Residents Call For Action After Bicyclist Killed At 'Dangerous' Atlantic County Intersection Residents Call For Action After Bicyclist Killed At 'Dangerous' Atlantic County Intersection
Residents Call For Action After Bicyclist Killed At 'Dangerous' Atlantic County Intersection A bicyclist was struck and killed by a car at a notoriously dangerous Atlantic County intersection, authorities said. The crash at Ocean Heights and Wabash avenues happened around 12:10 a.m. on Sunday, April 10, Linwood police said. The cyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. Their identity was not released. Local residents maintained that Ocean Avenue, particularly at Wabash Avenue, can be a dangerous roadway. "People speed down ocean heights," one person wrote on LPD's Facebook post. "No one ever stops for pedestrians. Time for something to be done there." "Time to do somet…
Winning Powerball Lottery Ticket Worth $100K Sold In South Jersey Winning Powerball Lottery Ticket Worth $100K Sold In South Jersey
Winning Powerball Lottery Ticket Worth $100K Sold In South Jersey There's one lucky winner in Monday's Powerball drawing. One New Jersey Lottery ticket matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn for the Monday, March 21, drawing winning the $50,000 third-tier prize.  That ticket was purchased with the Power Play option, multiplying the prize to $100,000.  The ticket was sold at Royal Farms #366, 6105 E. Blackhorse Pike, Egg Harbor Twp. in Atlantic County. The winning numbers for the Monday, March 21, drawing were: 01, 15, 26, 63, and 65. The Red Power Ball number was 16. The Power Play was 2X.  The Double Play drawing r…
WINNER: Powerball Lottery Player Takes Home $150K At South Jersey Wawa WINNER: Powerball Lottery Player Takes Home $150K At South Jersey Wawa
Winner: Powerball Lottery Player Takes Home $150K At South Jersey Wawa One lucky New Jersey Lottery ticket matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn on Monday, Feb. 14 to win the $50,000 third-tier prize.  That ticket was purchased with Power Play, multiplying the prize to $150,000.  The winning ticket was sold at Wawa #941, 4262 Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing in Atlantic County. A player from Connecticut won Monday's $185.3 million Powerball jackpot, Lottery officials said. The cash value is $123.9 million. The winning numbers for the Monday drawing were: 16, 25, 27, 49, and 55. The Red Power Ball number was 17. The Multipl…
2 NJ Deer Test Positive For COVID-19 2 NJ Deer Test Positive For COVID-19
2 NJ Deer Test Positive For Covid-19 A pair of deer in New Jersey have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said. The free-ranging deer who tested positive were in Atlantic and Cumberland counties, the NJDEP said.  Deer in six states (including New York and Pennsylvania) also tested positive, and were tested as part of an ongoing surveillance project, the NJDEP said. While the virus has been shown to be prevalent in deer, they have not been reported to exhibit any clinical signs, officials said There is no evidence to suggest that wildlife, including white-tailed deer, are a source of COVID-19 illness for people in t…
UPDATE: Authorities ID Couple Found Dead With Unharmed Children In Rochelle Park Home UPDATE: Authorities ID Couple Found Dead With Unharmed Children In Rochelle Park Home
Update: Authorities ID Couple Found Dead With Unharmed Children In Rochelle Park Home UPDATE: Two young children were being cared for after authorities found their parents dead in their Rochelle Park home on Saturday. The bodies of Mandy Staples, 35, and her ex-husband Marcos Gagnon, 43, who'd been living in Atlantic County, were found on the second floor of their Schlosser Drive home around 11 a.m., Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The children -- ages 5 and 6 -- were found unharmed in the home and were being cared for, responders said. Musella said the causes of death had "not yet been determined" and that the incident "appears to be isolated." A friend had …
UPDATE: Couple Found Dead, Two Young Children Unharmed, In Rochelle Park Home UPDATE: Couple Found Dead, Two Young Children Unharmed, In Rochelle Park Home
Update: Couple Found Dead, Two Young Children Unharmed, In Rochelle Park Home UPDATE: Two young children were being cared for after authorities found their parents dead in their Rochelle Park home on Saturday. The bodies of Mandy Staples, 35, and her ex-husband Marcos Gagnon, 43, who'd been living in Atlantic County, were found on the second floor of their Schlosser Drive home around 11 a.m., Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The children -- ages 5 and 6 -- were found unharmed in the home and were being cared for, responders said. Musella said the causes of death had "not yet been determined" and that the incident "appears to be isolated." A friend had f…
