A Syosset man was sentenced to five years in prison for hurling bricks and cinder blocks at vehicles from an overpass, leaving one of the motorist whose car was struck with a permanent eye injury.

A step further into the workweek brings, first, temperatures right around normal for this time of year -- then a spike to above normal for Thursday and Friday, forecasters say.

A Huntington Station man serving a life sentence for killing his newlywed wife on Christmas Eve in 1987 is getting another opportunity to make his case to a parole board, state officials said.

Scott Brettschneider, a veteran Queens criminal-defense lawyer who specialized in wrongful conviction cases, was charged in Brooklyn federal court Monday with conspiring to fabricate a letter to get a client out of prison on a pretext that he needed drug rehab.

A Wainscott homeowner is suing several chemical manufacturers and East Hampton Town over contamination of private wells near East Hampton Airport.

The Max and Rosie Teich Homestead in Huntington Station could soon be a local historic landmark and home to a permanent exhibit of memorabilia from the hamlet's heyday.

Signs of grief are visible in communities on Long Island as residents prepare to commemorate the loss of four members of the New York Air National Guard's Rescue Wing, killed March 15 in a helicopter crash in Iraq.

A Bayville entrepreneur wants to bring minor league hockey to Medford, where he plans to build a 7,500-seat arena on the site of a former movie theater. But he faces several hurdles in his pursuit of the property.

The season opening is now set for 11 a.m. March 30, and the park's annual Easter egg scramble also been pushed to March 31.

The Village of Lindenhurst will begin leasing heavy equipment vehicles, instead of buying them outright, as a cost-saving measure, officials said.

The man called his son and said he had killed his wife and the family dog at their home before he killed himself, a high-ranking law enforcement official said.

Hundreds of FDNY firefighters waited on a line that snaked more than 50 yards to pay their respects to Michael Davidson, who died while battling a fire.

The Rev. Roy Tvrdik of Shrine of Our Lady of the Island, during this year's Palm Sunday Mass, drew parallels between vandalism to a statue on the grounds of the Manorville church and the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Nassau County is suing its five public employee unions, asking a judge to invalidate a September 2017 agreement made under the Mangano administration that could restore pay to longtime workers and prevent layoffs through July.

The Glen Cove City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on buying and installing equipment to remove a contaminant that has kept two city water wells closed for months.

Retired Navy Capt. Weyman Watson, who followed his Tuskegee Airman father into a career of military flight, died of smoke inhalation in a fire at his home.

The Islip Town Environmental Council is getting the green light to shift its focus to improving the town's energy sustainability.

Students from Parkland, Florida, organized the march a little more than a month after 17 students and staff were slain in their high school by an ex-student shooting an AR-15.

Although the weekend had below average temperatures, it might feel more like spring later this week to Long Islanders.

Numerous events were held across the Island as protesters seek stricter laws and demand legislative action.