael Cortez. Service was suspended between Ronkonkoma and Hicksville during the recovery efforts. Service was restored at approximately 8 a.m., with residual delays lasting up to 90 minutes, Cortez said.  No criminality is suspected, he added. 
Man Nabbed At Canadian Border For Homicide Of Woman Found Dead In Fairfield County Home Man Nabbed At Canadian Border For Homicide Of Woman Found Dead In Fairfield County Home
Man Nabbed At Canadian Border For Homicide Of Woman Found Dead In Fairfield County Home A man wanted in connection with the alleged killing of a Fairfield County woman was nabbed at the Canadian border and is expected to be charged with her death in the coming days. Jennifer Brelsford, 40, was found dead inside her Goddard Avenue home in Bridgeport on Sunday, Oct. 18, by police performing a welfare check.  Her body had obvious signs of trauma, said Bridgeport Police Captain Brian Fitzgerald.  Detectives quickly identified Brelsford's estranged boyfriend, Corey Ramos, 30, as a suspect, and began a search for his whereabouts. "Detectives worked with law enforcement i…
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