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WINNERS: Powerball Lottery Players Take Home $50K WINNERS: Powerball Lottery Players Take Home $50K
Winners: Powerball Lottery Players Take Home $50K A pair of Powerball lottery players in South and Central Jersey won $50,000 in the Wednesday, March 27 drawing. the winning Powerball numbers were 37, 46, 57, 60, 66, and the Powerball was 8. The Powerplay was 2x. The winning tickets were sold at: Buck Road Mini Mart, 600 Buck Rd., Monroeville in Salem County, and; Sunoco 7012 Kilmer, NJ Turnpike Milepost 78.7 North, East Brunswick in Middlesex County.

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by Jon Craig
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South Jersey Man Awarded $750K Over 30-Year-Old Sex Assault Case At Youth Center South Jersey Man Awarded $750K Over 30-Year-Old Sex Assault Case At Youth Center
South Jersey Man Awarded $750K Over 30-Year-Old Sex Assault Case At Youth Center A man from Woodbury has won a $750,000 lawsuit for sexual assaults that he was allegedly subjected to at a Salem County youth shelter 30 years ago. Dennis Bachman filed suit in Superior Court in December 2019, accusing a female counselor of sexually assaulting him at the former New Jersey Juveniles in Need of Supervision facility in Woodstown. The alleged abuse occurred around 1994 when Bachman was 15 years old. The lawsuit accused the county of failing to monitor the counselor’s behavior and failing to prevent the sexual assaults.  The lawsuit says the counselor "exploited the trust…

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by Jon Craig
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Police ID 2 Bodies Recovered From Baltimore Bridge Collapse, Others May Be Encased In Concrete Police ID 2 Bodies Recovered From Baltimore Bridge Collapse, Others May Be Encased In Concrete
Police ID 2 Bodies Recovered From Baltimore Bridge Collapse, Others May Be Encased In Concrete The bodies of two construction workers were reportedly recovered from the site of the Francis Scot Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore Wednesday, March 27, according to state police and multiple reports. The bodies of Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, 26, were recovered from a red pickup truck about 25 feet under water in the Patapsco River, near the middle span of the bridge around 10 a.m., Maryland State Police said at a briefing on Wednesday. Police believe other vehicles are encased in concrete that came down in the collapse. All six of the Brawner Buil…

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by Zak Failla
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NJ Supermarket Celebrates Selling $1.13B Mega Millions Ticket: 'Thrilled For This Community' NJ Supermarket Celebrates Selling $1.13B Mega Millions Ticket: 'Thrilled For This Community'
NJ Supermarket Celebrates Selling $1.13B Mega Millions Ticket: 'Thrilled For This Community' A Jersey Shore supermarket celebrated selling the ticket that earned someone the largest lottery jackpot in the Garden State's history. The New Jersey Lottery said the winning Mega Millions ticket was purchased at ShopRite Wine & Spirits on Route 66 in Neptune. The jackpot reached $1.13 billion in the drawing on Tuesday, Mar. 26. The NJ Lottery held a news conference at the grocery store to formally announce the lucky ticket on Wednesday, Mar. 27. "I used to live in Neptune," said NJ Lottery executive director James Carey. "I live right down the street right now in Monmouth County…

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by Chris Spiker
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Two Victims ID'd In Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse Two Victims ID'd In Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
Two Victims ID'd In Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse Two of the six construction workers killed in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse have been identified. Brawner Builders employees Miguel Luna, 49, and Maynor Yassir Suazo, 38, Sandovol were making repairs to concrete on the bridge when a Singaporean ship, the Dali, lost power and struck a beam, causing the collapse and sending them into the Patapsco River below around 1:30 a.m., according to multiple news reports and loved ones. The US Coast Guard on Tuesday evening, March 26 said that all six of the missing construction workers are presumed dead and the search has transitioned to a reco…

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Store That Sold $1.13B Mega Millions Ticket Revealed By NJ Lottery Officials Store That Sold $1.13B Mega Millions Ticket Revealed By NJ Lottery Officials
Store That Sold $1.13B Mega Millions Ticket Revealed By NJ Lottery Officials A Jersey Shore liquor store sold the winning ticket in the eighth-largest lottery drawing in U.S. history, officials said. The New Jersey Lottery said the Mega Millions ticket was purchased at ShopRite Wine & Spirits on Route 66 in Neptune Township. The jackpot reached $1.13 billion in the Mega Millions drawing on Tuesday, Mar. 26. The lucky ticket matched all six numbers. The winning numbers were 7, 11, 22, 29, and 38, and the MegaBall was 4. The liquor store will receive a $30,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. The executive director of NJ Lottery will hold a news confere…

