8+ hour, 38+ min ago   (184+ words) YONKERS, NY " Firefighters spent Friday night battling a massive four-alarm fire at 160 School Street, as flames tore through the structure and forced road closures throughout the area. The Yonkers Fire Department worked through the night to bring the blaze under…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (154+ words) A 24-year-old Yonkers man has pleaded guilty to murdering a 68-year-old woman in a brutal knife attack inside her apartment, Westchester County prosecutors announced Thursday. Deshawn Nunez admitted to stabbing Renee Spencer 17 times during a late-night assault on Aug. 9, 2022, at…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (246+ words) BROOKLYN, N.Y. " A former New York City Police Department officer has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting minors, following his conviction last year on multiple charges involving underage victims, federal authorities announced Thursday. Christopher Terranova, 40, was sentenced…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (352+ words) WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. " A Yonkers Middle High School physical education teacher was arrested this week for allegedly harassing a female student for months with repeated inappropriate messages and behavior, Westchester County prosecutors announced. Matthew Hausman, 59, of Somers, was charged with endangering…...

6+ mon, 2+ day ago   (245+ words) YONKERS, N.Y. " The Yonkers Police Department is reminding prospective officers that less than two weeks remain to apply for the upcoming police entrance exam scheduled for September 20. Applications for the exam must be submitted in person by Friday, July 25 at 4:30 p.m., the…...

6+ mon, 3+ day ago   (134+ words) YONKERS, N.Y. " A Powerball ticket worth $50,000 was sold at a Stop & Shop supermarket in Yonkers for the July 12 drawing, the New York Lottery announced Monday. The winning ticket was purchased at the store located at 111 Vredenburgh Avenue. It matched four of…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (199+ words) YONKERS, N.Y. " Two Yonkers police officers were seen taking time out of patrol duties to play basketball with kids at Doyle Park, the department shared YONKERS, N.Y. " Two Yonkers police officers were seen taking time out of patrol duties to play basketball…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (214+ words) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the arrest of Marcia Lorena Bueno Guartatanga, a 38-year-old Ecuadorian national, for her role in New York migrant mom who facilitated her own daughter's sexual abuse captured by ICE U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (285+ words) YONKERS, N.Y. " Authorities in Yonkers have ramped up enforcement against unlicensed smoke shops, issuing over 100 summonses and seizing more than $500,000 in YONKERS, N.Y. " Authorities in Yonkers have ramped up enforcement against unlicensed smoke shops, issuing over 100 summonses and seizing more than $500,000 in…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (187+ words) ALBANY, N.Y. " New York State Police announced the retirement of K9 Nate on Friday, marking the end of an eight-year career with Troop F's Bomb Disposal Unit. ALBANY, N.Y. " New York State Police announced the retirement of K9 Nate on Friday, marking the end…...