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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.
Three, Including Two Students, Injured In Westchester School Bus Crash
Three people, including two students, were injured in a school bus crash in Valhalla Friday morning.
The incident took place around 7:24 a.m. Friday on Grasslands Road in Mount Pleasant after the bus, heading west up a hill near the Westchester Community College, skidded on ice, said Mount Pleasant Police Capt. Michael Pierce.
After skidding, the bus struck a utility pole, and then skidded back down Grasslands Road before it ran into an embankment which stopped the bus, he said.
A total of four people were on the bus, including two teenagers who received minor injuries,…
Suspect On Loose After Armed Robbery At Popular Poughkeepsie Deli
Police are asking the public for help to identify a man suspected in an armed robbery at a popular deli.
The robbery took place around 1:22 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, at Muzzies, at 195 Mill St., in Poughkeepsie, police said.
The suspect was described as wearing black Nike sneakers, a black, hooded Columbia sweatshirt and had a black handgun, police said.
During the incident, the suspect allegedly demanded money then fled the store on foot heading north on North Bridge Street, then ran towards the Charles Street Housing Complex.
Anyone with information is urged to call the City of Poughkeeps…
Milford Police Officer Charged With Negligent Homicide In Pedestrian Strike
A Milford Police officer has been charged with negligent homicide in connection with the July 20, 2018, death of a 50-year-old pedestrian who was hit and killed by the officer.
Courtney Bothwell, 28, of North Haven, was charged Wednesday, Jan. 2, by Hamden Police following an investigation into the crash on Dixwell Avenue, in the vicinity of Old Dixwell Avenue, said Hamden Capt. Ronald Smith.
According to Smith, the investigation revealed that Kristin Wilczynski, 50, of North Haven was attempting to cross the street when she was struck by a motor vehicle that was driven by Bothwell.
Bothwe…
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