With Nassau County detectives closing in on him, and a court order for his DNA pending, Florida resident Howard Elkins delivered a fatal, self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head last Friday, September 10 - a violent act which supported police suspicions that more than 30 years ago, Elkins murdered the mummified pregnant woman found September 3 in a steel drum stored underneath a Jericho home. FULL STORY

Debate about how to deal with Nassau County's over $100 million budget deficit heated up this week, as County Executive Thomas Gulotta's deadline for submitting his fiscal year 2000 budget proposal drew near. FULL STORY

The Jericho Jaspers Girls U-11 soccer team won its division in the HBC Labor Day Tournament, going undefeated with two ties (3-0-2). FULL STORY