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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.
ID Released For Boy, 8, Who Died After Boat Carrying Eight Flipped Over In Area
An 8-year-old boy who drowned after being underwater for some time when a boat carrying seven children and one adult flipped over in Haverstraw Bay has been identified.
Yosef Goldman, of Israel, died around 1:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 18, after becoming trapped under the boat which flipped about 100 feet off of Haverstraw Bay, said the Rockland County Sheriff's Office.
According to Sheriff's officials, the boat flipped over sending all eight occupants into the water. Most clung to the boat until help arrived, but the boy went underwater and was trapped under the boat.
The child was recovered …
ID Released For Northern Westchester Woman Who Died After Driving Car Into Hudson River
Police have released the identity of a woman who allegedly drove her car into the Hudson River.
Tiffany Kingwood, 37, of Verplanck, died after driving her vehicle into the Hudson River in Westchester.
The incident took place around 12:45 p.m., Friday, Oct. 18, near a riverside park in Verplanck, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester County Police.
Kingwood was discovered in the car in about 10 feet of water by divers from Yorktown Heights, he said.
Due to a strong drift, it took searchers a while to located the vehicle.
According to O'Leary, based on eyewitness ac…
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