ALBANY -- Sen. Phil Boyle on Thursday proposed that a commission investigate why State Police chose not to issue an Amber Alert to motorists while Suffolk County police were looking for an armed Coram father and his toddler, who were later found dead in Virginia.

The former communications chief for the Suffolk police notified the county that she intends to sue the county for firing her in retaliation for reporting professional misconduct by the DA's chief of staff.

A Huntington Station woman with 89 previous license suspensions has been charged again with driving with a suspended or revoked license, Suffolk County police said.

Authorities are looking for a male suspect who they say abandoned an Australian shepherd Tuesday night, leaving it behind with no food or water in the dog pen at the Long Island Welcome Center off the Long Island Expressway.

Each of the Triple Crown races has its own official bourbon-based cocktail -- the mint julep for the Kentucky Derby and the black-eyed Susan for the Preakness Stakes.

Poquott Mayor Dee Parrish faces an election challenge from trustee John Richardson, who says he has been unfairly targeted for code violations because he has criticized Parrish.

The bride wore slacks and a colorful jacket instead of the ornate lace gown she had worn 70 years ago.

The winners received a five out of five safety rating.

Both films are based on the 1982 Caldecott Medal-winning book "Jumanji" by Chris Van Allsburg.

Golf fans heading to next week's U.S. Open tournament in Southampton will be able to do so via a new Long Island Rail Road station.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation will oversee the installation of a water treatment system at a building that houses Shelter Island's senior center and a pair of medical offices after a banned gasoline additive was detected above allowable levels in the property's private well last month.

A Brightwaters village trustee is challenging the incumbent mayor in the June 19 election.

Long Island has hosted 22 major golf championships, beginning with the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur championships at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in 1896:

One of the all-time most recognizable and respected figures in golf will return to major championship competition this week. Front and center, right in the middle of the action, this icon will hold everyone's attention throughout the U.S. Open.

A vehicle struck and seriously injured a bicyclist on Thursday morning in East Farmingdale, Suffolk County police said.

Port Jefferson's financial future has become a main issue shaping the June 19 election with two incumbents and a political newcomer running for two trustee seats.

New York Institute of Technology will use a $150,000 state grant for a bioengineering laboratory in Old Westbury as part of a larger expansion of biotechnology initiatives on Long Island, officials said.

One teacher said the lack of a contract is demeaning. "This is not fair to the devoted teachers," he said.

Most students get dragged to the principal's office for the wrong reasons. Copiague's Franklin Parra went there to get drafted by the Mets.

The unidentified man, who lived at the home with a woman and a young girl, was shot in the upper torso and pronounced dead at a hospital, police said.