Suffolk County News

A mosquito sample collected in Lindenhurst has tested positive for West Nile virus, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services has announced.

Dante Taylor, 19, of Mastic, a suspect in the June slaying of Sarah P. Goode of Medford, was arrested Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Florida by Suffolk homicide detectives and U.S. Marshals on an unrelated arrest warrant for an attempted rape in Suffolk, records show.

A 19-year-old has been arrested in the death of a young mother whose body was found in the woods on Long Island after she disappeared.

Authorities arrested a 19-year-old man in Florida and accused him in the slaying of a young mother from Long Island last month.

With Too Many Nassau & Suffolk Beaches Threatened by Poor Water Quality, Senator Pushes to Restore Nearly $10m in 'Beach Act' Funding Washington, DC July 10, 2014 - U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced his push to restore $9.9 million in Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act grant funding which was recently zeroed out ... (more)

Volunteers from the Selden Fire Department respond to the scene of an SUV on fire on Adirondack Drive in Farmingville on Thursday night, July 10, 2014.

A highway patrol officer is hospitalized with serious injuries after a pickup truck struck his patrol vehicle on a Long Island highway.

With just nine days left before a potential Long Island Rail Road strike , the MTA has made its contingency plan public.

Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the death of a Brooklyn woman who drowned in a pool in Hampton Bays yesterday.

Two people are accused of making threats against the Jewish Center of the Hamptons on Woods Lane in East Hampton.

Along the Riverhead Railroad station on July 10, 2014 where Hispanic immigrants have been victim to a string of violent robberies.

July 10, 2014 - The Suffolk County Police Department has issued a Silver Alert for a missing East Islip man who suffers from bipolar disorder and hasn't been seen in several months.

In Jericho road construction. two lanes closed on The L.I.E./I-495 EB between X40/Jericho Tpk/NY Rt-25 and X43/South Oyster Bay Rd in Syosset In Jericho road construction.

A man was arrested in connection with the assault and robbery of another man early Thursday morning on Long Island.

Suffolk County police are seeking the public's help regarding an arson investigation in Dix Hills.

Suffolk County Police say the plane came down near exit 61 in Eastport around 1:30 p.m. Officials say there was one person onboard the plane at the time.

The former treasurer for the Village of Old Field, who was arrested for allegedly stealing nearly $60,000 to make online purchases, pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony larceny charges, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said .

July 10th, 2014 - Suffolk County Police First Squad detectives are investigating a shooting that injured a Wyandanch man this evening.

The next big idea may be brewing right here in Suffolk County. At least that's the hope of some of the locals who will showcase their new works at the Suffolk County Inventors & Entrepreneurs Club on July 15 at the at the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge.

A Kings Park woman was killed when her vehicle veered off Route 25A and struck a tree Wednesday, police said.