DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. --  Following a shooting of two people in the City of Poughkeepsie over the weekend, members of Family Services SNUG program will host a rally against violence Thursday on Main Street.The program, started earlier this year in response to gun violence in the city, is one of 13 across the state. Run by Danny Hairston, the program responds to every act of gun violence ...

Services for an Ossining man killed in a head-on crash on Monday in Putnam have been set for Thursday and Friday.Louis Arpi, 56, died as the result of trauma injuries he sustained in a head-on collision between the car he was driving and another vehicle on Route 22 near the intersection of Thunder Ridge Road in Patterson.Calling hours for Arpi will be Thursday, Oct. 12 from 4 p.m. to 9 ...

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Hastings-on-Hudson police are investigating a string of burglaries involving smashed windows that took place overnight on Wednesday.The burglaries came to light when police received a call around 6:56 a.m., Wednesday, from the owner of the Hastings Center Restaurant, at 540 Warburton Ave., reporting that his business had been entered during the overnight ...

DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. --  Many questions remain unanswered after a fight reportedly broke out among students and later parents at Poughkeepsie High School.The event began around 11:40 a.m., Tuesday required at least 10 City of Poughkeepsie police officers to respond to the school after the fight broke out and for officials to put the school on lockdown, reported the Poughkeepsie ...

This story has been updated.A stretch of Route 202 (Bear Mountain Bridge Road) in Cortlandt has reopened after a serious three-car crash closed the roadway in both directions.The crash, which happened on a narrow stretch of road near the Overlook, occurred around 8:30 a.m. Thursday, said Trooper A.J. Hicks, spokesman for the department.Dispatchers report three injuries, none appear to ...

A New York man who threatened a Las Vegas-type massacre against a Denver company, while trying to extort money from the tech start-up, was arrested Tuesday, said the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.The U.S. attorney's office in Brooklyn said that Victor Casillas, 34, of Manhattan sent threatening emails to company employees telling them to "Get ready for ...

Have you seen him?State Police are asking the public for help in locating Shatee Lyons, 39, in connection with a robbery that occurred in September.Lyons, who is described as being 6-foot-2, 225 pounds with black hair and brown eyes, is wanted for stealing a cellphone and cash from a victim in Wappinger, police said.Following the crime, a warrant was issued for his arrest by the Town of ...

ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. --  A Pomona man was indicted Wednesday for the attempted murder of a Clarkstown couple whom he stabbed repeatedly during a jealous rage in September.Brandyn Johnston, 24, was arraigned on an eight-count indictment and charged with: Two counts of felony attempted murderThree counts of felony violent burglaryOne count of felony assaultOne count of felony attempted ...

Michael Joseph Molinaro, 27, of Shrub Oak, died on Monday, Oct. 9.A mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 13, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, 1377 East Main St., Shrub Oak. To send condolences to the family, click here. 

ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Spring Valley man sustained serious internal injuries during a fall while cutting trees at a house in Tomkins Cove, according to the Stony Point Police.The accident took place around 11:45 a.m., Tuesday, at 664 N. Liberty Drive, Tomkins Cove, when the man fell from a ladder, said Lt. Daniel Hylas.When officers and paramedics arrived on scene they found ...