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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.
Norwalk Man Saved By Combined Efforts Of Family, First Responders, Hospital Staff
A 53-year-old Norwalk man is alive thanks to the efforts of first responders and hospital employees after suffering a cardiac event.
Todd Boe, of Norwalk, knew he had a heart condition called dilated cardiomyopathy, which affects his heart’s ability to pump blood effectively, said staff with Norwalk Hospital.
But for the past several years, Boe's had been living with his condition successfully, until the evening of July 6, when for no reason he suffered a life-threatening cardiac event when he collapsed during a family dinner outing, they said.
His family members immediately called 911 — a…
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Daily Voice
10/06/2018
New Millionaire: Redding Man Emerges As $1M Lottery Winner Days Before Ticket Was Due To Expire
A Redding man claimed his $1 million lottery winnings on Wednesday, just 23 days before the ticket was set to expire.
Fortunately, Charles Dudley of Redding came upon the winning ticket just in time to claim the $1,000,000 prize.
Purchased on May 2 in Wilton, Dudley didn't even realize the clock was ticking on his winnings until he discovered the ticket while cleaning out his wallet, lottery officials said,
"I had stopped for ice cream at the [Georgetown] Shell station that day," Dudley told Lottery officials. "While I was there, I got a Powerball Quick Pick, put it in my wa…
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