Jericho Turnpike

Power Lines (credit: David McNew/Getty Images)

Manhole Fire Cuts Power In Eastern Queens

A manhole fire cut power to customers Tuesday afternoon in eastern Queens.

2013/04/09

Huntington Station Lotto Machine Smasher

Police Seek Man Who Smashed Lotto Machine At Suffolk County 7-Eleven

Police Sunday night were searching for a man who walked into a 7-Eleven store in Suffolk County and smashed a Lotto machine with his bare fist.

2013/04/07

Hempstead Turnpike - Feb. 26, 2013 (credit: Mike Xirinachs / WCBS 880)

Group Releases List Of Tri-State’s Most Dangerous Roads For Walking

The Tri-State Transportation Campaign found that 1,200 pedestrians were killed on roads in Connecticut, New Jersey and downstate New York between 2009 and 2011.

2013/02/26

Gas Pump (file / credit: David Paul Morris/Getty Images)

Big Difference Between Cash And Credit At Long Island Gas Stations

You know what they say about things that are too good to be true. Driving along Jericho Turnpike in Smithtown last week, a Mobil gas station was spotted with a sign for $3.88 a gallon, a good ten cents cheaper than all the other stations around.

2012/03/12

Gaetano Corteo with pizzas in special insulated bags (credit: Mona Rivera/1010 WINS)

New Hyde Park Pizzeria Delivering Pies To Giants In Indianapolis

General Manager Gaetano Corteo, of Umberto’s Pizzeria on Jericho Turnpike, hopped on a plane Friday morning at LaGuardia Airport to personally deliver 15 pies to the team just in time for lunch.

2012/02/03

The site that was to be a Lowe's store - Huntington, NY - Nov 3, 2011 (credit: Sophia Hall / WCBS 880)

Plans Nixed For Lowe’s In Huntington

A Lowe’s home improvement store planned for Huntington, Long Island will no longer go forward, and neither will the jobs it would have created.

2011/11/03

Pair Of Suspected Police Impersonators Arrested On Long Island

Nassau County police said Marylynn De Joseph of Bellerose and Twayne Dash of Queens have been charged with criminal impersonation, robbery and conspiracy.

2011/05/16

Police Charge Long Island Man For DWI With Kid In Car

Police have charged a 52-year-old man for driving while intoxicated with a child in the car on Thursday night on Long Island.

2011/03/04

Ten college students on Long Island did not let the freezing cold weather stop them from doing a good deed for charity. (Sophia Hall/WCBS 880)

Students Brave Frigid L.I. Temps To Support Cancer Charity

WOODBURY, N.Y. (WCBS 880) — Ten college students on Long Island did not let the freezing cold weather stop them from doing a good deed for charity. While the thermometer read 23 degrees Saturday in […]

2011/01/22

Generic Ambulance File Photo (credit: CBS 2)

Cops: LI Man Arrested After Returning To Accident Site

Police say a man who left the scene of a Long Island traffic accident where a woman was run over twice has been arrested after going back there.

2010/12/23

Elderly Woman Struck And Killed On Long Island

Police on Long Island say a 75-year-old woman has died and an 80-year-old woman was injured when they were struck by an SUV while crossing a street in New Hyde Park.

2010/12/11

Cops Still Searching For Second L.I. Truck Drag Racer

An elderly man is dead, and his wife is fighting for her life — both of them victims of a head-on collision that police said was caused by drag racers.

2010/11/30