Millville’s Mile Trout was involved in a serious car crash on an Orange County highway Wednesday night after his game with the Los Angeles Angels. Trout was unhurt, but two people were sent to hospitals in two separate, related accidents on the 55 freeway according to local emergency personnel. Trout did not play in Wednesday’s…
Another serious motor vehicle accident on Route 55 Wednesday afternoon. State Police say a pickup truck and a GMC Yukon collided on northbound Route 55 near exit 45; both vehicles ran off the highway into the woods. A young girl was trapped inside one of the vehicles and was eventually airlifted to Cooper Hospital in…
A 24 year-old Millville resident accused of killing another man with a concrete block appeared in Cumberland County Superior Court on Tuesday to face murder charges. Justin Daughtry stands accused of killing 21 year-old Sean Hill of Commercial Township, whose body was found in an abandoned home in Millville on April 22nd. Daughtry said he…
The murder of a Millville man in a center city neighborhood is under investigation by the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office. Vernon Scurry was found shot to death in the 500 block of North Fourth Street around 5:15 p.m. on Monday. The official cause of death is pending an autopsy and no arrests have been made…
More than 375 people will be out of work at the end of next year, as the General Mills Progresso plant in Vineland is scheduled to be shut down. The Press of Atlantic City reports that local union leaders have been meeting with Progresso management to try and persuade them to keep the plant open,…
Bridgeton Police are looking for an 18 year-old man wanted in a mass shooting on Thursday, who is considered to be armed and “extremely dangerous”. Five people were injured Thursday at a home on Marion Street after Brian Pineda allegedly opened fire with a shotgun on a group of people sitting on a porch. Pineda…
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has issued an air quality alert for South Jersey from 11 a.m. until 11 p.m. Friday. Ozone is forecast to reach unhealthy levels for sensitive groups, due to hot and humid conditions, mostly sunny skies and light west winds, becoming northwest by the evening hours.
Fees for transportation for outside medical services are being charged by the Vineland Veterans Memorial Home, as well as the state’s two other veterans homes. The billing policy is not new, but the home had been absorbing the transportation costs until reinforcing the policy by a letter to residents on July 25th. A spokesperson for…
The widow of Jerame Reid, who was shot and killed by a Bridgeton police officer in 2014, launched a charity in his name on Wednesday. Reid’s Manor was started by 39 year-old Lawanda Hartsfield-Reid of Upper Deerfield Township, to assist Bridgeton city residents in need. The charity was launched with a barbecue at the spot…
No federal charges will be brought against the Bridgeton police officer who shot and killed a 36 year-old man during a traffic stop on Dec. 30th, 2014. On Monday the U.S. Attorney’s office said there was “insufficient evidence to pursue charges” against the officer who shot Jerame Reid, a passenger in a car that allegedly…