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ALPHA, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a dog started a fire when he accidentally turned on an electric stove.

TRENTON — New Jersey's proposed sports betting law is heading down to the wire, with final legislative approval expected Thursday.

KINGWOOD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey state trooper says he pulled over a man for a routine traffic stop and was reunited with the now-retired police officer who helped his mother deliver him as an infant.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey lottery officials say the winner of a Powerball jackpot worth $315.3 million has come forward.

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — The owner of the Catalina and Wildwood Park motels has been charged with maintaining a nuisance after police say they responded 211 times to calls at the locations in the past year, confiscating heroin, cocaine and making…

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — Three people were injured in a a four-car crash Wednesday which closed Route 30 for three hours, police said.

The South Jersey Federal Credit Union (SJFCU) has awarded local high school students with scholarships.

MAYS LANDING — The trial begins Thursday morning for two Cumberland County men involved in a September 2016 robbery and the shooting of Atlantic City Police Officer Josh Vadell.

An Atlantic City man has been charged in the May 14 fatal shooting of another city man, according to a statement Thursday by Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon Tyner.

New Jersey State Transportation agencies are conducting an emergency evacuation exercise on Thursday to practice and refine their response in the event of a major hurricane, according to 511nj.org.