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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.
Nearly 200 Handguns, Rifles Now Off The Streets After Buyback In Peekskill
A total of 185 guns are off the streets thanks to the efforts of the Peekskill Police Department during their annual Gun Buyback Event.
The event, held Saturday, Sept. 15 at the United Methodist Church, was designed to get unwanted and/or unsecured guns off the street and out of people’s homes, according to Peekskill Chief of Police Donald Halmy.
Out of the 185 guns turned in, 97 were handguns, two assault rifles, and 86 were shotguns and rifles. All of the guns, from the smallest to the largest, had the same thing in common, they were unwanted and were potentially deadly in the wrong hands…
ID Released Of Westchester Man, 32, Who Committed Suicide At County Jail
An inmate suicide at the Westchester County Jail is under investigation by correction officials.
Gregory Fernandez, 32, of Yonkers, attempted suicide on Aug. 28 and died on Sept. 1, from his injuries, said Justin Pruyne, a spokesman for the Department of Correction.
Emergency medical care was provided at the jail, and Fernandez was transported to Westchester Medical Center for further treatment, Pruyne said.
Fernandez had been in custody for two days for felony robbery and a weapons possession charge, he added.
He was being held without bail on an order from the Yonkers City Court and on …
CT's First Farm Aid Concert Features Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp
Area music lovers will be turning out in a big way to help support farmers across the nation by purchasing all of the tickets in less than four hours for Farm Aid 2018 in Hartford.
Featuring the likes of Willie Nelson, who founded the event in 1985 along with Neil Young, and John Mellencamp to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to help save them by raising money, this year's event on Saturday, Sept. 22 is set to include an all-star lineup.
Those slated to perform include, of course, Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp, in addition to Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, Chris…
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