Nassau County

Lindsay Lohan’s mother faces 18 days in jail and five years’ probation for rear-ending another car on Long Island and leaving the scene.

Long Island’s two counties are among the tops in New York state for auto fatalities, and officials and safety advocates say increased enforcement can’t be the only solution

Would you like fries — and a COVID shot — with your order? One menu item is out of the ordinary at a McDonald’s restaurant in Massapequa — as the COVID-19 vaccine was the “special” at the fast-food joint Wednesday. “It seems odd that it’s in a McDonalds, that they would be vaccinating people in a McDonalds,” customer Lucille Schlecht…

One menu item seems peculiar at a McDonald’s restaurant in Massapequa as the COVID-19 vaccine was the “special” at the fast-food joint Wednesday. Greg Cergol with the story.

So far in 2021, there have been 183 cases of children running away from Mercy First, a facility that houses abused and neglected kids in Syosset. That’s about 100 more than over the same time period in 2020.

Half a dozen people were injured Sunday after a car sailed through the front of a salon in a Long Island community, local police said. The Great Neck business suffered significant damage when a car smashed into the building around 1 p.m., police in Nassau County said. At least six people had minor injuries — it wasn’t clear if anyone…

A truck driver from New Jersey is facing criminal charges in a Long Island court for allegedly causing a chain-reaction crash on a highway late Friday night. Police in Nassau County say David Gonzalez was driving a tractor-trailer on Sunrise Highway around 10 p.m. when he slammed into a vehicle stopped in a left-hand turn lane. The force of the…

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran has vetoed a bill approved by lawmakers earlier this month that would allow police officers to sue protesters and collect financial damages. Curran said the bill is “well-intentioned” but it would inhibit residents’ first amendment rights to free speech and protest. “I’m proud of the dedicated first responders who’ve made Nassau the safest county...

Lawmakers in a suburban New York county are set to vote Monday on a proposal that would allow police officers to sue protesters and collect financial damages

Lawmakers in the suburban New York county on Monday voted to approve a proposal that would allow police officers to sue protesters and collect financial damages.

Lawmakers in a suburban New York county are set to vote Monday on a proposal that would allow police officers to sue protesters and collect financial damages

A speeding car slammed into an Uber over the weekend on Long Island, killing five people. Greg Cergol reports.

As the tri-state area grapples with heavy rainfall and flash flood havoc brought on by the passing through of Tropical Storm Elsa, the Nassau County Department of Health issued on Friday an advisory against bathing at 17 beaches. The advisory was issued as a precautionary measure for beaches known to be impacted by stormwater runoff caused by heavy rainfall, which…

Tropical Storm Elsa roared through the tri-state, triggering a series of tornado warnings for parts of New Jersey and wreaking flash flood havoc in New York City. The storm, which brought record rainfall to the region, had mostly cleared the area by noon Friday.

An annual Fourth of July block party on Long Island ended with a deadly shooting — claiming the life of a 27-year-old man and injuring two others, police said. The deadly turn of events took place on Hudson Avenue in Roosevelt Sunday evening just before 7:30 p.m. as people were celebrating the holiday and suddenly ran for cover as bullets…

One person has died and others were injured after a 4th of July block party shooting on Long Island. Gaby Acevedo reports.

Nassau County police are working to return instruments, including a $1,000 flute, that were stolen from a local high school on two occasions earlier this month. Two suspects, 27-year-old Gem Hattat of Lindenhurst and 27-year-old Jarrett Boyarsky, face charges of burglary and attempted burglary in connection with the thefts at Carle Place High School on June 4 and June 10….

A Bronx man was arrested at Wantagh’s Jones Beach State Park over the weekend for allegedly hitting an 8-year-old swimmer with his personal watercraft, which he is accused of operating while intoxicated, Nassau County cops said. The boy was airlifted to a children’s hospital after the vessel struck him in the Sloop Channel area of Jones Beach Field 10...

Ann Mazze is a spunky 95-year-old woman who resides in Levittown — as she has for more than 50 years. However, an unexpected Nassau County mistake put her in a financial bind until the county legislature stepped in to help.

Ann Mazze is a spunky 95-year-old woman who resides in Levittown — as she has for more than 50 years. However, an unexpected Nassau County mistake put her in a financial bind until the county legislature stepped in to help. The Nassau County Department of Assessment mistakenly reported due to a clerical error that Mazze had died, causing her to…