Brookhaven

Two Brookhaven firefighters have resigned after being suspended for their roles in displaying a Confederate flag on a ladder truck during a Patchogue parade, according to a statement by the department’s board of fire commissioners.

A confederate flag displayed on a Long Island’s town firetruck has sparked outrage among residents as well as an investigation. Brookhaven Fire Department Chief apologized in a statement on Sunday after a photo of the department’s fire engine with the symbol of Confederacy hanging on its side surfaced on social media. “The unauthorized action was done without the knowledge...

A picture fire truck flying a Confederate battle flag on Long Island went viral online, and now the town of Brookhaven is investigating why it happened. Greg Cergol reports.

A 62-year-old New York man is facing a possible ninth drunken driving conviction in connection to an alleged incident more than a decade ago

An investigation has been launched after a video surfaced showing a Chester, Pennsylvania, police officer hitting a woman in the face during a clash with a group of people who allegedly forced their way into a house party.

It took more than 15 years for Mississippi and other Southern states to catch up to the Supreme Court’s landmark desegregation decision, Brown v. Board of Education, and many public schools found ways around the new system, NBC News reported. The issue came to light again last week when the Jackson Free-Press reported that Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith a school...

Two police officers were shot and killed following an early Saturday morning confrontation in Mississippi, authorities said. Warren Strain of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety said at a news conference that the officers were called to a house in the city of Brookhaven at about 5 a.m. for a report of shots fired. Amid an exchange of gunfire, both...

A makeshift crack pipe vending machine has been discovered outside of a shopping center in a town on Long Island, authorities say.

A vending machine ripped out of the ground on the side of a Long Island road turned out to be selling crack pipes. Greg Cergol reports.

A boy and a girl were bitten by sharks in separate attacks off Fire Island Wednesday, according to local officials and the father of one of the children. A spokeswoman from the town of Islip said the 13-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl were bitten off the shores off Atlantique Beach and Sailors Haven — two beaches about 4 1/2 miles...

A Long Island woman is recovering after one of her ears was torn off as she tried to break up a fight between her dog and a neighbor’s two dogs.

A Long Island woman is suing the town of Brookhaven, claiming it violated her constitutional rights when it boarded up her home while her family was away.  Celia Durao said her 76-year-old father had been living in her Farmingville home last October but was away in Portugal when town crews moved in and boarded it up, declaring it open,...

A Long Island woman is suing the town of Brookhaven, claiming it violated her constitutional rights when it boarded up her home while her family was away. Greg Cergol reports.

Police are on the hunt for the thief who stole a young boy’s custom-made wheelchair.