On Dec. 14 at approximately 10 a.m., the Hicksville Fire Department, under the command of Company #2 Captain Chris Ebert, received a call for smoke in the kitchen of the Plaza Diner, which is located at the intersection of South Oyster Bay and Woodbury Roads. FULL STORY

Nassau County Police report that a nanny suffocated her newborn son, stuffed his body into a shoebox and plastic bag and then left his body at the Hicksville Long Island Rail Road platform in November. Thirty-four year-old Erma Stephens, who rented a room in Brooklyn, was arrested Dec. 14 at the Woodbury home she worked at as a live-in nanny and charged with murder - 2nd degree. FULL STORY

For the first time since 1990, the Hicksville High School Boys Varsity Soccer Team achieved distinction as Nassau County AA-1 Conference Champions with a 10-1-1 record. FULL STORY