Find Your Daily Voice
Friday, may 2
55°
© 2025 Cantata Media
Kathy Reakes
Reporter
kreakes@dailyvoice.com
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.
Fairfield Resident Wins $100K In Scratch-Off Ticket
A Fairfield resident's purse is a little heavier after winning $100,000 in a lottery scratch-off game.
Alexandru Giulan won the lucky bucks on a $5,000,000 Ultimate scratch-off ticket, according to the Connecticut Lottery.
The tickets cost a whopping $30, but hey, she more than made up for the cost.
Giulan claimed the $100,000 prize at lottery headquarters in Rocky Hill on Tuesday, Oct. 15, officials said.
The popular game has nine $100,000 prizes and two $5 million prizes.
Giulan plopped down her cash for the ticket at 5-O-Food Store & Deli at 1539 Black Rock Turnpike in Fairf…
Fairfield County Drug Dealer Sentenced For Overdose Death, DEA Says
A 43-year-old man has pleaded guilty in connection with the heroin overdose death of a 27-year-old woman.
Talvin Hinton, of Bridgeport, has been sentenced to five years in prison and four years post-release monitoring following his plea, said DEA Bridgeport.
The incident took place on Sept. 23, 2017, when the Stratford Police Department responded to the report of a fatal overdose, the DEA said.
Following the woman's death, the DEA, along with the Stratford Police Department conducted an investigation into the woman's death.
During the investigation, agents learned that the victim had…
Woman Dies After Driving Vehicle Into Hudson River, Police Say
A woman has 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.
The woman 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.
Police are not sure how the car ended up in the water, and say the incident is under investigation, pending the outcome of an autopsy.
The woman has not been…
Boy, 8, Dies After Boat Carrying Eight Flips Over In Area
An 8-year-old boy drowned after being underwater for some time when a boat carrying seven children and one adult flipped over in Haverstraw Bay.
The incident took place around 1:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 18, about 100 feet off of Haverstraw Bay, said Rockland County Sheriff's Chief William Barbera.
According to Barbera, the boat flipped over sending all eight occupants into the water. Most clung to the boat until help arrived, but the boy went underwater.
The child was recovered by dive team members, who immediately began CPR, Barbera said.
The other six children were also transported t…
Boy, 8, Dies After Boat Carrying Eight Flips Over In Area
This story has been updated.
An 8-year-old boy drowned after being underwater for some time when a boat carrying seven children and one adult flipped over in Haverstraw Bay.
The incident took place around 1:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 18, about 100 feet off of Haverstraw Bay, said Rockland County Sheriff's Chief William Barbera.
According to Barbera, the boat flipped over sending all eight occupants into the water. Most clung to the boat until help arrived, but the boy went underwater.
The child was recovered by dive team members, who immediately began CPR, Barbera said.
The other six ch…
Woman Dies After Driving Vehicle Into Hudson River, Police Say
This story has been updated.
A woman has 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.
The woman 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.
Police are not sure how the car ended up in the water, and say the incident is under investigation, pending the outcome of an autopsy.…
55°
