Vigil held for teenage cheerleader stabbed to death in Mount Vernon
CBS2's Dick Brennan has the story.
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The 15-year-old girl is accused of fatally stabbing 16-year-old Kayla Green during a dispute after a celebration for Mount Vernon's state champion basketball team. CBS2's Tony Aiello reports.
Police say the violence broke out just before 4 p.m. on Friday near Gramatan and East Prospect avenues.
CBS2's Jessica Moore has the story.
Some parents were disappointed the district is all remote until the middle of January.
There was a holiday sendoff for students in Mount Vernon, one of the first districts in New York to announce all-remote instruction after the end-of-year break.
Chopper 2 was overhead, where two houses appeared to be impacted.
Mount Vernon joins Louisville, Phoenix and Minneapolis as cities targeted by the Biden administration for a police civil rights probe.
Gov. Kathy Hochul was in Mount Vernon in Westchester County Monday morning to announce more funding for intervention programs that can help stop gun violence.
Police said 25-year-old Nicole Smith was driving a 2011 Honda CVR when she crashed into a 2000 Nissan Rogue and then hit a Bee-Line bus.
The crime shattered a community, and a family. Shamoya McKenzie was an innocent 13-year-old victim of a bullet fired as part of a gang war.
A long-simmering dispute between two Mount Vernon city workers led to deadly violence.
Westchester drivers who want the convenience of paying for parking with a smartphone app face the irritating task of downloading numerous apps to park in different parts of the county.
It's not just sanitation that's hurting; police and fire have suffered as well with unpaid bills, though it's not clear why.
Hanging fliers on trees, even on front doors, and talking to just about anybody who will listen, Jermaine Archer is a man on a mission.
At least 10 shots were fired, investigators believe. They determined the shooting was gang-related.
It happened Friday at the Fulton Avenue Bridge near Secor Lane.
Forget about the gym: Surrano Morgan and his wife get quite the workout just coming home with groceries.
At Dollar Tree, everything is, you guessed it, a dollar. But you can't put a price on the compassion shown to a shoplifting suspect last Saturday.
He allegedly demanded the campaign of rival Janice Duarte drop a challenge to his ballot petitions.
It didn't take long for thousands of people to sign up. The site is part of state and federal efforts to reach hard-hit communities.
A century old sewer system under the streets of New York's eighth largest city is on the verge of collapse, according to residents and city officials.
The storm created more hard work for a lot of the adults, but a lot of kids were having a blast, especially the ones who got to skip another day of school.
Crews have been working around the clock to clear the snow in Westchester County.
It was the department's first time holding the holiday event.
