Three Wyandanch men charged in October with abusing dogs in connection with an Islandwide dogfighting ring have pleaded guilty to felony prohibition of animal fighting charges, officials said.

Acting Suffolk police commissioner Geraldine Hart turned Tuesday's ceremony honoring 24 recently promoted police officers into a family affair.

Seven students were taken to a hospital with minor injuries after their bus was involved in a crash in North Bellport, Suffolk County police said.

The Village of Amityville held three back-to-back public hearings on Monday, all related to a proposal to create a transit-oriented zone.

LIRR riders will continue to deal with Amtrak track repairs at Penn Station as the agency undertakes another round of work through midsummer, Amtrak announced.

The change is meant to lessen class time lost to storms or other interruptions and could also lead to the recognition of new holidays.

Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer gave 510 party faithful a dispensation from listening to speeches Monday night at the party's $300-a-head spring dinner at Villa Lombardi's in Holbrook Monday night, to the applause of most of the room.

Brookhaven Town Councilman Kevin LaValle says he remains optimistic that a $100 million housing project touted two years ago as an anchor for downtown Farmingville will eventually be just that.

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A Maltipoo puppy worth about $2,500 was stolen from a Huntington Station pet store Monday morning, Suffolk police said in asking for the public's help to find the thief.

Congressional candidate Liuba Grechen Shirley, who is running in a Democratic primary to face Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford), has asked the Federal Election Commission for an advisory opinion about whether she can use campaign funds for childcare.

Geraldine Hart, a 21-year-veteran of the FBI, spent her first day as acting commissioner in wall-to-wall meetings, hard at work on her first objective: a top-to-bottom assessment of the department.

An "enforcer" in the MS-13 gang tried to recruit new members by threatening to kill those who refused, authorities said in announcing a conviction.

Failing air handling equipment at Northport has caused problems there, forcing operating room closures for months at a time.

It's no joke, people. Forecasters are saying Long Island could well see temperatures make at least a brief visit to the 60s later this week.

The neglected home and an accessory structure had fallen into disrepair, and overgrown vegetation posed a fire hazard, officials said.

East Hampton Town officials say the project will cost $850,000, and they've discussed creating a special taxing district to pay for future repairs.

Suffolk Democrats may still have $300,000 in unpaid debts from the last campaign, but the party has put $103,546 into the 10th Assembly District special election for former Suffolk Legis. Steve Stern.

A Cutchogue man who was previously convicted of drunken driving was arrested under Leandra's Law after driving "erratically" in Aquebogue over the weekend with a 5-year-old boy in the vehicle, Riverhead police said.