Mount Vernon holds networking event for skilled trade jobs
Experts say the construction industry alone has 600,000 unfilled jobs nationwide.
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Experts say the construction industry alone has 600,000 unfilled jobs nationwide.
The federal government is boosting infrastructure spending by $1 trillion over the next five years. It's one reason the city of Mount Vernon is helping residents apply for jobs in the skilled trades.
In imposing the sentence, the judge said the defendant had a history of violent conduct.
Tuesday was sentencing day in the stabbing death of 16-year-old Kayla Green. She was killed by another teenage girl who was a cheerleader from a rival squad in Mount Vernon. CBS2's Tony Aiello reports the judge heard from the 15-year-old defendant and Kayla's family.
Seventy-nine-year-old John McGhee was found unresponsive in a home on Franklin Avenue late Tuesday night.
Police in Westchester County are investigating a suspicious death in Mount Vernon.
At street level, you can't see much of the problem, although the crumbling concrete gives a hint. But in a garage underneath Third Street in Mount Vernon, you can see beams supporting the road are falling apart.
At street level, you can't see much of the problem, although the crumbling concrete gives a hint. But in a garage underneath Third Street in Mount Vernon, you can see beams supporting the road are falling apart, CBS2's Tony Aiello reports.
The 34-year-old victim, from Mount Vernon, died between Exits 18B and 19 during Tuesday night's commute.
Closed since 2009, the sparkling new stadium is the result of Westchester County taking over construction in 2018.
Construction costs ballooned to $40 million and the delays were nightmarish, but finally, a field of dreams is open again in Mount Vernon. CBS2's Tony Aiello has more on the struggle to renovate the city's famed Memorial Field.
Two hundred area households will be getting a monthly boost to help make ends meet: $500 a month for a year.
Two hundred area households will be getting a monthly boost to help make ends meet: $500 a month for a year. CBS2's Tony Aiello reports.
It took firefighters nearly three hours to get everything under control.
Twenty people were forced out of their homes after a fire in Mount Vernon on Sunday.
We're told their three young daughters were in the house at the time. They were not injured.
A couple was found dead inside their Mount Vernon home in what police believe was a murder-suicide. As CBS2's Astrid Martinez reports, the couple's three young daughters were home at the home.
A couple was found dead inside their home in Mount Vernon on Sunday morning. We're told their three young daughters were in the house at the time; CBS2's Astrid Martinez reports.
Kayla was stabbed to death in Mount Vernon on April 8 after a parade celebrating her school's basketball team.
There were demands for justice Tuesday in Westchester County after a high school cheerleader was stabbed to death.
Police say one coyote even attacked a dog. CBS2's Andrea Grymes has the story from Mount Vernon.
Kayla Green, 16, was stabbed on April 8 after a parade celebrating the basketball team's state championship.
A funeral service was held Saturday for Kayla Green, a teenager who was stabbed to death in Mount Vernon.
The collapsing sewer system has caused waste to back-up into homes.
Relief is on the way for residents of Mount Vernon in Westchester County, who have struggled with raw sewage issues for years.
