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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.
Man Stabbed In Head, Beaten During Attack In Westchester, Police Say
Police are searching for a group of people who allegedly assaulted a man and stabbed him in the head in Westchester County.
The incident took place around 1 a.m., Sunday, May 9 at the BP gas station, at 190 Aqueduct Road, in White Plains, said Greenburgh Police Lt. Kobie Powell.
According to Powell, police responded to the area and found that the suspects had fled the area in a blue Mazda 3 and a grey Toyota sedan toward Tarrytown Road.
The victim, who had been stabbed in the head and beaten, was taken to Westchester Medical Center where he underwent surgery.
The motive of…
Neighborhood Complaints Lead To Gun, Drug Charges For Area Duo, Police Say
Two area men have been arrested for alleged possession of guns and drugs during a crackdown on gun violence.
Michael Wardlaw-Brown, age 31, and Winston White, age 28, both of the City of Poughkeepsie, were arrested on Wednesday, May 5 as part of the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department's ongoing investigation into drug activity and gun violence in the area of Carroll Street, said Capt. Richard Wilson.
During a warrant search, conducted by the department's Neighborhood Recovery Unit along with the FBI Safe Streets Task Force, and the Dutchess County Task Force, agents recove…
Man Nabbed For Felony DWI, Resisting Arrest In Westchester, State Police Say
A Fairfield County man was arrested by New York State Police in Westchester for allegedly driving drunk with a suspended license.
Shamek Brown, age 49, of Danbury, was arrested on Wednesday, May 5 around 1:35 a.m., after being stopped on I-87 in Yonkers for a traffic violation, said Trooper Tara McCormick.
During the stop, McCormick said officers found that he was intoxicated and was driving with a suspended license.
When troopers attempted to take Brown into custody, he resisted arrest. He was eventually arrested and transported to state police headquarters in Tarrytown where he refused …
Casting, Dates Announced For Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s 2021 Summer Season
The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival has announced its return for the 2021 season, along with its lineup of plays and casting, at Boscobel House and Gardens in Putnam County, located on Route 9D in Garrison.
The season kicks off on Thursday, June 24, with "The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington," by James Ijames, which runs through Friday, July 30.
The play will feature Tyler Fauntleroy, Cyndii Johnson, Ralph Adriel Johnson, Claudia Logan, Britney Simpson, Brandon St. Clair, and Nance Williamson.
The season will continue with William Shakespeare’s, "T…
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