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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.
Man Wins $500K On CT Lottery Scratch-Off Ticket
Cha-Ching!
That's the sound a lucky Ansonia man probably heard after winning $500,000 on a $20 lottery scratch-off ticket.
Allen Brualdi, who purchased the winning Gold ticket at City Star Market in Guilford, cashed in his winning ticket on Friday, Dec. 27, at CT Lottery headquarters, lottery officials said.
Brualdi declined to be interviewed and featured in the Lottery’s Winner Stories, but lottery officials said he was the second big winner in the game, leaving one more to come forward.
The game also had six $50,000 second-prize chances, two of which remain unclaimed, lottery offi…
Man Killed After Car Crashes, Rolls On Front Lawn Of Area Home
A 71-year-old man was killed during a single-vehicle crash that sent his car rolling and landing in the front lawn of a home in the area.
Giusino Rende, of Middletown, was killed around 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, after his white 2018 Subaru Forester crashed and rolled, landing in a front lawn of a Town of Wallkill home, said State Police Trooper Steven Nevel.
According to Nevel, a preliminary investigation found that Rende was driving east on Silver-Scotchtown Road when his vehicle traveled off the right shoulder, hitting a guardrail.
Rende then overcorrected the vehicle, sending the vehic…
ID Released For Pilot Killed After Plane Bound For Westchester Airport Crashes
A man killed when a small plane headed for Westchester County Airport crashed into a home in Maryland has been identified.
Gordon Allen, 61, of Bronx, died about 3:10 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 29, when the Grumman American AA-5A plane he was piloting crashed in College Park, located in Prince George's County, said the Maryland State Police.
According to a preliminary investigation, the plane had departed the College Park Airport just minutes prior to crashing.
The plane crashed into a carport of a single-family home, then struck a vehicle with both the plane and the vehicle catching on…
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