Some Copiague parents want their students back in classrooms They complained about having to choose between all virtual classes or following a hybrid model under district restrictions to reduce risk of coronavirus exposure. 7:34 PM
Trustee defeats incumbent Hempstead Village mayor Waylyn Hobbs beats Mayor Don Ryan in a four-way mayoral election Tuesday. 8:16 PM
Cops: Teen suffers multiple head injuries in street attack Dominick Palumbo, a freshman at SUNY Maritime College, remained hospitalized Wednesday after an altercation between two groups early Saturday in a Sayville parking lot, Suffolk police said. 8:02 PM
She had no family, so strangers came to honor her at funeral None of them had known Celia Teresa de Jesus Alferez. Still about 50 parishioners attended her funeral Mass last week at St. Joseph Church in Ronkonkoma.
LI golfers continue to flock to courses amid pandemic Golf was one of the few activities that people could do during the pandemic, leading to a banner year for rounds played in 2020.
1:49 WATCH NOW Amid a year of pandemic hardship, NY parks thrived Experts say state parks on Long Island and across New York helped ward off negative emotions that swept in with COVID-19's arrival one year ago, as isolation helped breed fear, anxiety, depression — and sorrow kept ratcheting up.
2:03 Breaking News LI officials, NYPD on alert in Asian communities after Georgia killings The NYPD is beefing up patrols and Long Island official are urging Asian residents to report hate incidents after eight people, many of them Asian women, were shot to death at Atlanta-area massage parlors.
St. Edwards University in Austin has been evacuated after a non-specific bomb threat note was found by a staff member. Students are asked not to come on campus, and classes have been cancelled until 5 PM. This is according to a public relations officer for the school and the St. Edwards web site.  The message on the website reads,

Around noon police had completed an evacuation, secured the campus and begun searching buildings.  As police completed the search of dormitory buildings, students were being allowed to return. University spokesperson, Mischelle Amador, indicated that the precautions taken were in no way related to or influenced by yesterday's Virginia Tech shootings.