High wind and heavy rain could combine -- with possibly even a bit of snow -- to make for a hazardous end of the workweek, especially for coastal residents.

A 113-year-old secluded Shelter Island footbridge noted for its innovative engineering has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Three people who tried to get away from police twice were caught after a foot pursuit Tuesday and a car crash that injured two motorists in East Islip, Suffolk police said.

When Kevin Thorbourne began to organize a Black History Month event for his community, he came across a name he'd never heard before: Henrietta Lacks.

The Suffolk Legislature's environment committee has approved $2.295 million to buy development rights for 26.5 of the 208 acres owned by the Sisters of St. Joseph in Brentwood to keep the land in agricultural use.

Forecasters were monitoring prospects for a strong coastal storm to bring gusty winds, heavy rain and minor to moderate coastal flooding to Long Island, starting later Thursday and lasting through Friday night.

A lawmaker and a LIPA trustee are questioning the cost of a PSEG Long Island program that pays for temporary housing for employees who commute to Long Island from permanent homes in New Jersey.

Twenty-six Suffolk judges already have filed papers with the administrative judge's office expressing interest in running for higher judicial office.

State lawmakers are mulling a plan that would rely on state funds to help cushion the impact of a possible tax settlement for four Long Island power plants, according to people familiar with the negotiations.

Eight passengers on a minibus carrying special needs adults were taken to local hospitals for observation after a collision with a commercial van, fire officials said.

Brittney Hughes knew that she would one day buy her own home.

A 50-year-old man was hospitalized after his car struck a guardrail on Route 25A in Smithtown.

Wanna have a personal talk about infrastructure with Suffolk's County Executive Steve Bellone?

Firefighters responding to an oil burner emergency found high levels of carbon monoxide at a Dix Hills home Tuesday, transporting a woman to Huntington Hospital for treatment, a Dix Hills Fire Department spokesman said.

A second Long Island man has pleaded guilty to defrauding investors who thought they were buying into a "time share" fleet of yachts, the United States attorney in Connecticut said Monday.

The miniature machine is one of three in the Northeast and only one on Long Island.

A man armed with a handgun robbed an Islip gas station, police said.

A pedestrian was seriously injured when she was hit by two vehicles in Oakdale, police said.

Riverhead officials are considering sending out proposal requests to potentially develop 30 acres of parkland at the Enterprise Park at Calverton into a sports complex or other project.