Details are still emerging regarding an accident that involved a motor vehicle injuring five pedestrians last night in the South Jersey community of Clementon. Police say the driver remained at the scene of the accident. ##
A 13 year old boy from Middle Township died from an overdose that included heroin and fentanyl. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Jamie Lund, the mother of Vincent Weiner, confirmed the account of her son’s death on social media over the weekend. Weiner was a local seventh grade student. ##
A Powerball lottery ticket worth $50,000 was sold at a packaged goods store in Sea Isle City. The New Jersey Lottery announced that one of the five tickets sold in New Jersey that are worth $50,000 was sold at Kixx Package Goods, on 63rd Street. ##
Former New Jersey Senate President John Russo has died at the age of 84. Russo lost a battle with cancer on Saturday night. He wrote the law that reinstated the death penalty in New Jersey in 1982. ##
Make sure you get your Powerball lottery tickets. There was no winner in Saturday’s drawing, which makes the estimated top prize for Wednesday night’s drawing a staggering $430 million. Powerball tickets cost two dollars apiece. ##
A man who was running from police after committing a shoplifting at a Wawa convenience store in Woodbury decided to jump into a lake to avoid detection..and he never made it out. Police in Woodbury have recovered the body of a 20 year old man who dove into the lake near the Carriage House Apartments.…
Someone in Illinois has a lottery ticket worth $393 million. There was one winning ticket sold in the Mega Millions lottery jackpot for Friday night’s drawing; it was purchased at a barbecue joint outside of Chicago. The winning numbers were 23, 33, 53, 56, and 58; the Mega Ball number was 6. ##
A federal corruption trial is looming for New Jersey democratic Senator Robert Menendez. A federal judge tossed out a last-ditch effort by Menendez to have the trial dismissed. He is accused of giving favors to a donor in Florida in return for various campaign contributions and gifts. ##
There were no winners in the Powerball last night, which pushes the jackpot towards $356 million. The Powerball now joins the Mega Millions with a huge jackpot; Friday night’s drawing in the Mega Millions will be worth about $382 million. ##
There were no winners in the Mega Millions lottery jackpot last night. New Jersey Lottery officials believe the estimated top prize is now a projected $382 million. Four second prize tickets were sold for last night’s drawing; none of them in New Jersey. ##