Jackson Township is preparing for it's annual big warm welcome for veterans of all conflicts this coming Saturday.
The annual event began seven years ago as a free day of fun for Wounded Warriors at the Central Jersey Rifle and Pistol Club but Mayor Mike Reina said the event has since morphed into a motorcade of honor where crowds line the route with flags...
(Update) from the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, "Suspect, Shamar Kerr, is in custody. Toms River Police Sgt. Keith Diehl located the suspect at approximately 8:42pm in the area of an Exxon Gas Station located at 2096 Route 9 (near the intersection of Rt9 and Cox Cro Road in Toms River)
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Tony award-winning Broadway composer and developer Mitch Leigh died of pneumonia and complications from a stroke in New York Sunday, according to his assistant in an Associated Press report Monday.
Jackson Police are circulating a composite sketch of a second man believed to be involved in a home invasion robbery of a township residence earlier this week.
The Ocean County Medical Examiner rules the death of a Jackson man found dead inside his burned mobile home, a suicide. Ocean County Prosecutor's Office Spokesman Captain Jack Sramaty said it was determined that 68-year-old William Slezak took his own life using a handgun that was found at the scene...
The Jackson PBA marks the end of the summer season with a youth rally this Saturday. Jackson Police Officer John Pejoski says they've partnered with the Hope Cathedral Church on Bennetts Mills Road to provide a day full of events, prizes, food and entertainment geared toward several age groups on August 31st.