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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.

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Police & Fire

Car Rear-Ends Hyde Park School Bus, No Injuries This story has been updated. Route 9G is reopened after a car rear-ended a Hyde Park School bus carrying five North Park Elementary School students, according to Lt. Robert Benson. The crash occurred around 9 a.m., Wednesday, at 1607 Route 9G, near the school, when the driver behind the bus became distracted and ran into the back of the bus, he said. No students were injured, but all of their parents were called to pick them up, police said. Both vehicles were towed from the scene. No tickets or summons were issued.

by Kathy Reakes

12/20/2017

Police & Fire

I-84 Reopens Following Crash In Orange County All lanes of I-84 in Orange County are back open after a two-vehicle crash with a fuel leak closed all lanes of the roadway during most of the morning commute, according to the New York State Police.The crash occurred around 5:30 a.m., Wednesday when the driver of one of the vehicles struck the back of the vehicle in front of him in Port Jervis, said Trooper Steve Nevel. The impact caused a large amount of fuel to leak onto the roadway, causing the shutdown, he added. Crews were able to contain and clean-up the leak within a couple hours. One person with injured, with a minor cut to the hea…

by Kathy Reakes

12/20/2017

News

'Kayak Killer' Angelika Graswald To Be Released From Prison Angelika Graswald, aka, the "Hudson River Kayak Killer," will be out of jail for Christmas when she is released from the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women on Thursday, according to state corrections officials. The 37-year-old, who admitted on Nov. 8 she helped cause the drowning death of her fiancé Vincent Viafore, is eligible for release, even though she was sentenced to 1⅓ to 4 years, because she has been in jail since her arrest in April 2015, which counts as time served. Graswald is scheduled to be conditionally released, which is by statute and not by a Board of …

by Kathy Reakes

12/20/2017

News

Newburgh Man Sentenced For Sex Trafficking A Newburgh man was sentenced to 12 years in prison and five years post-release supervision for sex-trafficking, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler. Theodore Edwards, 50, was sentenced Thursday, by Orange County Court Judge Nicholas De Rosa, for one count of sex trafficking, involving four women. The charges stemmed from allegations that between August 1, 2015, and March 17, 2016, Edwards kidnapped or unlawfully imprisoned four different women at 222 Broadway in the City of Newburgh, subjecting them to assaults and other physical abuse, and forced them to perform sex…

by Kathy Reakes

12/20/2017

Schools

John Jay Students To Vote On School Mascot Name Change John Jay High School students in Cross River will have a chance to cast their vote Wednesday on whether to keep the name of their school mascot as the "Indians," after the Campus Congress requested a change. The decision to allow a school-wide vote came after Campus Congress members approached the topic during a forum with their peers, said John Jay Principal Steven Siciliano. Although the vote is non-binding, it is "an exercise in democracy," Siciliano said. After the students vote, the totals will be tallied and announced on the school's website Wednesday afternoon, h…

by Kathy Reakes

12/20/2017

Police & Fire

Newburgh Man Used Fake Facebook Profile To Extort Nude Photos, Police Say A 24-year-old Town of Newburgh man was nabbed for threatening to expose nude photos of a woman and ruin her life unless she sent him photos and money, said Town of Newburgh police. Kyle Meissner, 24, was arrested Thursday following a month-long investigation in conjunction with the FBI Safe Streets Task Force, said Lt. Peter Talarico. Talarico said Meissner used a fake profile account he created on Facebook to contact the victim through Facebook Messenger and that he also attempted to extort an undisclosed amount of money. Meissner was charged with felony grand larceny and aggravated hara…

by Kathy Reakes

12/20/2017

News

Police Warn Residents Of Phone Number Spoofing Scam In Dutchess East Fishkill Police are alerting residents to a phone calling "spoof" in which scammers hijack a local businesses' phone number and then calls residents attempting to obtain personal information or solicitations.The department said the technique is used to entice people to answer their phones rather than let the unknown calls go to voicemail. The software and technology these scammers use are often difficult to track at the local level, officers said. Residents receiving these calls should never give personal information over the phone. Always be on alert for the numerous phone sc…

by Kathy Reakes

12/20/2017

Police & Fire

Police: SUV Driver Crossed Double Yellow Line In Route 172 Crash With Bus A camera onboard a bus that was hit on Route 172 shows that the driver of an SUV crossed the double yellow line before hitting the bus transporting special needs adults, according to Town of Bedford Police. The crash, which occurred around 3:42 p.m., Monday, on Route 172 in the area of West Patent Road, sent 14 people to area hospitals, with various injuries, none of which were life-threatening, said Lt., Matthew Hawley. According to Hawley, the driver of a 2008 Jeep, Mimi Rand, 55, of Stamford, Conn., crossed the double yellow line, causing the bus to drive to the right to try and avoid th…

by Kathy Reakes

12/19/2017

Obituaries

Community Mourns Death Of 47-Year-Old Ketcham Teacher, Firefighter Julia Eurillo, a popular Roy C. Ketcham High Scool teacher and longtime volunteer firefighter, is being remembered for her love of teaching and service to the community. Eurillo, 47, died of an apparent heart attack Monday. A special education teacher, as well as head cheerleading coach and announcer for track and field, among other events, Eurillo worked for the Wappingers school district for more than 17 years and spent some 20 years as a volunteer firefighter, many of those with the New Hackensack Fire Company. The school district called Eurillo a dedicated teacher who will be missed: …

by Kathy Reakes

12/19/2017

Police & Fire

Rockland Woman Dies From Injuries In Route 304 Crash A Stony Point woman injured in a serious two-car crash on Route 304 in New City on Monday has died from her injuries, Clarkstown Police said Tuesday. Louise Ruffino, 86, died several hours after the crash that occurred around 2:30 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Route 304 and Cosmos Lane, in New City, according to Clarkstown Officer Peter Walker. The crash shut down the roadway for several hours as officers worked to reconstruct the accident, he added. The cause of the crash is still under investigation, and at this point, no summons or arrests have been made, Walker said. Check back …

by Kathy Reakes

12/19/2017

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