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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.
1 Killed, 3 Injured In Crash Between Car, Minibus On Long Island, Police Say
A 21-year-old woman was killed and three were people injured, including a student, during a crash between a car and a minibus on Long Island.
The crash took place in North Amityville around 8 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 29 on Albany Avenue.
According to the Suffolk County Police, the woman was driving a Honda Civic northbound on Albany Avenue, south of Russell Court, when her vehicle crossed into the southbound lane and struck a minibus.
The woman, who has not been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
There were four people on the bus; the driver, a matron, and two st…
Support Pours In For Fiance, Daughter Of 23-Year-Old Killed In Hudson Valley Crash
Support is pouring in for the fiance and daughter of a 23-year-old man who died after a two-vehicle crash in the region.
Bryan Tumolo, of Mahopac, was killed in Putnam Valley around 8:55 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 27 on Wood St., according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.
Tumolo leaves behind his fiance McKayla Gordineer and a young daughter.
Since his death, friends, and even strangers, have donated to a GoFundMe in an effort to help the family in the time of need, said fund organizer Brittany Pirro.
"Bryan was one of the most generous, funny, and kind-hearted souls I…
CT Man Admits To Trafficking Fentanyl
A Connecticut man faces years in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking in fentanyl.
Roy Reid, also known as “Jama,” age 34, of New Haven, pleaded guilty Tuesday, Sept. 27, to one count of fentanyl trafficking, according to Vanessa Roberts Avery, US Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
According to court documents and statements made in court, in the fall of 2021, the New Haven Safe Streets/Gang Task Force and New Haven Police Department began investigating a drug trafficking ring that was distributing fentanyl, heroin crack, and cocaine in and around the West Hills neighborh…
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