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Amber Alert: Philadelphia police seek help locating missing 9-year-old boy
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating 9-year-old Safier Ammons, who was last seen on Monday morning. According to police, Safier was last…
3 shot, 1 fatally, less than 12 hours apart in separate Wilmington shootings
(This story was updated to accurately reflect the most current information.) At least three people have been shot, one fatally, in separate shootings that began Thursday evening and ended Friday morning in Wilmington. ...
Only NJ restaurant on list: South Jersey eatery gets national recognition
NEWFIELD — Off of Harding Highway in Newfield, you’ll find a restaurant that’s nothing like the rest. The New Yorks Times think so, too — it just listed Sweet Amalia Market & Kitchen in its best restaurants list for 2024. In fact, it’s the only place...
Woman who nearly killed Jhayden Gunter outside North Philly convenience store gets 10 to 20 years
Keyshylne Patterson, the woman who nearly killed a new college graduate two years ago outside a North Philadelphia convenience store, was sentenced to more than a decade in prison Friday during an emotional hearing.
Prison for N.J. man who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, helped attack cops
A South Jersey man was sentenced to federal prison Thursday after spending hours on the U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021 and confronting police officers while egging on other rioters to continue their assault on the building. Michael Oliveras, 51, of Lindenwold was given a five-year prison sentence and...
South Jersey man faces felony charges in latest Jan. 6 arrest
A Salem County man who allegedly joined the mob that rushed the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot was arrested Thursday and charged with numerous felonies and misdemeanor crimes. Predrag Jovanovic, 64, is charged with felony assault, resisting, impeding certain officers, and obstruction of law enforcement during a...
GoFundMe Launched For Chris McGarvey
Christopher "Chris" McGarvey was killed in a crash at 11:47 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, his ex-wife, Coleen McGarvey, said in the GoFundMe. "Chris was a veteran who served multiple tours overseas with the US Army," according to the GoFundMe campaign. "If you knew Chris you were lucky, because you knew that you had a good friend! You would also know how much he loved his kids."
In a failing retail landscape, another CVS is closing in NJ
The CVS Pharmacy in Clementon, New Jersey, has announced they are closing, with a final date set for Oct. 23rd. CVS first opened across the street from its current location as one of the original tenants in the Clementon Lake Village Shopping Center, which opened around 1990. CVS Clementon customers...
Grand jury indicts trio charged in fatal AC boardwalk shooting
ATLANTIC CITY — Three Philadelphia men were indicted by a grand jury on murder and weapons charges in the death of a woman shot in the head along the boardwalk in August. Police were called to the boardwalk in front of the Flagship Resort on the northern end of the boardwalk in the pre-dawn house of Aug. 1 where two women were found on a jetty shot in the head, according to Atlantic County Prosecutor William Reynolds.
Millville Alum LeQuint Allen Scores Winning TD in Syracuse Win
Millville High School alum LeQuint Allen scored the winning touchdown on Friday night in Syracuse's 44-41 win over UNLV. Allen would not be denied on the game winning run, dragging a UNLV tackler into the end zone for the winning score. In the overtime win, Allen ran 19 times for...
Christmas Spirit Arrives in Mays Landing
🎅 The People Responsible for Spirit Halloween are Expanding to Christmas. 🎅 10 Pop-Up Christmas Stores Are Planned with 4 of Them in New Jersey. 🎅 Stores will Create One-Stop Shopping Opportunity. Spencer Gifts, the folks who have brought us the wildly popular Spirit Halloween pop-up stores,...
Hero officer pulls man from burning car after crash in Delaware County
An officer is being hailed as a hero for pulling a man from a burning car early Friday morning.It happened around 5 a.m. at the intersection of S State Road and Collins Drive in Springfield Township, Delaware County.Police say the driver lost control and hit a pole before the vehicle went up in flames."I commend this officer. My son was unconscious. He could have died," said the victim's mother, Katherine Templeton.Katherine's son, Peter, was rushed to Crozer-Chester Medical Center, where he's listed in critical condition."He had a fractured femur, fractured ribs. He also has some internal bleeding, which is minor at this time, but they're keeping an eye on him," Katherine said.Further details on the crash have not been released.The officer suffered minor injuries during the rescue.Katherine says her son is alert and talking but will have to undergo several surgeries.
Man gunned down outside Philadelphia corner store months ago; family seeks answers
A man was gunned down while sitting outside a corner smoke shop in Philadelphia's Hunting Park neighborhood months ago.Now, his family is asking the public for help in solving his murder."My brother he was like an outgoing person, you know. Played basketball a lot, loved his grandchildren, kept kids around him all the time," said Marvin Wicker's sister, Bernadette Gay.Wicker's family told Action News he was known by his nickname, Fish."He was a real good dude. He was really loved. He's like -- wherever my uncle goes in the City of Philadelphia, somebody knows him," said Wicker's nephew, Damon Gay.Back...
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