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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

One Killed, Another Airlifted In Long Island Crash, Police Say One person was killed and another airlifted to an area hospital following a single-vehicle crash on Long Island. The crash, involving a 1995 Mitsubishi took place around 12:48 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 19, in Woodmere, said the Nassau County Police. According to detectives, a 47-year-old man was driving his vehicle southwest in the vicinity 1044 Peninsula Boulevard when he lost control and struck a tree, police said. The driver of the vehicle was pronounced dead by a Nassau County Police Medic at the scene at 12:53 p.m., police added. The passenger, a 47-year-old man, was transported to a local…

by Kathy Reakes

11/19/2019

Obituaries

Support Pours In For Family Of Woman Killed With Boyfriend In Area Crash The community is coming out in force to help the family of a young woman who died along with her boyfriend during a single-vehicle crash in the area. Orange County resident Alexis Lewis, 20, of Chester, was killed along with her boyfriend, Holmes B. Shindon, 21, of Montgomery, during a single-vehicle crash on Saturday, Nov. 16, on Route 208 in the town of Hamptonburgh. Since Lewis' death, a GoFundMe page has been created to help pay for her funeral. "She was such a lovely young lady with her whole life ahead of her," her aunt wrote on the GoFundMe page. "Her Mother Cathy, my bi…

by Kathy Reakes

11/19/2019

Police & Fire

Suny-new Paltz Student Falls To Her Death While Hiking A SUNY New Platz student has died after falling 150 feet while hiking near the caves in Hasbrouck Park. Katherine Vollmer, 20, of Rochester, was discovered around 9:50 p.m., Monday, Nov. 18, after the Kingston Police received a call of a female that had fallen while hiking, said the Kingston Police Department. Officers responded to the area and were able to locate a group of SUNY New Paltz students that had been hiking in the area. Vollmer slipped and fell off of a cliff at the top of Hasbrouck Park, the department said. Vollmer had been part of an unsanctioned hiking group that was e…

by Kathy Reakes

11/19/2019

Police & Fire

Teen Dies After Being Hit By Metro-North Train In Westchester The 16-year-old boy who was struck by a Metro-North train in Westchester has died, according to MTA officials. The incident took place at the Pelham station around 5:45 p.m., Monday, Nov. 18, when the teen was struck, said Aaron Donovan, spokesman for Metro-North. The teen was rushed alive by emergency personnel to an area hospital where he later died, Donovan said. Following the event, New Haven Line rush-hour trains were delayed by up to 50 minutes as a result. Normal service resumed at 8:53 p.m. Information was not available Tuesday morning, Nov. 19 regarding how the teen ended …

by Kathy Reakes

11/19/2019

Police & Fire

Woman Charged In Stabbing Outside Walmart In Area A 37-year-old woman has been charged with stabbing another woman outside an area Walmart. The assault in Orange County was discovered around 4:18 p.m., Monday, Nov. 18, when the Town of Wallkill Police responded to the Walmart at 470 Route 211 for a report of an attack, said the Wallkill Police. When officers arrived on the scene, they apprehended Chiyoka Williams, 37, of Wallkill, for allegedly stabbing a 24-year-old woman outside of the store during an altercation, police said. The victim was transported to Orange Regional Medical Center by Town of Wallkill Volunteer Ambulance where she …

by Kathy Reakes

11/19/2019

Police & Fire

Teen Charged In Crash That Killed Two Stamford Residents A teen has been charged with manslaughter and DUI in connection with a fatal crash that left two teens dead in Fairfield County. Jerry Diaz, 18, of Stamford, was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 19, in connection with the August crash that killed two teens, said Stamford Police Sgt. Jeffrey Booth. The crash took place around 2:32 a.m., Monday, Aug. 26, when a 2008 Nissan Altima driven by Diaz, struck two utility polices, knocking down both of them and sending live electrical wires on top of the vehicle on Canal Street, just north of Ludlow Street, said Booth. Diaz, who was in custody on another…

by Kathy Reakes

11/19/2019

Police & Fire

Stamford Gas Station Robbed At Gunpoint Police are searching for two men who allegedly used a gun to rob a gas station. The incident took place in Stamford around 5:30 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 17, at the Springdale Shell station on Hope Street, when two men wearing masks walked into the store and pointed a pistol at the clerk and ordered the man to give him money, said Stamford Police Lt. Tom Scanlon. The two men then grabbed other items, along with the gas, before fleeing the area on foot, Scanlon said. The clerk was not injured during the robbery, he said. No customers were inside the store at the time of the robbery. Anyone …

by Kathy Reakes

11/19/2019

Police & Fire

17-Year-Old Charged In Hit-Run Westchester Crash That Injured Pedestrian A 17-year-old Westchester teen has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash that injured a pedestrian. The incident took place around 11:07 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 15, when police officers came upon a pedestrian who had just been struck by a motor vehicle in Greenburgh on Old Kensico Road where it intersects with Randolph Road, in Greenburgh Lt. Kobie Powell said. The victim a 23-year-old male resident of Old Kensico Road had been dropped off by a friend and was crossing Old Kensico Road behind the friend's vehicle when a dark-colored vehicle traveling southbound on Ol…

by Kathy Reakes

11/19/2019

Police & Fire

Fire Damages Bridgeport Home A Bridgeport home was badly damaged after a fire ripped through the residence. The fire began around midnight on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 140 Marilyn Drive, in Bridgeport, said Terron Jones, a spokesman for the fire department. Responding fire units reported a heavy fire in the ranch-style home. The couple who lived at the home were alerted by smoke alarms and were able to safely escape, Jones said. Bridgeport firefighters had the fire under control within 45 minutes, he added. No injuries were reported and the fire is under investigation by the Fire Marshal.

by Kathy Reakes

11/19/2019

Police & Fire

Driver Loses Control Of Vehicle Ends Up In Creek In Area A speeding motorist was injured after losing control of his vehicle and ending up in a creek in the area. The single-vehicle crash took place in Orange County around 7:11 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 19, on Tuthill Road in Blooming Grove, said Blooming Grove Police Officer Michael Graziano. Graziano said speed played a factor in the man losing control and going off the roadway, into a creek, where the vehicle rolled over. When police arrived on the scene the driver was out of the vehicle. The driver received minor injuries, Graziano said. The crash is under investigation.

by Kathy Reakes

11/19/2019

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