Vineland Police are continuing their investigation into a shot fired in the parking lot of a city motel on Tuesday. Police say 18 year old Chayana Diaz of Buena fired a single gunshot into the air while standing in the parking lot of the Rodeway Inn on Landis Avenue. Diaz was arrested several hours after…
Part of the fallout from a higher gasoline tax in New Jersey, starting Tuesday? Higher Uber fares. Uber announced that it will increase fares in New Jersey by two cents per mile thanks to the new gasoline tax that begins on Tuesday. The new gas tax will be 23 cents per gallon.
A 17 year old boy was shot and killed in Atlantic City early Sunday morning. Authorities say the boy was found by police with a gunshot wound to the head on Magellan Avenue. The teenager died less than an hour after the shooting. The gunman remains at large.
One man has been indicted on charges that he robbed a branch of BB&T Bank in Vineland in June, 2015. 31 year old Dante Davis of Pittsgrove Township has been indicted on charges that he was armed with a gun when he robbed the bank. Police so far have not been able to identify the…
No selfies in the voting booth next week. New Jersey is one of 18 states in the country where taking a selfie in the voting booth is illegal. Fear not, one state lawmaker is trying to make the practice legal and he says voters are never prosecuted for taking selfies when they vote.
98.7 The Coast WCZT was present to cover the 2016 Cape May County Freeholder Debate, which is available for online streaming right here!
A group of about 40 people rallied outside the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office in Mays Landing Monday morning to protest the heroin and opiate overdose epidemic in Atlantic County. The group, called Stop the Heroin, was led by Tammy Schmincke of Egg Harbor Township, who co-founded the organization with her husband Bill, lost their son…
A 37-year-old woman died Sunday evening after the car in which she was riding with her family crashed into a utility pole in Egg Harbor Township. Marie Roe of EHT was a passenger in the front seat of a 1999 Ford Taurus when the driver lost control of the car and it spun off the…
The East Lynne Theater Company will be receiving a $16,020 Cooperative Marketing Grant from the New Jersey Department of State’s Division of Travel and Tourism. This is the tenth year that the theater group from Cape May has received the award, based on the scores of an independent evaluation and funding review committee. This year the East…
The Middle Township Police Department is one of many police departments nationwide that will be participating in this year’s “No Shave November”. Officers will let their whiskers and hair grow all month and donate the money they typically spend on shaving and grooming to help educate the public about cancer prevention, saving lives, and aiding…