Jakwan Keller, who admitted firing the bullet that fatally wounded a 12-year-old girl in her home in 2015 was sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison. The girl, Dejah Joyner, was eating dinner in her Hempstead home when a single gunshot blasted through a window and hit her in the head, according to authorities.
A Selden woman was driving drunk with her 7-year-old son in her vehicle Thursday night in Farmingville when she crashed into a parked car, police said.
Puerto Ricans and other Latinos will come together for the 52nd year to march down the streets of Brentwood and showcase their cultural pride on Sunday, organizers said.
Mindful Mondays take place every week in our school. One of our teachers picks two kids from fifth grade. The teachers pick from different classes every week.
Within Levittown, where suburbia originated on Long Island, "we have 18,000 homes, we have three school districts, but we are still a very close-knit town," says longtime resident Dara Crawford of Century 21 Prevete Real Estate.
Within Levittown, where suburbia originated on Long Island, "we have 18,000 homes, we have three school districts, but we are still a very close-knit town," says longtime resident Dara Crawford of Century 21 Prevete Real Estate.
A mistrial has been declared in the federal corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and his wife, Linda, after a jury failed to come to a consensus on the charges. The judge set a June 28 status conference to schedule a new trial.
Hofstra University will keep a statue of Thomas Jefferson on campus but is establishing a task force to address students' concerns about the founding father and slaveholder.
The superintendent of Smithtown schools released a statement Thursday saying that a high school teacher had been reassigned as a result of allegations that the educator had an inappropriate relationship with a student.