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Kathy Reakes

Reporter kreakes@dailyvoice.com
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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  1. Best Pizza Shop: New Canaan Eatery Serves Up Both NY, Detroit-Style Pies

    Best Pizza Shop: New Canaan Eatery Serves Up Both NY, Detroit-Style Pies

    Pizza lovers in the area can find their favorite type of pizza, meaning New York or Detroit, at a new restaurant that's hitting quality and yumminess out of the park.Named aptly as the Best Pizza Shop in New Canaan, the newish (they opened in December 2022), is a fan favorite with online reviewers and foodies alike. And if the lines of customers or busy phones tell you anything you ...

  2. Fatal Crash: Poughkeepsie Man Hit, Killed By Pickup Truck, Police Say

    Fatal Crash: Poughkeepsie Man Hit, Killed By Pickup Truck, Police Say

    A Hudson Valley man was hit and killed by a pickup truck while walking along a busy roadway.The crash took place in Dutchess County around 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 28 on New Hackensack Road (Route 376), east of Boardman Road in the town of Poughkeepsie. According to the Town of Poughkeepsie Police, a 2018 Ford F-150, being driven by a 72-year-old Poughkeepsie man, struck a ...

  3. Attempted Robbery: Levittown Teen Punches Victim In Face, Police Say

    Attempted Robbery: Levittown Teen Punches Victim In Face, Police Say

    A Long Island teen was arrested after allegedly punching a victim in the face and demanding all of the person's money.The incident took place in Levittown around 5:40 p.m., Tuesday, March 28 on Drake Lane.According to Nassau County Police detectives, Ryan Romano, age 18, of Levittown, saw another teen, also 18, drive past his home and began to follow him.The victim drove to a friend’s ...

  4. Waterbury Teen Dies After Jumping Out Of Stolen Vehicle, Into Reservoir, Police Say

    Waterbury Teen Dies After Jumping Out Of Stolen Vehicle, Into Reservoir, Police Say

    A Connecticut teen who was allegedly in a stolen vehicle drowned after running from police and jumping into a nearby reservoir. The incident took place in New Haven County around 12:15 p.m., Tuesday, March 28 on Grilleytown Road in Waterbury.A Waterbury officer was patrolling the area of Grilleytown Road when he came upon an abandoned stolen vehicle out of Millertown, New York, ...

  5. Know Him? Man Wanted For Cashing Altered, Stolen Checks In Norwalk, Police Say

    Know Him? Man Wanted For Cashing Altered, Stolen Checks In Norwalk, Police Say

    Norwalk Police are asking the public for help identifying a man who allegedly cashed stolen and altered checks.The man illegally cashed the checks and identified himself to bank tellers as Christopher Collins, said Lt. Joe Dinho, of the Norwalk Police. "We are asking for the public’s help in identifying the subject in this image," Dinho said.This is an ongoing investigation ...

  6. Jailed Shelton Man Calls Protected Victim 70 Times, Police Say

    Jailed Shelton Man Calls Protected Victim 70 Times, Police Say

    A Shelton man behind bars for violating a protective order was arrested again while in jail for having contact with the protected person 70 times on the phone.Gordon Cole, age 27, was arrested on Tuesday, March 27 by Shelton Police for violation of a protective order and remained incarcerated on an additional $10,000 bond.Cole was previously arrested in Shelton in December 2022 for ...

  7. Wanted: Suspect Shot Teen In Shirley Over Pair Of Sneakers, Police Say

    Wanted: Suspect Shot Teen In Shirley Over Pair Of Sneakers, Police Say

    Police on Long Island are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the person who shot a teen earlier this year.According to Suffolk County detectives, a teen attempting to sell a pair of Air Jordan Black Cat sneakers via Snapchat met a man outside his home on Sunday, Jan. 29 at 3 p.m. The teen left the shoes in the house when he came outside to meet the ...

  8. Vodka-Drinking Driver Pulls Into Path Of Saugerties Cruiser, Police Say

    Vodka-Drinking Driver Pulls Into Path Of Saugerties Cruiser, Police Say

    A Hudson Valley man was nabbed for allegedly pulling into the path of a police cruiser while driving drunk.The incident took place in Ulster County around 11 a.m., Monday, March 27 on Route 9W in Saugerties.According to Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra,  a 2013 Audi A5, driven by James Dorans, age 37, of Saugerties, pulled onto Route 9W from Red Maple Road, directly into ...

  9. School Bus Crash: 3 Kids Hospitalized In Rosendale

    School Bus Crash: 3 Kids Hospitalized In Rosendale

    Three students were hospitalized following a crash of their school bus with another vehicle.The crash took place in Ulster County around 7 a.m. Tuesday, March 28 on Route 32 in the town of Rosendale at the intersection of Madeline Lane.According to the Rosendale Police, the bus was transporting eight students and a driver at the time of the crash and the other vehicle had just the ...

  10. 14-Year-Old In Stolen Car Kills NJ Driver In Head-On NY Crash: Police

    14-Year-Old In Stolen Car Kills NJ Driver In Head-On NY Crash: Police

    A New Jersey man was killed when a 14-year-old driver in a stolen car struck his vehicle head-on early Tuesday, March 28 in New York, authorities said.The teen was heading south in a Toyota 4Runner on Route 9 in Rhinebeck when he struck Jonathan A. Kiech, 49, of Fords, who was heading north, around 6:30 a.m., Dutchess County Sheriff's Office Capt. John Watterson said.Kiech was ...

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