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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.
Westchester Man Nabbed For Greenwich Attack, Police Say
A Westchester County man wanted in Fairfield County for allegedly attacking another person was arrested after being picked up by another police agency.
Modesto Armenteros, 36, of Port Chester, was arrested on Monday, Nov. 4, by Greenwich Police after he was held by the New Haven Police Department for an event that took place on Saturday, Nov. 2, said Lt. John Slusarz.
A warrant was issued for Armenteros after police responded to a Greenwich home on the report of a fight in progress.
When police arrived, Armenteros had fled, but the victim told officers they had been attacked, and tha…
$25.8 Million Lotto Jackpot-Winning Ticket Purchased At Stop & Shop In Fairfield County
Quick, dig out those Lotto tickets because one lucky person who purchased one in Fairfield County won a cool $25.8 million in the Friday, Nov. 1 drawing.
The lucky ticket, with the winning numbers of 1-9-10-15-41-43, was sold at the Stop & Shop in Danbury, said the Connecticut Lottery.
The winner, who has not come forward, was the only jackpot winner out of 46,041 winning tickets sold for the drawing, lottery officials said.
The winner, who purchased the ticket at the store at 44 Lake Avenue Ext., in Danbury, can take a lump-sum payout of $21.3 million or 21 annual payments.
For its p…
Drivers ID'd In Crash That Caused Chain-Reaction, Hours-Long LI Expressway Closure
Officials have released the names of two of the five people injured, one seriously, in a five-vehicle crash on the Long Island Expressway in Suffolk County.
The crash took place around 7 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 5, near Commack, closing the highway for several hours, Suffolk County Police.
According to police, the crash occurred when Lonnie Garrett, 63, of Coram, was driving a 2012 Toyota Highlander westbound on the Long Island Expressway, west of exit 53, and his vehicle rear-ended a 2004 Honda CRV, driven by Eduardo Turcios, 67, of Westbury.
The crash caused a chain-reaction pileup involving …
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