The top prize in the Mega Millions lottery jackpot will be close to $400 million on Tuesday. No one hit the winning jackpot on Friday night, so Tuesday’s lottery will be worth $390 million. Mega Millions is played in 44 states around the country.
A former powerful figure in the New Jersey republican party has died at the age of 88. Former North Jersey Senator Ray Bateman passed away on Saturday after a brief illness. Bateman ran for governor once in the Garden State; his son, Kip Bateman, now holds the Senate seat his father used to occupy.
The cousin of Sixers top draft pick Ben Simmons was killed in a hit and run accident in New Jersey over the weekend. 21 year old Zachary Simmons of Ramsey was killed while he was walking home from a friend’s birthday party. Simmons was in a crosswalk when an SUV crashed into him, pushing him…
Don’t pick Chris Christie as your vice president if you want to win the election. Those words are directed at Donald Trump by former New Jersey Governor Tom Kean. Kean says that it makes no sense to pick someone from your own geographical area to win a national election, and Christie should not be Trump’s…
Cape May County Freeholders meet on Tuesday and may award a contract for the renovation of the Lower Township Public Safety Building. A resolution appears on the agenda that would award a contract exceeding $5.1 million to Arthur Ogren Inc. to perform the work at the building; it will be used as a joint dispatch…
Ocean City has bid farewell to Councilman Pete Guinosso. Guinosso attended his final Council meeting as a member of the governing body on Thursday. Guinosso decided not to seek re-election during this spring’s election. Guinosso has served the city’s Fourth Ward as a councilman since 2012.
A former public safety director for Atlantic City has passed away at the age of 74. George “Bob” Pugh died last week of a heart attack following surgery at the Fox Chase Cancer Center. Pugh also previously served as the Chief of Police in Camden. Pugh served as Director of Public Safety for Atlantic City…
A 20 year old North Wildwood man has been charged with posting a threat about a mass shooting on Facebook. Jake M. Freeman of North Wildwood was charged by the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office with making a false public alarm; his bail was set at $25,000. Prosecutor Robert Taylor says his office will use…
Two people are dead following a single vehicle accident on the Garden State Parkway early Saturday morning in Atlantic County. State Police say dive teams pulled two people from a vehicle that went off the Mullica Bridge in Port Republic; both did not survive. The accident occurred around 1:30am in the southbound lanes of the…
A 35 year old South Jersey man faces lifetime in prison after being convicted of an attempted murder in Millville. A jury found Richard Harold of Newfield guilty of attempted murder after he fired 11 bullets at another man in the parking lot of the Delsea Village Apartment Complex in Millville. Harold’s minivan was found…