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$1.13B Mega Millions Ticket Sold In New Jersey $1.13B Mega Millions Ticket Sold In New Jersey
$1.13B Mega Millions Ticket Sold In New Jersey The Mega Millions jackpot won't be climbing any higher for now, as someone in New Jersey just hit it. The $1.13 billion ticket from Tuesday's, March 26 drawing was sold somewhere in the Garden State. The ticket won all of the numbers: 7 11 22 29 38 and the gold Mega Ball, 4. The location of where the ticket was sold has not yet been announced.

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by Cecilia Levine
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6 Missing Workers Presumed Dead In Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Coast Guard 6 Missing Workers Presumed Dead In Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Coast Guard
6 Missing Workers Presumed Dead In Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Coast Guard The search for six missing construction workers in Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse has become a recovery effort, the US Coast Guard said Tuesday night, March 26. UPDATE: Two Victims ID'd In Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse The Brawner Builders employees are presumed dead after they were sent plunging into the Patapsco River at 1:30 a.m., when one of the bridge's beams was struck by a container ship that had lost power, officials previously said. Miguel Luna, 49, is one of the men missing, his wife María del Carmen Castellón told our sister station Telemundo... …

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Man Who Suffered Traumatic Brain Injury In NJ Crash Mostly Recovered: 'One Step At A Time' Man Who Suffered Traumatic Brain Injury In NJ Crash Mostly Recovered: 'One Step At A Time'
Man Who Suffered Traumatic Brain Injury In NJ Crash Mostly Recovered: 'One Step At A Time' Kwame Sarfo is a walking miracle. Nearly three years after a pedestrian crash that left him unable to walk or talk, Sarfo says he is 80 percent recovered. "Keep going one step at a time," is what he tells others suffering from debilitating accidents. "You can do it." Sarfo, 31, of Old Bridge, was crossing Route 35 in Sayreville in May 2021.  Sarfo's head hit the windshield and pavement causing a brain hemorrhage. He was flown by helicopter in critical condition to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital and the driver stayed at the scene and was not cited. "I was unconscious for the …

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by Jon Craig
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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Atlantic City Coast Guard Crew Helping Rescue Efforts Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Atlantic City Coast Guard Crew Helping Rescue Efforts
Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Atlantic City Coast Guard Crew Helping Rescue Efforts A Coast Guard crew from Atlantic City was helping with rescue efforts at the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, officials said. The Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew was responding to the scene on Tuesday, Mar. 26, the military branch said in a news release. Coast Guard investigators and pollution responders were also on their way to what emergency officials have called a "mass casualty event." Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Maryland - National Capital Region command center received a report of the collapse at 1:27 a.m. A 948…

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‘90 Day Fiance’ PA Barber Conviction Withdrawn Due Juror, Witness Interactions: DA ‘90 Day Fiance’ PA Barber Conviction Withdrawn Due Juror, Witness Interactions: DA
‘90 Day Fiance’ PA Barber Conviction Withdrawn Due Juror, Witness Interactions: DA A former Pennsylvania barber who appeared in "90 Day Fiance” and “90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?” who was extradited from Florida over six months after he was caught with fentanyl by US Marshals — has had one of his convictions dismissed due to contact between a juror and witness, the Cumberland County District Attorney Seán M. McCormack announced on Friday, March 23, 2024.  Michael Anthony Baltimore, 44 of Carlisle, PA, had been convicted on Feb. 1, 2024, in a domestic violence case from Jan. 7, 2021,  but the charges were dismissed and the case was vacate…

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High School Swimmer ID'd As 16-Year-Old Killed In South Jersey Crash High School Swimmer ID'd As 16-Year-Old Killed In South Jersey Crash
High School Swimmer ID'd As 16-Year-Old Killed In South Jersey Crash The 16-year-old girl killed in a weekend South Jersey crash has been identified as a high school athlete. Sophia Bennett was killed in the two-car crash on Friday, March 22, at the intersection of Hurffville Road and Deptford Center Road just after 8 p.m., according to police and school officials. The vehicle that Sophia was riding in was being driven by a 17-year-old Gibbstown boy, who was seriously injured, police said at the time of the crash. The other driver, a 27-year-old woman from Deptford, was taken to Jefferson Hospital (Washington Township), police said. Sophia was a s…

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by Jon Craig