The Jersey Journal

Jersey City has begun issuing tickets to drivers accused of honking excessively in support of teachers union protests.

Authorities said a man died after he was found in a New Jersey pond.

A North Jersey city is banning performances of some exotic animals, including elephants and zebras, with the aim of targeting circuses.

Officials say a northern New Jersey town’s website has been hacked eight times this month.

A New Jersey city has come under fire for changing a 33-foot, city-commissioned Monopoly board mural that originally depicted a man behind bars.

A man is in critical condition at the hospital after he was randomly punched by a group of teenagers on a Jersey City street, authorities and witnesses say.

A mall Easter bunny and a father who got into a scuffle have made their initial court appearances and had their bails set.

Authorities say a concrete block fell off a 50-story building under construction in Jersey City, injuring a police officer who was working on the street below.

A mother who put her premature newborn in a plastic bag and threw the infant over a fence into her neighbor’s yard has been sentenced to six years in prison.

Ten people are accused of lying about their incomes on applications for free or reduced price school meals in Bayonne.

Officials say the Jersey City Municipal Court is no longer infested with bedbugs following the facility’s second outbreak in five years.

A North Jersey man is accused of misleading police by telling them his 10-year-old nephew jumped into the Hudson River and never resurfaced.

Police said a man was shot in the back in a drive-by shooting in Bayonne.

A funeral is being held for a man shot and killed after a minor fender-bender.

More than 30 people have been displaced after fire swept through three homes in Jersey City.

A Jersey City councilman has been suspended from his job with an agency after questions were raised about whether he was really working.

An elected official in northern New Jersey has been charged with drunken driving after he was involved in a three-vehicle crash.

Seventeen people were displaced by a fast-moving fire that damaged three homes in Jersey City.

Charges against a 20-year-old northern New Jersey man have been upgraded to include death by auto.