Suffolk county councillors have voted to postpone this year’s elections to join the Government’s devolution fast-track programme.

Suffolk councillors gather outside Endeavour House in Ipswich to protest plans for postponing upcoming local elections.

A Lowell man is held on $1M bail for the alleged sexual assault of a young girl. He faces multiple charges including ...

Norfolk county councillors have voted to request that May's County Hall elections are postponed, sparking anger.

COPIAGUE, New York (WABC) -- A wind-fueled fire on Long Island destroyed a house early Thursday morning. The flames broke out inside the home on 26th Street in Copiague just before 3 a.m. Two ...

Devolution programme may involve local authorities being merged or disbanded, with polls likely to be held off until complete ...

The city of Suffolk has appointed Captain Janet Days as its new director of economic development. Days was the first African American to lead Naval Station Norfolk.

A Long Island police officer has been charged with felony child sex abuse and related crimes. Sean Mahony has been with the ...

Suffolk County Police Officer Brendon Gallagher’s condition, while critical, has improved, according to Dr. James Vosswinkel, Stony Brook Medicine’s chief of Trauma. But Dr. Vosswinkel says the ...

Officials in Suffolk County are filing a legal challenge against the federal government for holding the county responsible ...

A man was charged in connection with several assaults on a child who told authorities that she was assaulted since she was 5 ...