Wrong-Way Crash Kills 24-Year-Old, Police Seek Cross-Dressing Carjacker, Man Arrested in Church Theft Spree

Google Maps Photo: A 24-year-old man was killed when a wrong-way driver hit his vehicle head-on on the Southern State Parkway in Islip Terrace Tuesday night, police say.

Here are some of the headlines reported across Long Island Patches on Wednesday (click the links to read the full stories):

• One Dead, One Critical After Wrong-Way Crash on Southern State
• Here Comes the Chill, Chance of Snow
• Cops: Glen Cove Man Caught With Child Pornography
• Cops: Man Stole from 13 Church Poor Boxes in Nassau
• Cops Seek Man in Huntington Station Carjacking
• Harry Chapin Food Bank and Humanitarian Center to Open in Huntington Station
• Police Seeking Man Who Stole From Walmart Twice
• Fundraising Networking’s 2nd Annual Long Island Gala to Be Held Friday in Smithtown
• Photos: Honoring Our Veterans in Long Beach
• Long Beach Football Coach Honored by New York Jets
• Plainview-Old Bethpage Students Take 2nd Place in Business Challenge
• Glen Cove’s Route 107 Arterial Highway Renamed for Dan Daly
• Free Screening: Documentary on Fracking Set for Thursday in Port Washington
• Schreiber Seniors Named Siemens Semifinalists
• East Northport Middle School Students Honored for Drug-Prevention Efforts
• Spooky Science a Hit in Wantagh Middle School
• Walt Whitman Student Runs for Warriors
• Weekend Pick: Model Train Show
• Three People Injured In Accident In East Hampton Village
• Wow House: 12-Bed, 12.5 Bath Southampton Estate With Resort-Like Amenities
• Police: Two Men Arrested For Assaulting, Robbing Man in Hampton Bays
• Gurney’s Montauk To Host 6th Annual Pink Event On Friday
• Hampton Bays Elementary School Students Win Guide Dog Naming Contest
• Vedder Elementary Honors Veterans With Ceremony
• Lindenhurst Fire Department Honors Winners of Fire Safety Poster Contest
• Sen. Flanagan Welcomes Miss New York Junior Teen Hailey Germano to His Smithtown Office
• Commack Volunteer Ambulance Corps Announces Operation Frosty Toy And Food Drive

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