MacArthur Airport

MacArthur Airport will get infrastructure renovations that will extend the facility’s operational life, thanks to an infusion of $5.4 million in federal funds. Newsday reported the money is coming from the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program. Officials in Islip, New York, announced the funding last week, and recognized Democratic New York Sens. Charles Schumer...

A Frontier Airlines flight with 218 passengers aboard had to make an emergency landing at Macarthur Airport in Islip after the crew reported fumes in the cabin.

The new year didn’t waste any time to become a record breaker. Jan. 1 set new record lows at five weather stations in the tri-state, according to the National Weather Service.

A New Jersey man has been convicted of crashing his pickup truck into a farmers market, killing a woman, while high on chemicals from an aerosol can.

Two New York Army National Guard units are getting new leaders Saturday morning. Lt. Col. Jason Lefton is taking charge of the 3rd Battalion, 142nd Assault Helicopter Regiment, at a ceremony at MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma. The battalion flies UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters and has elements at both MacArthur and Albany International Airport. Lefton is an Iraq War veteran who lives…

Communities on Long Island are drying out Thursday after a record-breaking storm drenched the region with torrential downfall, turning expressways and neighborhood streets into rivers that swallowed up cars and contributed to at least one death.

A driver accused of causing a deadly weekend crash at a New Jersey farmers market has pleaded not guilty.

Record-setting rains doused the tri-state area overnight, causing flash flooding and power outages, downing trees, forcing evacuations in one storm-stricken New Jersey town and turning at least one New York highway into a river that swallowed abandoned cars, many with their hazard lights still blinking.