2021 Has Been A Very Deadly Year For NJ Vehicle Crashes 2021 Has Been A Very Deadly Year For NJ Vehicle Crashes
2021 Has Been A Very Deadly Year For NJ Vehicle Crashes We haven't even finished the busy holiday season, yet 2021 already is the deadliest year for vehicle crashes in recent years, authorities said. UPDATE: New Jersey State Police counted 652 crashes and 682 deaths so far in 2021 as of Monday Dec. 27 at 10 a.m., as reported here. That compares to 549 vehicle crashes resulting in 587 deaths in all of 2020, Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill said. In these crashes, 171 drivers tested positive for alcohol and 101 were positive for drugs, Shill said.  In 2019, there were 524 vehicle crashes resulting in 558 deaths, Shill said. Of thos…
Driver In Head-On Crash That Killed NJ Police Officer Heading Home From Work Charged Driver In Head-On Crash That Killed NJ Police Officer Heading Home From Work Charged
Driver In Head-On Crash That Killed NJ Police Officer Heading Home From Work Charged A woman has been charged with vehicular homicide and assault by auto in a June 2020 crash that left a New Jersey police officer heading home from work dead. Taquaysha Bell, 29, of Trenton, was heading west on White Horse Pike on June 19, when she swerved into oncoming traffic and struck a vehicle head-on,  Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill announced. The other driver, Michael Luko, 53, of Mays Landing. He was an officer with the New Jersey Human Services Police Department, and was traveling home from work. He was rushed to an area hospital, where he was pronounced …
NJ Mega Millions Players Take Home Combined $30K NJ Mega Millions Players Take Home Combined $30K
NJ Mega Millions Players Take Home Combined $30K There were two lucky Mega Millions players in New Jersey. The third-tier prizewinning tickets combined to win $30,000, state Lottery officials said. Both winners from Tuesday's drawing matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball to win the $10,000 prize. One of those tickets was purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prize to $20,000.  The winning numbers for the Dec. 7, drawing were: 01, 07, 40, 43, and 68. The Gold Mega Ball was 01, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 02. The winning tickets were purchased at the following locations: Essex Cou…
NJ Target Store Weeks Away From Opening NJ Target Store Weeks Away From Opening
NJ Target Store Weeks Away From Opening Another former Kmart store is being replaced by a new Target store -- this time in Atlantic County.  The newest Target to land in Somers Point is set to open this month in, NJ.com says citing news reports. Kmart vacated its anchor store at Somers Point Plaza, a popular shopping center off of Route 9.  Target Corp also has plans to replace a shuttered Kmart store in Wall, Monmouth County, and Kearney in Hudson County. A shuttered Kmart store in Mercer County is being replaced by a popular discount Grocery Outlet store as reported here by Daily Voice. 
33-Year-Old Man Struck, Killed By Driving Running Red Light, Police In Atlantic County Say 33-Year-Old Man Struck, Killed By Driving Running Red Light, Police In Atlantic County Say
33-Year-Old Man Struck, Killed By Driving Running Red Light, Police In Atlantic County Say A 33-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by a driver who ran a red light Monday morning in Atlantic County, authorities said. Michael Doyle, 31, of Tuckerton, was heading east on BlackHorse Pike when he ran the light at English Creek Avenue and struck Anthony Swezeny, of Egg Harbor Township, local police said. Swezeny was trying to cross the Black Horse Pike from the south to north side when he was hit by Doyle in a 2003 Honda CRV, police said. Doyle then struck a 2021 Chevy van, authorities said. Swezeny suffered multiple traumatic injuries and was pronounced dead at …
Where NJ's $1 Million Powerball Ticket Was Sold Where NJ's $1 Million Powerball Ticket Was Sold
Where NJ's $1 Million Powerball Ticket Was Sold A New Jersey lottery ticket worth $1 million was sold in Camden County. The Powerball ticket for the Saturday, Sept. 25 drawing was sold at Shop & Go on Johnson Road in Turnersville. The ticket matched five of the five white balls drawn: 22, 23, 37, 62, and 63. The Red Power Ball number was 19. In addition, one ticket matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball winning $50,000. The ticket was sold at Wawa on New Road in Northfield (Atlantic County).