Freeport

Police arrested 11 people after a fight broke out at the Nassau University Medical Center Emergency Room in East Meadow Saturday morning. Authorities say officers responded to the Long Island medical center after a crowd began arguing around 12:30 a.m. ...

The MTA has issued a series of cancellations for the Long Island Rail Road, and warns that customers should anticipate significant schedule changes and delays during the Tuesday morning and evening rush hours. The cancellations are a result of damage...

MEDIA ADVISORY: LIRR CUSTOMERS ARE ADVISED TO EXPECT CANCELED TRAINS, DELAYS FOR THURSDAY'S AM & PM RUSH HOURS, AUGUST 26 MTA Long Island Rail Road is advising customers to expect significant schedule changes and delays during Thursday's morning and...

A Freeport teenager -- who mowed down an elderly Hempstead woman while she was high on prescription drugs -- was indicted on 24 charges Monday, Nassau County prosecutors announced Tuesday. Kayla Gerdes, 18, was apparently high on oxycodone when she...

The Freeport woman who was apparently high when she fatally ran over a 69-year-old woman gardening in front of her Hempstead home, has been indicted on 28 charges, including second-degree manslaughter, Nassau County authorities said Tuesday....

Dustin Collins had to push back his morning meetings. Jermaine Yates said he was going to have to explain to his boss why he was late for work -- for the third time in a week. "My boss doesn't want to hear it," Yates, 33, of Brentwood, said Monday...

A Freeport woman was charged with attempted murder after she stabbed her boyfriend in the neck with a broken beer glass at a Manhattan nightclub early Sunday morning, according to New York City police. The boyfriend, 22, was admitted to Bellevue Hospital...

A Freeport man who was caught in the act of dismantling a stolen car was arrested and charged with grand larceny and car stripping, Nassau police said. Oscar Velasquez, 18, was arraigned Monday and ordered held on $10,000 cash bail, or $25,000 bond....

A teenager, who mowed down an elderly woman gardening outside her home in Hempstead Tuesday morning, was apparently high on prescription drugs during the time of the accident. Kayla Gerdes, 18, of Freeport lost control of the van she was driving and...

A Long Island woman visiting her son's grave was dismayed when she found another body in his burial plot as a result of a clerical error. A staff member of the Greenfield Cemetery in Uniondale may have made the mistake due to miscommunication,...

Budget cuts mean five weekday trains on three branches and some weekend service to Freeport will be canceled this summer, the LIRR announced Thursday. The new schedule, which takes effect Monday, includes additional revisions on several branches that...

A Freeport man was arrested Thursday night after police said he shot his 3-year-old niece in the stomach with a BB gun. According to detectives, Allen Hubbard, 18, began shooting the BB gun from a window in his Archer Street residence, while looking...