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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

CT State Police Asking Public For Help After Man Found Shot To Death Inside Car Police are seeking the help of any witnesses to a fatal shooting on I-91. The shooting took place around 7:35 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 29, in Hartford County, Connecticut State Police said. This is what detectives know so far: Troopers received a report of an unresponsive man on the I-91 Northbound Exit 42 off-ramp, in Windsor Locks. Responding troopers located the man inside of a vehicle suffering from apparent gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives from the Central District Major Crime Unit were requested and responded to the scene. Any witne…

by Kathy Reakes

08/30/2021

Police & Fire

Area Man Shot For Second Time In Months Not Cooperating, Police Say A man who was shot in the area had been shot just months earlier in the shoulder. The shooting took place around 12:30 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 28, in Sullivan County at 36 York Avenue in Monticello. Officers responded to the area for a report of a shoting and found the 25-year-old Monticello man with a gunshot wound to the leg, according to Lt. Mark Johnstone of the Monticello Police. "The victim refused to cooperate with investigating officers and was transported to Garnet Health Medical Center in Orange County for treatment," Johnstone said. The same man had also sustained a gunshot wound …

by Kathy Reakes

08/30/2021

Police & Fire

Bus Carrying Inmates Becomes Engulfed In Flames In Hudson Valley Screams filled the air as a bus carrying prisoners between correction facilities caught fire while traveling in the area. The crash took place around 7:45 p.m., Friday, Aug. 27 in Dutchess County on Route 9D by the overpass in Fishkill, said the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. The bus stopped and was safely evacuated, the department said. Nearly two dozen prisoners and corrections officers were onboard at the time of the fire. Two correction officers and four prisoners were taken to local hospitals for examination, the department said. All were treated an…

by Kathy Reakes

08/30/2021

Business

Area ShopRite To Close After Nearly Half-Century In Business After 43 years of serving a Hudson Valley community, a busy ShopRite store has decided to close its doors for good next month. The ShopRite, located in Rockland County, on Route 59 in the Hamlet of Tallman in the Town of Rampo, will close in late September, Company Spokesman Daniel Emmer said. "The Inserra family owners and operators of the ShopRite of Tallman appreciate the loyalty of our customers and the dedication of our store associates who have worked hard to serve the community for the past four decades," Emmer said Monday, Aug. 30. Emmer said will be provided the opportunity t…

by Kathy Reakes

08/30/2021

Lifestyle

Think You Have What It Takes To Be A Netflix Reality Star? Now Is Your Chance Now is the time for reality TV fans to get their foot in the door to appear on a show of their own choosing while Netflix is hosting huge casting calls for several shows and taking ideas for future shows. The company recently announced is asking the public to join the reality show fun by hosting online casting calls for several of their new and returning unscripted shows, as well as taking ideas of what you think might make a great reality show. "After all, what is reality TV if it doesn’t represent real people?" Netflix said. Several of the shows they are casting for include: The Circle…

by Kathy Reakes

08/29/2021

News

Contractor Scammed Fairfield County Woman Out Of $50K, Police Say A Fairfield County woman says she was scammed out of $50,000 by an area contractor. Venus Rogers, of Stratford, who is a full-time caregiver for her disabled daughter, said she hired a Stamford-based contractor to fix her home after it was flooded in November. Captain Paul DosSantos of the Stratford police says the department is investigating after the contractor allegedly gutted the home and never finished the job. Rogers told police the contractor left her home in a torn-apart state and does not return her calls or emails since leaving after three months of work. Sen. Richard Blumenthal…

by Kathy Reakes

08/28/2021

Police & Fire

Child Porn Suspect Made Contact With Kids In Neighboring Fairfield County Town, Police Say A Fairfield County man who was arrested in May for allegedly possessing child porn has been arrested again. Quinten Yonkers, age 24, of New Canaan, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 24, by Darien Police. The arrest comes after Darien Police were contacted by New Canaan Police on Friday, Aug.13, in regards to an investigation they were conducting regarding Yonkers, said Darien Police Sgt. James Palmieri. During the course of the investigation, detectives from New Canaan became aware of the possibility that Yonkers had been in contact with minor children residing in Darien, Palmieri sa…

by Kathy Reakes

08/28/2021

Police & Fire

Hudson Valley Man Nabbed For Felony DWI Following Traffic Stop, Police Say A Hudson Valley man has been arrested for alleged felony driving while intoxicated with a blood alcohol content (BAC) more than twice the legal limit. Orange County resident Hosmar J. Garcia Giron, age 23, was arrested on Monday, Aug. 23 during a traffic stop on I-87 in the town of Cornwall. During the stop, Giron, of Newburgh, was found to be allegedly intoxicated. He was taken into custody and processed at police headquarters, where his BAC was determined to be .18 percent, or more than twice the legal limit of .08 percent, said Trooper Tara McCormick. Additionally, Giron has a prior DW…

by Kathy Reakes

08/28/2021

Lifestyle

This Cookie Treat With Funny Sounding Name Is CT's Best Dessert, New Report Says Hey cookie lovers, especially Snickerdoodle fans, listen up. You have a new reason to gobble down a few more now that they have been named the favorite dessert in Connecticut. According to "Reader's Digest," which did a poll of the favorite dessert in every state, Snickerdoodles are the favorite in the Nutmeg state, with plenty of sugar and cinnamon deliciousness. The sugar-and-spice cookie, again heavy on the cinnamon, is one of the few cookies that doesn't use any vanilla. Go figure. According to "Reader's Digest, the name "might" come from the German Schneckennudel (“snail noodle”)— or…

by Kathy Reakes

08/28/2021

Police & Fire

Man Frightens Women By Flashing Gun At Popular Bar In Fairfield County, Police Say Police in the area are searching for a man who allegedly pulled up his shirt and revealed a gun while talking with two women at a popular bar. The incident took place in Fairfield County on Tuesday, Aug. 17 at the Bodega Taco Bar, in Darien. According to Sgt. James Palmieri of the Darien Police, the women were in the bar area when a man began talking to them. As the three talked, the man suddenly and without reason pulled his shirt up revealing a gun tucked into his waistband. No threats were made, Palmieri said. The two women became frightened and left t…

by Kathy Reakes

08/28/2021

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