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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.
Fatal Stabbing Victim Was Former HS Basketball Star In Norwalk
As news spread of the stabbing death of a 29-year-old Norwalk man, family and friends gathered outside of his Fairfield Avenue home.
Known as a talented basketball player, Michael Moody, who played at Brien McMahon High School in Norwalk, where he was known for his "smooth," jump shot, was stabbed around 1 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 8, Norwalk Police said.
Norwalk police, who have not released many details, said on Thursday they had a person of interest in the death of the longtime resident neighbors called quiet, but friendly.
Moody’s death is the first homicide in Norwalk since Johnny Lez…
Billionaire Business Owner Faces Backlash Over High-Priced Trump Fundraiser In Hamptons
Billionaire Stephen Ross, the chairman of the company that owns Equinox and SoulCycle is facing a massive backlash after news that he is hosting a mega fundraiser for President Trump at his Hamptons digs.
Apparently, hundreds of members of the health clubs for New York's elite have inundated the company with canceled memberships, and calls for boycotts and protests, multiple sources said.
Ross, the chairman of Related Companies, which is the parent company of both Equinox and Soul Cycle, will host the pricey fundraiser on Friday, Aug. 9, at his Southhampton home with his wife, Kara Ross, a…
Man Nabbed With Fully Automatic Submachine Gun, Police Say
A 22-year-old local man was arrested for criminal possession of a weapon following an investigation into an earlier incident in which a submachine gun was seized.
According to the City of Poughkeepsie Police, on Thursday, July 10, members of the police department responded to 13 Duane St, for a dispute, and report of a person in possession of a gun, City of Poughkeepsie Police Sgt. Terrence Beam said.
A search warrant was later executed at the home where police found a fully automatic, Sten Mark II submachine gun, along with two loaded magazines and ammunition, Beam said.
On…
State Attorney Files For Gag Order In Missing Mom Case
The Stamford/Norwalk State Attorney is asking the court to enact a "gag order" on all parties involved with the case of the missing mom Jennifer Farber Dulos.
State Attorney Richard Colangelo Jr. filed the one-sentence motion on Wednesday, Aug. 7, saying statements could prejudice the case.
In response, her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos’ attorney, has filed a five-page response, arguing that prosecutors should focus their time on preventing police leaks to the media.
Jennifer Dulos, of New Canaan, has been missing since Friday, May 24, after dropping off her five children at school.…
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