08.25.2023 News Local first responders practice saving ‘victims’ during mass casualty incident training A teenage volunteer in a white T-shirt stained with fake blood lay on her back, clutching the prosthetic wound on her side, crying for help from the baseball field...
06.05.2023 News Bomb threat prompts evacuation of Home Depot and surrounding stores A bomb threat phoned into Home Depot on Route 58 in Riverhead Monday morning prompted an evacuation and a police search with a bomb-sniffing dog. After receiving the threat...
07.01.2021 News County officials warn boaters to avoid drinking as holiday weekend approaches Suffolk County officials warned boaters ahead of the holiday weekend that Marine Bureau officers will be “out in force” to strictly enforce laws against boating while intoxicated. At a...
03.10.2021 News From the Archives: Mysterious double drowning still haunts those who remember Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on March 10, 2016, the 35th anniversary of the Becker drowning. References to new developments were current to that date five years...
03.04.2021 News One year after he was murdered, friends of Lee Pedersen seek answers In places like Coolspring, Pa., and Dublin, N.H., Lee Pedersen had a recognizable face among antique power enthusiasts. He knew his way around a gas engine, folks around the...
04.23.2020 News Police seek public’s help finding alleged tool thief Southold and Suffolk County police are asking the public to help identify a suspect who stole a landscaping truck and trailer early Sunday morning. According to police, an unknown...
03.03.2020 Police Shelter Island mystery: Wancura investigation two years on with no resolution He thought he was prepared for the worst. But what Father Charles McCarron discovered, checking on an elderly friend and colleague one midday two years ago, was a horrific...
07.14.2019 Police Police: Mattituck man struck, killed pedestrian then fled scene of crash A Mattituck man was arrested Sunday afternoon for striking and killing a jogger in St. James and fleeing the scene, Suffolk County police said.
02.03.2019 Police Registration open for 2019 Suffolk County Police Test Registration is now open for the 2019 Suffolk County Police Test, which is offered every four years. During a work session Tuesday, Supervisor Scott Russell said the town is...
11.06.2018 Police There’s a new way to reach 911 in Suffolk: text message You can now text 911 during an emergency in Suffolk County. The service, which has been in testing for several months, is now officially functioning.
