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Cop Charged In Memphis Beating Death Played High School Football In Connecticut Cop Charged In Memphis Beating Death Played High School Football In Connecticut
Cop Charged In Memphis Beating Death Played High School Football In Connecticut A former Connecticut high school football player has been identified as one of the five Memphis Police officers charged in the beating death of Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop on Saturday, Jan. 7. Officer Desmond Mills Jr. lived in Hartford County and graduated from Bloomfield High School where he also reportedly played football. "Bloomfield Public Schools is aware of the disturbing situation involving five police officers in Memphis, Tennessee," said Stan Simpson, spokesman for Bloomfield Public Schools. "We can confirm that one of the officers – Desmond Mills Jr. - is a graduate o…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
White Plains Native Walter Douglas Kley, 85, Loved Travel And His Wife's Thai Cooking White Plains Native Walter Douglas Kley, 85, Loved Travel And His Wife's Thai Cooking
White Plains Native Walter Douglas Kley, 85, Loved Travel And His Wife's Thai Cooking Walter Douglas Kley, 85, died June 12, 2022 in Palm Coast, FL, where he had recently moved. He was born in White Plains on October 19, 1936 to Arthur Kley and Arlene Prudy Kley. He was raised in White Plains and attended White Plains High School. After high school, Walter spent three years in the Navy and then attended Miami University in Oxford, OH, where he received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration.  He worked in Dayton, OH and then moved to the South, working with Top Value Stamps he moved to Daytona Beach, FL, Birmingham, AL, and Memphis, TN. He moved to Atlan…

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by The Kley Family
Real Estate
Fairfield County Has Fastest Rising Home Prices In US, Report Says Fairfield County Has Fastest Rising Home Prices In US, Report Says
Fairfield County Has Fastest Rising Home Prices In US, Report Says Housing prices are rising more quickly in Fairfield County than any other locale in the U.S., according to data compiled from the real estate website Redfin by Bloomberg.  Compared to September of 2019, housing sales throughout the county this September rose by 80 percent, and median home prices reportedly increased by 33 percent to $499,000.  The second-fastest-growing metropolitan area was Memphis, Tennessee, according to the data; median home prices increased there by 29.7 percent in September compared to September of 2019.  Also in the rankings was New Haven, which ranke…

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by Christina Coulter
Police & Fire
Suspect In Stabbing With Serious Injuries At Westchester Bar Apprehended Suspect In Stabbing With Serious Injuries At Westchester Bar Apprehended
Suspect In Stabbing With Serious Injuries At Westchester Bar Apprehended The suspect in a stabbing incident at a Northern Westchester bar that left several people seriously injured has been apprehended out of state after a police search that lasted more than two years. Erick Grigoroff, 28, formerly of Peekskill, was arrested on Wednesday, June 26 in connection to the Feb. 18, 2017 stabbing at Fulgum’s Bar on Albany Post Road in the town of Cortlandt. He was located near Memphis, Tennessee by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and US Marshals, state police said. An alert issued by state police while Grigoroff was on the run described him as "armed and danger…

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by Joe Lombardi
Lifestyle
'Viva Las Vegas' Gala Set For Westchester 'Viva Las Vegas' Gala Set For Westchester
'Viva Las Vegas' Gala Set For Westchester Las Vegas comes to the Hudson Valley when the Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation hosts its “Viva Las Vegas” Gala on Tuesday, May 8 from 6 to 10 p.m. at Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle.  The gala will benefit Hudson Valley charities and non-profit organizations. The highlight of the evening will be a glitzy, glamorous Las Vegas-style show featuring “Elvis” tribute artist Cody Ray Slaughter. Tagged as one of the most talented, young Elvis tribute artists in the country, Slaughter was the youngest man ever to be named the “Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist” by Elvis Presley Enterprises in …

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by Jon Craig