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Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano discusses the role of the National Guard in Nassau County during Hurricane Irene (credit: CBS 2)

Mangano: National Guard Working With Police In Nassau County

Residents in coastal areas of Long Island are being told to evacuate their homes as Hurricane Irene makes its way up the East Coast.

2011/08/27

An official at OEM headquarters in Nassau at screen showing projected flood areas (credit: Mona Rivera/1010 WINS)

County Exec Mangano Orders 300,000 Residents Out Of Nassau County ASAP

Those most directly impacted include residents who live south of Sunrise Highway between the Queens line and Rockville Center, south of Merrick Road from Rockville center to the Suffolk County border and low-lying areas on the north shore.

2011/08/26

Sunrise Highway (file / credit: Google Maps)

Barriers Going Up To Prevent Crossover Crashes On Long Island Highways

Suffolk County is installing steel cable barriers on two of its highway medians in an effort to prevent deadly crossover crashes.

2011/08/08

Fatal Crash Involving Off-Duty Officer Robert Reecks (credit: CBS 2)

Off-Duty Officer Dies In Car Crash In Suffolk County

“His vehicle went off the roadway and struck a concrete bridge support. Sgt. Reecks died at the scene,” said Det. Lt. Gail Marrero of the Suffolk County PD.

2011/08/07

Sunrise Highway (Photo/Doug Kerr via Flickr)

Sayville Man Arrested In DWI Wrong-Way Crash

Suffolk County police said they arrested Scott Coutts, who was driving eastbound on the westbound lanes of the Sunrise Highway Service Road before striking an SUV.

2011/01/16

Officials To Investigate Cause Of L.I. Propane Gas Leak

Officials on Long Island say they’ll be conducting an investigation into a propane gas leak that forced the evacuation of 900 homes.

2011/01/02

Gas Leak Fixed After Evacuation Of 900 L.I. Homes

Workers fixed a propane gas leak in Shirley that prompted authorities to evacuate 900 homes. CBS 2 learned late Saturday evening that residents were being allowed to return home.

2011/01/01

Bogdan Mychajlyszyn - Photo: Suffolk County Police Department

Another Wrong-Way Driver On Long Island

This time, a 43-year-old North Bellmore man was arrested after going in the wrong direction on Sunrise Highway and crashing into another car.

2010/12/29

Snow And Cold Lead To Treacherous Road Conditions

Police and emergency responders have been busy all night on Long Island. Slick, icy road conditions are to blame. The thin coating of wet snow and temperatures in the low 20s led to accidents.

2010/12/14

A Suffolk County Police Cruiser - File / Photo: Mike Xirinachs / WCBS 880

Long Island Police Make 2 More Wrong-Way DWI Arrests

The arrests are the fourth and fifth incidents of wrong-way driving in a month. Unlike the other incidents, however, neither arrest early Thursday involved accidents or injuries.

2010/12/09

Tynielle Silvera, right, shown here in a personal photo from October 23, 2010/family handout

Cops: Amityville Teen Killed By Drunken Driver

A heartbroken Long Island mother had an angry message for the accused drunken driver who police say killed her teen daughter as she walked home from volunteering.

2010/12/02

NYC Cop Dies In One-Car Crash On Long Island

Nassau County police say Sgt. Anthony Johnson’s Jeep Cherokee crashed into a tree and burst into flames on Sunrise Highway in Valley Stream at around 3 a.m. Sunday.

2010/11/29

L.I. School Bus Driver Dies Days After Tanker Crash

STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) – A school bus driver has died of his injuries two days after an early morning crash involving a tanker truck on a Long Island highway.

2010/10/27

School Bus, Tanker Collide On Sunrise Highway

AMITYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) – A school bus driver was hospitalized in critical condition after an early morning crash involving a tanker truck on a Long Island highway.

2010/10/25