NJ Turnpike crash kills 27-year-old man, officials say
An investigation into what caused the Wednesday night crash near Interchange is ongoing, authorities say. (file photo) NEWARK -- A 27-year-old Chester, Pennsylvania man has been identified by state...
View ArticleAccused Brendan Tevlin killer's journal: Follow ISIS
Authorities found the journal when they arrested Ali Muhammad Brown on July 18, 2014 at a makeshift campsite in West Orange, an assistant prosecutor said. NEWARK -- Amid the various items strewn about...
View ArticleUFC fighters train at the Devils' new gym (PHOTOS/VIDEO)
Corey Anderson, Jessica Eye, Forrest Griffin, Chris Wade, and CM Punk toured the Devils' new training facility. Watch video NEWARK -- Five of the biggest names in mixed martial arts stopped by the...
View ArticleBrothers among 3 arrested in Newark undercover drug bust
The bust came after complaints about open-air drug sales in the city's West Ward, according to Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura Edward Simmons (Essex County Correctional Facility) NEWARK - A pair...
View ArticleJury hears victim tell of horrifying Jersey City abduction, rape in 2013
A Newark woman told a horrifying tale of abduction and repeated raped in 2013 in the home of a Jersey City man who has already been convicted of kidnapping another woman and repeatedly raping her in...
View ArticleFormer NBA player Tate George sent to prison in $2M Ponzi scheme
George used his celebrity to attract millions that he used for his own needs, court records show. More than two years after his conviction in a $2 million Ponzi scheme that targeted professional...
View ArticleTake this week's New Jersey news quiz
Do you have a perfect score in your this week? Time to see how well you know New Jersey news that doesn't involve the coming winter storm. Answer the seven questions below, which are based on popular...
View ArticleN.J. officer follows his father - by the numbers
Joseph Sherbo became an Essex County deputy sheriff's officer and received the same badge number (1603) that his father, the late Dewey J. Sherbo III, had when he was a Newark police officer. Badge...
View ArticleFeds probe fatal Bridgeton police shooting, official says
Two federal agencies have reportedly launched a probe into the two Bridgeton officers who were cleared by a grand jury last year. Watch video NEWARK -- Despite a grand jury's decision late last summer...
View ArticleMcLearnin' It: Franchise teaching English to immigrant employees
Silvia Perez, who immigrated to the U.S. in 1991 from Honduras, is one of 15 graduates of an innovative ESL program only recently introduced in the tri-state area. Pictured, the Union City-based...
View ArticleKittens may be Bengal mixes
Asia has a spotted stomach and Bengal-like markings. Asia MILLBURN -- Asia, pictured, and her brother, Orion, are kittens in the care of the Homeless Animal Rescue Team. Both have spotted stomachs...
View ArticleWhich N.J. politicians are playing Clinton, Sanders in mock debate?
Activist group in Montclair has dubbed local surrogates for Monday night's debate. MONTCLAIR -- The note cards are prepped with the latest campaign talking points. Attacks and rebuttals have been...
View ArticleMust-hear N.J.: How Faulkner and forest inspired agile indie-rockers Pinegrove
A lush grid of pine trees once spurred Evan Stephens Hall's mind — six years later, his Montclair band is on the brink of coast-to-coast recognition Watch video MONTCLAIR -- Six years ago, a lush grid...
View ArticlePoll: Will the winter storm wallop New Jersey or not? Tell us what you think
Last year's snow storm that wasn't has got everybody skeptical this time around. For most of this week, we've been hearing weather forecasts for a winter storm bringing blinding snow and damaging wind...
View Article3 teens arrested after wild stolen car chase, crash in Union
Three teens from Irvington and Newark were arrested after a car chase and then a foot chase through Union, police said. Watch video Photos of the stolen car after the chase and crash. (Union PD) UNION...
View ArticleSAT test (1/23/16) postponed across N.J.: See list of makeup dates
Many, but not all, testing centers in New Jersey have rescheduled the Jan. 23 exam for Feb. 20. Watch video Many of the students who were scheduled to take the SAT test Saturday can relax. The exam...
View ArticleN.J. man caught with missing teen, meth, coke in hotel room, report says
There was also cash and "evidence of prostitution," according to authorities Keontrae LawrenceMilford, Conn. police Police found a Maplewood man in a Connecticut hotel room with a missing teenager...
View ArticleEssex CC student rewarded for service
Raymond Jackson, a student at Essex County College currently working on his associate's degree in psychology, was one of six national recipients of the 2015 Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholarship....
View ArticleConvicted killer's sentence cut from 60 years to 20 after appeal
A gang member originally sentenced to 60 years in prison for murder could be out after 17 years after he was re-sentenced today. ELIZABETH -- A reputed street gang member who was convicted of murder...
View ArticleMontclair woman found dead at West Orange hotel
Township police are investigating the death of a 55-year-old Montclair woman from a suspected drug overdose, authorities confirm. (file photo) WEST ORANGE -- Township police are investigating the...
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