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TRUANT NO MORE DSS pilot program gets dozens of Yonkers kids back to the classroom An innovative pilot program by the Westchester County Department of Social Services is making a difference in the lives of dozens of kids in Yonkers by reinforcing the importance of regular school attendance and academic achievement.

POUND RIDGE - A Pound Ridge man who had arranged to turn himself into Massachusetts police on charges he raped a teen boy killed himself on Thursday, his lawyer and the medical examiner said.

Four Brooklyn residents were arrested and one man escaped after village police stopped them with a carful of merchandise they allegedly stole from several CVS pharmacies.

Kamal Ahmed cried but didn't apologize as a Westchester County judge sentenced him to three years in prison for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl in the bathroom of Harrison Donuts last summer.

YONKERS - Marble-sized ice balls packed in violent winds were part of a surprisingly destructive midnight lightning storm that left a mess across southern Westchester County yesterday.

A psychosexual evaluation of a Pelham Middle School teacher arrested in an Internet sex sting has been completed, his lawyer said yesterday.

Weather investigators are trying to determine whether a tornado touched down during a storm that knocked out power in suburban New York and dumped hail up to 2 inches deep.

Authorities say heavy thunderstorms and hail have downed trees and utility poles and caused flooding in Westchester County.

Three ex-employees of the Empire City casino were arraigned this morning on charges they stole tens of thousands of dollars by rigging promotional cash giveaways at the casino/racetrack in Yonkers.

A Westchester County supermarket worker is accused of skimming at least $102,000 from cash registers over the past year.

Troopers charged 13 motorists with driving while intoxicated in separate holiday weekend incidents in Putnam and Westchester counties, state police said today.

State troopers and officers from the town of Bedford and from Westchester County conducted an eight-hour inter-agency drunken-driving and seat-belt enforcement detail Saturday on the Saw Mill River Parkway and arrested six people.

Two Westchester County homeowners said they were stunned to find out they'd been living with a highly explosive acid in their basement for more than two decades.

CORTLANDT - A bottle of acid with the explosive power of 12 sticks of dynamite sent the Westchester County HAZMAT team and dozens of firefighters to a home in Cortlandt yesterday.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Putnam County until 7:30 p.m. Penny-size hail and 60 mph winds may be possible as a storm is moving northeast at 15 mph, the weather service said.

A Pelham Middle School teacher pleaded not guilty this morning to a charge of trying to lure a minor he met on the Internet for sex.

A new report says merging 10 Westchester County fire departments would save homeowners and businesses about $47 million a year in fire insurance premiums.

NEW PALTZ - A 48-year-old man who allegedly shot himself in the head on Interstate 87 Monday died Tuesday, according to the Westchester County Office of the Medical Examiner.

Need a hug? A 12-year-old boy is here for you. Mac Benson says he's given free hugs to pedestrians on two continents.