In recognition of National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, an annual commemoration that took place on January 9, New York State Senator Pete Harckham announced last week that he had secured $100,000 in state grant funding for law enforcement and public
Read MoreFormer New York Mets Acting General Manager Zack Scott was found not guilty last week of Driving While Intoxicated last August when he was found by White Plains Police asleep in his car at a traffic light near the federal
Read MorePleasantville firefighters made a quick but daring rescue of a large dog that had fallen through thin ice at Opperman’s Pond last Friday afternoon. Just before 2 p.m., the black canine had ventured out onto the ice before it gave
Read MoreA Yonkers man pled guilty Dec. 20 to participating in the March 2011 murder of a White Plains man during the course of an armed robbery for marijuana. According to Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of
Read MoreA former Westchester Community College assistant teacher who altered a COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card to obtain a full-time position at the college was recently arraigned. According to Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah, Sonya Tarter Wilson, 50, of Mount
Read MoreA 16-year-old Fox Lane High School student “voluntarily jumped” from a third-floor window at the school Monday morning suffering a broken leg and a teacher’s aide was injured rushing to help, Bedford police said. The incident forced the school to
Read MoreA Peekskill man could face up to five years in prison after pleading guilty last week in White Plains federal court to stalking multiple victims between October 2019 and August 2020. David Kaufman, 27, is scheduled to be sentenced before
Read MoreKevin McConville was officially sworn in as the new Putnam County Sheriff Friday in front of Carmel’s historic courthouse where about 70 people gathered. Swearing in McConville was Putnam County Clerk Michael Bartolotti, who initially addressed the crowd. “It is
Read MoreA White Plains resident was fatally shot just shy of midnight on New Year’s Eve. Shawn Jefferson, 49, was shot on North Kensico Avenue around 11:50 p.m. on Friday and was pronounced dead at White Plains Hospital at 12:29 a.m.
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo The Peekskill Common Council appointed James E. Seymour IV as the city’s first paid full-time Fire Department Chief Monday night. Seymour, who began his fire service career as a volunteer with the City of Peekskill Fire Department
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