Sandy Torres
Reporter
WWNY
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Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Sandy Torres is a Latinx journalist with a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin.
While at UT Austin, Sandy was part of the student-run television station, TSTV, where she anchored and reported. She also worked as a communications fellow for the Texas Public Utilities Commission.
Sandy also has experience with podcasting and social media marketing.
Very family-oriented, Sandy comes from Mexican and Honduran roots.
She recently earned her title as vice queen in a Mexican-American beauty pageant: Miss Belleza Mexico USA 2021. Besides modeling, she enjoys traveling, cooking & working out.
In addition to English, Sandy speaks Spanish and German.
Sandy is also a graduate of Bellaire High School located in Houston, Texas.
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Staff at Samaritan Medical Center got to work early Thursday morning to help get more than 300 meals ready to hit the road.
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It costs less to fill up this Thanksgiving than it did in 2022.
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was on Fort Drum Tuesday checking out the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade’s aircraft.
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As part of the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade’s second annual Ruck for Families food drive, Fort Drum soldiers delivered two tons of donated food to a Lowville pantry on Monday.
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Remembrance Day, or Volkstrauertag, is a day when German people pay tribute to victims of war and violence.
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Some county highways in Jefferson County will look like new after next year.
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Clean your recyclables, and if required to, sort them by type.
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It’ll be the latest the St. Lawrence Seaway has ever closed. Ships will navigate through January 5 and that worries the environmental group Save the River.
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Progress has been made on the grounds of West Wind Motel & Townhouses since an EF3 tornado hit in August and left destruction it its wake.
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More than $10,000 worth of vouchers will be awarded Saturday to veterans and active duty military to help them heat their homes.
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Republican Jeffery Tompkins says he's grateful to voters. As of Wednesday, he leads Democratic incumbent D.A. Leanne Moser by 49 votes.
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For a student learning carpentry, hands-on learning is essential. For BOCES students, they get a chance to build and give back.
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Watertown City Council hopes facts will flow at special meeting Wednesday night about the recent water main break that sent the city into a state of emergency.
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On Sunday, City of Watertown mayoral candidates Lisa Ruggiero and Sarah Compo Pierce hit the streets as they made their last rounds around the city to talk with voters.
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Cash registers were ringing in sales in Lowville on Thursday as the new Marshalls department store opened its doors.
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The 1812 Brewing Company is expanding its brand and retail presence beyond Sackets Harbor. It plans to take over Maggie’s on the River in Watertown.
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The hallways at Lyme Central School are nearly a century old, and so are the roofs and the windows.
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The effects of last week’s water main break continued to linger Monday for a couple of Watertown’s biggest users, the Watertown City School District and Samaritan Medical Center.
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It was a ghoulish time at Zoo New York’s last Boo at the Zoo weekend.
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It was a lot full of cars and a bar packed shoulder to shoulder at Spook Hill Bar Grill in Adams Center Sunday.
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Hundreds of students spent Thursday learning about manufacturing in the north country.
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You may think a low unemployment rate is a good thing. However, there’s the other side of the coin. A low employment rate can create challenges.
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If a fire breaks out at a solar company’s project, who should pay for the extra equipment needed by the fire departments to deal with it?
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Concerns stem from what happened back in July when a solar farm battery fire happened in the Town of Lyme.
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More than 30 vendors and organizations made their way to Thompson Park Saturday as part of “Make a Mark on Canine Cancer”.
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Members of the Jewish community in the north country say they’re heartbroken over the terror attack in Israel and the war in Gaza.
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On Monday, water levels of the Black River were running high in southern Lewis County after a weekend where it seemed like the rain just wouldn’t stop.
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25 firefighters and 6 instructors from fire stations across the North Country geared up and faced flames in a controlled environment at the Adams Fire Department.
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Lewis County unveiled its new highway department garage on Thursday. It replaces a century-old one.
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Wednesday’s heat in the north country tied and even smashed record-high temperatures.
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A new way to park is coming to downtown Watertown.
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Quilts, paintings, and decoys all could be found this weekend at the 2023 Sackets Harbor Quilt Show at the Union Hotel.
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After a buggy crash, which killed two boys and injured four others, the need was there to raise money for the Amish family, especially with the colder weather coming.
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People living on the end of Cayuga Avenue on the city’s northside say they struggle with some basic city services like getting their trash picked up, plowing and a road that’s not paved.
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Now that harvest season is upon us, farmers are urging drivers to watch out for tractors, combines, and choppers on the roads.
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People were excited Sunday at the Gouverneur and St. Lawrence County Fairgrounds to finally learn how much their large pumpkins weigh, many growing them for months.
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It’s National Hunting and Fishing Day, and here in the North Country, some folks took the day to celebrate.
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There was plenty of beer mug clanking in Cape Vincent as the village put on its annual Oktoberfest celebration.
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“They shouldn’t have to be afraid to travel on our roads, it’s their roads too,” says a neighbor.
Jefferson County Sheriff Peter Barnett calls Wednesday’s fatal crash between an Amish buggy and a pickup truck one of the worst.
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The Depauville Hotel, which was destroyed by fire in April, is now in the process of being rebuilt.
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Some law enforcement officials are learning what to do when they respond to a mental health crisis call.
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It’s a community’s dream: private investors using all private dollars to turn closed prisons into housing. It’s exactly what’s in front of lawmakers in Ogdensburg Monday night and Watertown will follow.
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For nearly a decade, Town of Watertown firefighter John Smith has been taking part in 9/11 Memorial stair climbs to remember first responders who died on September 11th, 2001.
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A lack of staff is getting the blame for delays in collecting and delivering mail at homes in Lowville.
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The controversial concrete planters in front of the KeyBank building in downtown Watertown are going away. That decision came Tuesday night after a majority of city council members said stopping that part of the streetscape project is an emergency.
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With more than 600 runners as well as spectators, it brought in business to shops all day long.
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In Adams, people filled the streets to celebrate Labor Day as the village held its annual parade.
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It was a milestone day for the Village of Sackets Harbor, hosting its first annual marathon and half marathon.
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