Patrons who dined in part of The Factoria complex in Peekskill, New York, earlier this month may have been exposed to hepatitis A, officials said The Westchester County Health Department learned that an employee with Hepatitis A worked at a private event at the event space at The Factoria — located at Charles Point — while infectious. Anyone who was there...

A woman from Westchester County has died following a tragic incident in Florida in which a vehicle plunged off a ferry, police say. According to investigators, the operator of a ferry that was transporting vehicles from Fisher Island reported that a vehicle had fallen overboard.  A subsequent multi-agency search for the vehicle was initiated by divers from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and...

A woman from Westchester County died following an incident in Florida. Police say a car plunged off a ferry on Fisher Island. When divers located the vehicle, they found two women inside, authorities say.

The county emphasized that there is no reason for others in the area to be concerned, as a quarantine is used simply when people have been exposed to the illness. Isolation is used when someone is sick, possibly with the illness

While the boy is recovering at the hospital, neighbors are disturbed after police say the mother stabbed the young boy inside their apartment. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

An officer repeatedly sexually abused a woman while in uniform and on duty, charges against the officer say. Ida Siegal reports.

Thirteen years later, police are still trying to solve the mystery killing of “Cherries Doe,” and may be able to connect the case to a Gilgo Beach victim with a similar tattoo and manner of death

Police are looking for help identifying a woman whose torso washed up on a Mamaroneck beach in 2007, and legs washed up on the north shore of Long Island not long after. The only identifying feature: a tattoo of cherries on her chest — a clue that could potentially link her to the Gilgo Beach Killer. NBC New York’s...

Even though there was a money-back guarantee, the New York woman hadn’t gotten a refund for hearing aids two months after returning them during the trial period. NBC New York’s Lynda Baquero reports.

Police are searching for suspects who stole a 3-month-old French Bulldog from a pet store in Westchester County. Ray Villeda reports.

Officials shut down the highway, leading to miles of backup. Police re-opened one westbound lane late Thursday, but all eastbound lanes remained closed

The teen has essentially been sidelined for two years because the sports administrative body won’t allow him to compete against girls.

The Ossining junior isn’t allowed to compete in his school’s gymnastics competitions because the body that oversees high school sports in his area says being a boy gives him a disadvantage over the girls. NBC New York’s Gilma Avalos reports.

At least one person was critically injured in a crash on the eastbound side of I-287 near White Plains. Police said that the eastbound lanes may remain closed for hours, which has led to miles-long traffic jams. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

Nurses’ union, community leaders and residents of Mount Vernon gathered in the cold outside Mount Vernon Hospital Thursday night to rally against the hospital system replacing the city’s only hospital with an outpatient facility. NBC New York’s Brian Thompson reports.

A serious accident shut down part of a highway in Westchester on New Year’s Day, authorities said.  The accident happened on I-684 in Bedford around 11 a.m. Wednesday, New York State Police said. The highway’s north and southbound lanes were temporarily closed just south of exit 4 due to the collision, according to police. Police said the “serious collision”...

The cases involving a retiring Yonkers detective will be reviewed by the Westchester DA amid allegations he falsified a search warrant

A 61-year-old school bus driver in Westchester County has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk — with a blood alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit — on the job, New York State Police say. William Mendez was taken into custody Wednesday on a charge of aggravated DWI Leandra’s Law, a felony crime even for first-time offenders. It was…

The driver, who had a bus full of fifth graders on board, was acting strangely enough to the point where police initially thought he was having a stroke. He was later arrested when it was revealed he was drunk. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.