Peekskill News

WHITE PLAINS - Federal agents were still on the hunt Wednesday for six suspects who remain at large following a sweep of what authorities described as a countywide crack cocaine ring.

A New York state man has been convicted of reckless endangerment after leaving his 85-year-old father in a car on a hot day and finding him dead three hours later.

PEEKSKILL - Two teenagers were arrested on felony burglary charges after breaking into an apartment where three children were sleeping, police said Thursday.

An Ecuadorean immigrant charged with sexually assaulting a 7-year-old Peekskill girl told the girl's father that she was a 'seductress' who had fallen in love with him, a Westchester County prosecutor said today.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Kane Contracting Inc.

Frank Vaccariello, 37, of Hopewell Junction, was arrested as part of a drug sweep in Westchester County in which 43 people were charged in federal indictments unsealed Tuesday.

Federal prosecutors say drug charges have been filed against 43 members of a suburban New York trafficking ring.

PEEKSKILL - Jury selection began today in City Court in the case of a Dutchess County man charged with misdemeanor reckless endangerment in the July 2008 death of his father, whom he had left inside a sweltering car while he went to work.

FBI agents working with Yonkers, Peekskill, Ossining and Westchester County police have arrested 33 gang members in a countywide drug conspiracy case, officials said.

My first three years of life I lived in Peekskill, New York, and I grew up in Westchester County, right outside of New York City.

PEEKSKILL - Shortly after World War I, William MacKellar, a charcoal manufacturer from Peekskill, led an effort to start a local Rotary club.

CORTLANDT - A Peekskill man who approached two women in the Cortlandt Town Center parking lot and made unwanted sexual contact with them faces felony and misdemeanor sexual-abuse charges, state police said today.

More than four decades after Dionne Warwick became the second African-American to win a Grammy for Contemporary Female Vocal, she believes music and culture are more than mere inspirations for one another.

Have you ever watched a Czech film? Despite its overwhelming quality, Czech cinema is quite overlooked in the global scheme, possibly because the country sees a handful of major releases each year.

CORTLANDT State Police have arrested a Peekskill man in connection with a sexual assault that occurred on October 29 in Cortlandt.

A group of sixth-graders recently ambled down Main Street partaking in a treasure hunt of sorts, searching the sidewalks, plant beddings and benches of this historic city for their colorful tile creations.

The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art is celebrating the grand opening of the Public Tile project on Sunday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., 1701 Main St., Peekskill.

NEW YORK - Metro-North is adding two trains and extra cars to its commuter railroad lines to fit extra riders who want to attend the Yankees World Series victory parade Friday in Manhattan.

After the mob riots and attacks at Peekskill, New York, that disrupted a concert featuring left-wing activists Paul Robeson and Pete Seeger , novelist Howard Fast, another activist who had successfully organized the concertgoers into resisting the mob attacks, takes part in an August 28 meeting to assess the situation and discuss whether the ...

Hundreds of volunteers, mostly union members, form a "human wall" to defend the concert and its audience from the mob.