Nassau County has hired another batch of former law enforcement officials to investigate reports of child abuse and neglect for the Department of Social Services, an effort intended to relieve ...

Nassau County is enlisting ex-cops and detectives as special investigators to look into child abuse cases in an effort to help out the overwhelmed Department of Social Services, officials said.

Plans for a proposed bioethanol plant in Fernandina Beach that was met with community pushback will not be moving forward.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that seeks to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girl’s school-sponsored athletics by denying federal funds to schools ...

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who vowed last year that the Garden City building would open the first of the year, blamed the state court officials for the delay.

A New York Congresswoman has expressed support for Nassau County’s agreement to allow police detectives to work directly with U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

A deceased victim was found in the aftermath of a single-alarm fire in a wooded area in the Hanlon-Longwood neighborhood of ...

Eighteen recruits were hired under a $5.8 million FEMA grant to hire more firefighters, which is needed to keep up with growth. "The public is growing, our call volume is increasing, so we want to ...

Calhoun County saw a significant decrease in overdose deaths in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to data ...

Long Island Business News has chosen the recipients of this year’s 2025 Impact and Inclusion Awards. The Impact and Inclusion Awards highlight the outstanding achievements of those who champion ...