Mount Vernon

A 15-year-old who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of a cheerleader has learned how many years she’ll spend behind bars for the stabbing that took the life of 16-year-old Kayla Green.

15-year-old admitted to fatally stabbing Mt. Vernon Cheerleading Captain, Kayla Green. Sarah Wallace reports.

More than a year after a man was shot and killed at a memorial service in Mt. Vernon, his family is pushing for answers, hoping that someone will be brought to justice. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

A new reward strategy is being deployed in one New York community in hopes of boosting attention for a father’s unsolved killing at a funeral service last year. The family of Jeremy Logan renewed their call for justice Monday as officials upped the reward for information leading to the arrest of his shooter. The reward offer — increased to $7,500…

La empresa de servicio Veolia emitió una advertencia de hervir el agua para sus clientes tras detectarse la presencia de E. coli en: Fairview, Cliffside Park, Ridgefield, Edgewater, Fort Lee, Palisades Park y Leonia.

A 15-year-old has been indicted on manslaughter and other charges after a double stabbing left a teen girl dead and another student injured during a parade celebrating a high school’s championship basketball season, law enforcement officials said. The suspect was arraigned Tuesday, and also faces attempted assault, assault and weapon possession charges for the violent incident on April 8, according…

A parade celebrating the championship basketball season of the Mount Vernon Knights ended in tragedy Friday afternoon when a double stabbing claimed the life of a teenage victim, police said. Authorities said a 15-year-old student was arrested in connection to the attack that left one 15-year-old girl with cuts and a 16-year-old girl with a fatal stab wound. The incident…

A school district in the suburbs north of New York City is set to implement fully virtual instructions this week as the region experiences a surge in COVID-19 cases. The Mount Vernon City School District says remote schooling will begin Wednesday, Dec. 22, until at least Jan. 18, 2022. Depending on the trajectory of COVID-19 positivity rates, school building closures…

Jessica Cunnington and Sarah Wallace reporst on the latest in the fight against Omicron.

Investigators search for the cause of a fire that occurred in Westchester on Tuesday morning. Lynda Baquero reports.

Nine bus passengers were hurt when a 25-year-old woman who allegedly smelled of alcohol and had edibles in her car caused a chain-reaction crash in Westchester County’s Mount Vernon early Monday, officials said. The woman was driving a Honda Accord CRV when she collided with a black Nissan Rogue, which then careened into a Bee-Line city bus near East...

Detectives now know her name — and are releasing it publicly. But they still don’t have an answer to their most important question: What happened to Alexandra?

Police are investigating the death of a 24-year-old woman whose body was found in the front vestibule of a multi-family home in Mount Vernon, officials said Wednesday.

Police are investigating the death of a 24-year-old woman whose body was found in the front vestibule of a multi-family home in Mount Vernon, officials said Wednesday. Cops responding to a call about an unresponsive woman at the Summit Avenue home around 7 a.m. a day earlier found her dead at the scene. No information was shared regarding possible injuries…

In Westchester County, there’s a health center that’s become a one-stop shop for a community in need, providing medical care, transportation, and healthy food. This week on Positively Black, News 4’s Marc Santia takes a visit to Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center.