The first American woman to ever fly solo — and the four-legged Long Island Rail Road mascot she holds aloft like the Statue of Liberty’s torch — are both honored with a tall, bronze statue in Mineola ...

In order for the aggressive panhandling law that the Village of Mineola is proposing to be successful, enforcement of that law by the Nassau County Police Department and the MTA Police is key. The ...

For the past few years, commuters at the Long Island Rail Road's Mineola station would brush past a homeless man who seemed pleasant enough and never asked for spare change. Earlier this week, the man ...

A Long Island Rail Road train struck an unoccupied car on the tracks in Mineola Friday evening, sparking a huge fireball that saturated the area with smoke. No one was in the car when the train hit it ...

MINEOLA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Long Island Rail Road trains are back on track with residual delays after service on three branches was snarled Thursday morning because of a person who was hit by a ...