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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.
Driver Arrested Following County-To-County Police Chase On Meadowbrook State Parkway
A Hempstead man was arrested following a police pursuit that began in Nassau County and ended in Suffolk County all the while ramming a vehicle on the Meadowbrook State Parkway.
The incident began around 9:38 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 16, when New York State Police responded to a call of an ongoing incident on the parkway, said Trooper Daniel Ahlgrim, spokesman for the department.
Once on the scene, troopers saw a Toyota Tundra purposefully ramming an Audi on the parkway, southbound in the town of Hempstead, Ahlgrim said.
Responding troopers, assisted by the New York State Parks Police, a…
Long Island Expressway Reopens Following Crash Involving Police Cruiser
A stretch of the Long Island Expressway has reopened after being closed for several hours following a crash between two vehicles and a Suffolk County Police cruiser.
The crash took place eastbound around 12:35 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 17, near Exit 52 in Commack, said a spokeswoman for the Suffolk County Police.
According to police, a Highway Patrol officer was in his vehicle, conducting a traffic stop on the right shoulder, when his vehicle was struck from the rear by another vehicle, the spokeswoman said.
The police vehicle, a marked highway patrol unit, then struck the vehicle that was pull…
Long Island Expressway Reopens Following Crash Involving Police Cruiser
This story has been updated.
A stretch of the Long Island Expressway has reopened after being closed for several hours following a crash between two vehicles and a Suffolk County Police cruiser.
The crash took place eastbound around 12:35 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 17, near Exit 52 in Commack, said a spokeswoman for the Suffolk County Police.
According to police, a Highway Patrol officer was in his vehicle, conducting a traffic stop on the right shoulder, when his vehicle was struck from the rear by another vehicle, the spokeswoman said.
The police vehicle, a marked highway patrol unit, then st…
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