Steve Bellone is selecting Geraldine Hart, the corruption-busting head of the FBI's Long Island office, as the next Suffolk County police commissioner.

A man was shot Wednesday night in Bay Shore and hospitalized in critical condition, Suffolk police said.

Ben Hooper, pulled from a well shaft in his family's Manorville backyard, says of the preacher: "He's in heaven now. The place where he wanted to be."

The lawsuit focused on the right to develop retail and restaurants around the arena.

Jacquelyn McCoy, her daughter, Mary Alice Booker, son, Anthony McCoy, and his girlfriend, Tameka Foster, perished when their Mazda burst into flames after being struck by a stolen vehicle, police said.

An additional $674,000 in salary and contract spending was eliminated Wednesday at the Nassau University Medical Center, bringing the two-day purge of costs deemed unnecessary for hospital operations to more than $2.34 million.

The assistant football coach and school guard at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School lived on Long Island as a child.

The evangelist stirred "an urging in your own heart to respond," recalls a former youth leader who attended the 1990 crusade at Nassau Coliseum.

Town officials say they plan to reconsider policy and will require senior appointees to submit financial disclosures before they can be added to the town payroll.

The Town of Hempstead on Wednesday unveiled new vending machines at Camp Anchor that replaces unhealthy foods with better alternatives, officials said.

Long Islanders will need to prepare for quite a shift weather-wise, as Thursday and Friday are expected to warm up to the low 40s, forecasters say.

The detention of an immigrant teen from Long Island is at the center of a new class-action lawsuit lodged against the federal government and a shelter contracted to hold minors in immigration cases.

Tayawon Anderson, of Bayport, was arrested after he crashed the vehicle in a wooded area off the Sagtikos State Parkway.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone on Wednesday signed legislation to mandate tracking of past and future sexual harassment complaints, lawsuits an settlements involving the county "to send a strong message" that Suffolk "has zero tolerance" for such behavior.

Southold town officials are considering reviving a town committee devoted to exploring alternative sources of energy that was disbanded nearly four years ago.

Boys and girls ages 13 and younger play in teams of eight beginning in mid-April through July.

We met comedian and "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon before he did a book signing in BookHampton in East Hampton recently for his books "Everything Is Mama" and "Your Baby's First Word Will Be Dada." We talked to him about his children's books but also found some time to ask him a few other questions as well. Jimmy was so funny and gracious with us, and the line was wrapped around the building as fans waited to greet him.

The bathroom update in Lupinacci's office in town hall includes a new shower, something that he said could come in handy in case of late nights, snowstorms or emergencies.

Her family operated Vigliotta Duck Farm in East Moriches, one of the last major duck farms on Long Island.