NJ amusement park reopens 2 months after accidental fire

Brian Hartley, vice president of Playland’s Castaway Cove in Ocean City, confirmed Saturday that the park reopened as scheduled at noon.

Parents must be told of cannabis offense under new New Jersey state law

Lawmakers moved the bill after what they said was an onslaught from constituents protesting the prohibition against parental notification.

Atlantic County man dies after motorcycle collision with mail truck, police say

An Atlantic County man is dead after he was thrown from his motorcycle when he collided with a mail truck Saturday afternoon in Galloway Township, according to police.

Police: 2 people shot, killed at Edgewater Park apartment complex

Police investigate after two people are found shot and killed at an Edgewater Park apartment complex, officials stated.

Lane closed on I-295 after retaining wall partially collapses in Bellmawr

A northbound lane is closed on I-295 after a retaining wall partially collapsed where it crosses over Essex Avenue in Bellmawr in Camden County.

Man held in New Jersey killing charged in New Mexico deaths

Sean Lannon, the man accused in the beating death of an N.J. resident he claimed sexually abused him as a child was charged Friday with killing his ex-wife and two others in New Mexico.

New Jersey will expand vaccine eligibility to include those 55+ in April

New Jersey will expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility beginning April 5 to people ages 55 and older, as well as to people 16 and older if they have intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Booker aide tapped for cannabis panel after NAACP pressure

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday named a staffer for U.S. Sen. Cory Booker and member of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network to the new state commission charged with setting up and regulating recreational marijuana.

Shooting and carjacking in Philadelphia leads police on chase ending on AC Expressway

A woman was arrested after authorities say a shooting and carjacking in Southwest Philadelphia led police on a pursuit that ended on the Atlantic City Expressway. 

Officials confirm man captured in connection to NJ slaying linked to 5 deaths

Authorities are still investigating claims made by a man charged in a New Jersey slaying who has said he killed a total of 16 people in multiple states, though a law enforcement official confirmed Sunday that he is the primary suspect in the killing of his ex-wife and three others found in a car in New Mexico.

WATCH: Winslow Township police officer rescues elderly woman from apartment fire

A Winslow Township police officer carried an elderly woman to safety after he noticed flames shooting from the backside of a first-floor apartment late Saturday night. 

2 injured during multi-vehicle crash in Sicklerville, police say

Two people were hospitalized following a multi-vehicle car crash Saturday afternoon in Camden County, according to officials. 

Man accused in NJ murder claims he killed 16 people, prosecutors say

A man charged with beating to death a New Jersey resident he says sexually abused him as a child now claims he has killed a total of 16 people, including his ex-wife and three others in New Mexico, officials said. Authorities have not corroborated that claim.