The battle for former Assemb. Al Graf's 5th Assembly District seat pits Democrat Deborah Slinkosky, who twice tried to unseat him, against Republican Doug Smith, Graf's top aide during his entire seven-year tenure in Albany.

The mysterious case of the missing Lake Ronkonkoma Cemetery sign was solved Friday almost as soon as it began.

Two passersby were trying to free her when Highway Patrol Officers Richard Gandolfo and John McCrory arrived and pulled her out, police said.

Long Islanders can look forward to a weekend that's set to bring sunny skies and temperatures warming up to the mid- to upper-50s, a few degrees cooler on the East End, forecasters say.

Once again, nearly half of all state park lifeguards this summer will be stationed on Long Island, officials said, where every summer they prove their worth.

If it's been more than a few years since you've shopped for a new bed, mattress-buying has changed dramatically.

A Hampton Bays High School senior's research on radon and thyroid cancer has been published in an international science journal.

Thirty-three Long Island students were first-place winners last month in a regional contest that asked them to explore local, state, national and world history.

One person was injured in a six-vehicle crash Thursday night at a construction site in North Patchogue, Suffolk County police said.

The Hempstead police union president says intelligence indicates that members of MS-13 want to shoot a Hempstead area cop.

In the market for a used Volkswagen Jetta or maybe a Mitsubishi Eclipse, Pontiac G6 or a Volvo S40?

The school will offer eight levels of classes.

A pedestrian was injured by a hit-and-run driver Thursday night in Central Islip, police said.

Authorities seized 90 pounds of opioids and arrested a major supplier to Long Island drug dealers in a bust that "saved thousands of lives," Suffolk County's top prosecutor said.

Suffolk lawmakers approved a $10 million settlement for Martin Tankleff, whose conviction for killing his parents was overturned by an appellate court in 2007.

Three people were injured when a man pulling out of a parking spot crashed his SUV into a supermarket, struck two parked cars, and then drove into a clothing shop, police said.

The Town of Babylon has signed a 10-year extension on the contract with its commercial garbage hauler.

A 5-cent fee on plastic bags was inposed by the county on Jan. 1 of this year.

Two senior state senators from Long Island are introducing a bill that would lengthen the time for the reduction of taxes paid by LIPA on power plants, while providing a fund to limit the impact on local communities.

A former Democratic Suffolk legislator will face off in a special election for the vacant 10th Assembly District seat Tuesday against a Republican political newcomer.