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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.
Body Of Former Westchester Woman Recovered After South Florida Condo Collapse
As the digging continues at the site of a condo collapse in Surfside, Florida, members of one family with New York connections announced their mother has been found dead.
Judy Siegel, age 65, formerly of Plainview, in Nassau County, Southhampton, in Suffolk County, and Ardsley, in Westchester County, was recovered on Friday, July 9, by first responders working at the scene, her daughter Rachel Spiegel said on Instagram.
"Today was one of the hardest days of our lives," Rachel wrote. "We were told by the Miami Dade Police Department that our mom, Judy Spiegel, was recovered on Friday, July …
Area Man Nabbed After Stabbing Store Employee In Head, Face During Robbery, Police Say
A Hudson Valley man was apprehended by state police for allegedly stabbing a convenience store employee man in the head and face during a robbery.
The robbery and attack took place around 4:40 a.m., Saturday, July 10, in Ulster County at the Valero Gas Station in Ellenville, said Trooper Steven Nevel.
According to Nevel, state police responded to the store at 109 Main Street after receiving a 911 call regarding a man stabbed in the head, face, and arm, during the robbery.
When police arrived they found the employee had been stabbed in the face, head, and arm.
The employee was treate…
Long Island Man Stabs Brother, Sets House On Fire, Police Say
A Long Island man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his brother and then setting the house on fire.
Victor Brown, of Coram, was arrested on Friday, July 9 by Suffolk County Police following the incident which took place around 8 p.m..
According to detectives, Brown, age 29, stabbed his brother with a large knife and then set the home, located at 139 Sequoia Lane in Coram, on fire.
The brother then called 911 to tell police he had been stabbed, police said.
The victim and brother were both transported to a local hospital and the victim is being treated for serious injuries, police s…
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