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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 Pastor Charged In Brutal Killing Of Estranged Wife, DA Says
A 63-year-old pastor from Westchester has been charged with murder, manslaughter and other charges for allegedly running over his estranged wife and then hacking her with a machete.
Victor Mateo, of Yonkers, a pastor at the Christian Congregation The Redeemer Church in the Bronx, was arraigned Tuesday, Oct. 22, for the murder which took place on Thursday, Oct. 3, said Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark.
According to an investigation, at about 6:45 a.m. on Oct. 3, Mateo parked his vehicle near the home of Noelia Mateo, 58, on Ellsworth Avenue in Throgs Neck.
When h…
Woman, 39, Seriously Injured After Being Hit By Car On Long Island
Police are searching for a dark-colored vehicle in connection with a hit-and-run crash that left a 39-year-old woman with serious injuries.
The incident took place around 7:20 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 22, in Baldwin, when the woman was walking along Milburn Avenue, Nassau County Police said.
According to detectives, while walking northbound in front of 2387 Milburn Ave., the woman was struck by a northbound vehicle that left the scene.
As a result of the collision the victim suffered multiple trauma injuries, police said.
She was transported to an area hospital and is listed in serious b…
Wandering Potbelly Pig Reunited With Owner In Ridgefield
It only took a day for a lost potbelly pig to be reunited with her owner in Fairfield County.
The pig, sorry, don't know her name, was found at 1:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 21, wandering in the area of Barrack and Grandview in Ridgefield, said Ridgefield Police Department Animal Control Officer Kris Zulkeski.
Zulkeski took the pig back to animal control and snapped a picture and posted it to Facebook in hopes of finding its owner.
After more than 900 shares, the pig's owner was found and the two were reunited on Tuesday, Oct. 22.
"This is the first pig I have found in Ridgefield," Zulkes…
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