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With another warm up to the upper 40s a surprising turn of events today in the trial of a man girlfriends daughter. Joe lopez is charged with first degree murder. Prosecutors say he abused 20 monthold ruby alvarez fracturing her skull and breaking her ribs. Today. Alvarezs mother took the stand. were you still in a romantic relationship with mr. Lopez . it was on and off, um, he would force sexual intercourse with me. nissa alvarez mother of deceased toddler well, lets just talk about did you wr...

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With lows near 0 and windchills in the teens and 20s below zero, but thats just the tip of the iceberg pun intended as far as cold is concerned this weekend. Highs will be in the teens on saturday with cloudy skies before some light snow moves in from the northwest late saturday and saturday night that could drop an inch or two of the white stuff by sunday morning. While this is happening, our temperatures will take another hit and drop into the doubledigits below zero and barely make it above z...

Blanket of clouds, but also a few snow showers that will continue to track through this morning, but should clear out of the area this afternoon. We will end up with around a quarter inch of snow where it snows , but it will also be even more tomorrow. Ill have the details in a few minutes. Clouds, but also a few snow this afternoon. We will end up with around a quarter inch of will warm even more tomorrow. Ill have the details in a few minutes. A big story this morning. Tonights the big night. ...

Riverhead Police Chief David Hegermiller addresses the media following a “mass casualty” drill at PBMC in 2018. Riverhead Town’s Law Enforcement Advisory Panel has scheduled two “listening tour” meetings for this week, according to Supervisor Yvette Aguiar. The first, held via Zoom, took place Tuesday morning and was attended by about 20 people, although only three spoke. The second Zoom session is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 14, 5 p.m.. In order to listen or p...

Riverhead Town police on patrol in 2020. (Credit: Bill Landon) Riverhead Town’s Law Enforcement Advisory Panel will have a two-meeting “listening tour” next week, according to Supervisor Yvette Aguiar. The meetings, which will be held virtually via Zoom, will take place at 11 a.m. Jan. 12 and 5 p.m. Jan. 14. “These are only listening sessions,” he said. “There will be back-and-forth as far as questions and answers.” There will be a Spanish interpreter availa...