The town is proposing a 9.7% tax levy hike to hire more police officers. The increase would include a 2% state tax cap.

Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S.

Voters across Long Island are heading to the polls to cast their ballots on Election Day. Local candidates joined News 12 to discuss the race.

Two Suffolk police officers were taken to the hospital after colliding in Bohemia. The 5th precinct officers crashed into one ...

The Suffolk County Health Department has confirmed the fourth reported case of West Nile virus this year.

A 98-year-old man was hit by a car in Roosevelt Monday night. The man was crossing Nassau Road near West Fulton Avenue when he was struck, Nassau police say. The 25-year-old driver stayed at the scene ...

According to the Suffolk County Department of Health, 14 of the rabies cases have been found in raccoons and one in a feral cat.

News12 Leanna Wells is at West Rocks Middle School to catch up with some early morning voters. Polls opened this morning at 6 a.m. and will remain open until 8 p.m. Today's elections are municipal and ...

It's Election Day, and voters across Long Island are heading to the polls to cast their ballots in key local races that will directly impact issues such as taxes, infrastructure and quality of life.

Southampton police say they recovered the body of one of the two kayakers who had gone missing Saturday in Shinnecock Bay.

Both Long Island Cares and Island Harvest say it's important to help workers who are missing paychecks. Long Island Cares and Island Harvest teamed up on Monday at Farmingdale State College to hand ...

The body was found after New York State Police and the Southampton Town Marine Patrol Units had located "an area of interest" Monday morning.