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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.
CT Shooting Leaves Man, 18, Dead, Cops Say
An 18-year-old Connecticut man was found shot to death on a city street.
The incident took place in Waterbury just after midnight on Thursday, July 21 on Willow Street.
The man was found when Waterbury Police officers responded to a complaint of shots fired in the area of Willow Street, said Lt. Ryan Bessette, of the Waterbury Police.
During an investigation, officers located evidence of shots fired and a male victim who had sustained fatal gunshot wounds, Bessette said.
The victim, of Waterbury, was pronounced dead at the scene by ambulance personnel, he added.
Police have not…
Did You Buy It? Winning $1K Cash4Life Ticket Sold In Hudson Valley
Check your numbers.
A winning player struck it rich in the Hudson Valley by correctly hitting all the right numbers to win $1,000 a week for life,
The winning second place ticket hit in Dutchess County for the Thursday, July 21 game, at the Smokes 4 Less store, located at 982 Main St., in Fishkill, New York Lottery officials said.
So far, no winner has stepped forward.
The winning numbers were 7-10-19-21-53, with a cash ball of 4.
The player didn't hit the big payout of $1,000 a day for life, but even so, $1,000 bucks a week isn't peanuts.
CT Man Kills Wife, Ignites Fire At Home With Baby Inside, Police Say
The husband of a woman who was found dead inside a Connecticut home that had burned has been arrested for her murder.
George Dodson, age 23, of New London, was arrested on Wednesday, July 20, and charged with murder, said Capt. Matthew Galante, of the New London Police.
The fire at the Sherman Street home was reported around 10:30 p.m., Wednesday, Galante said.
Firefighters arrived on the scene and quickly began working to extinguish the working fire. Inside of the residence, fire personnel located a 23-year-old female victim, identified as Shelby Dodson, and a one-year-old boy victim, Gal…
Man Charged With Shooting Death Of Teen In Hudson Valley, Police Say
Police have made in an arrest in the Hudson Valley murder of a 17-year-old who was gunned down in a parking lot.
Rockland County resident Treynahel Cineus, of Spring Valley, was found shot and killed around 2:30 a.m., Friday, July 8 in the parking lot of 150 West Eckerson Road in Spring Valley.
On Thursday, July 21, a Haverstraw man, identified as 23-year-old Anthony Mitchell, was arrested and charged with the crime, said Det. Matt Galli, of the Spring Valley Police.
Earlier Story: ID Released For Hudson Valley Teen Shot, Killed In Parking Lot
Mitchell was arraigned Friday, July 22 …
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