Trenton News

Markquice R. Thomas, also known as "Tank," stood on Martin Luther King Boulevard near the intersection of Rossell Avenue at about 3:45 p.m. Sunday and fired a handgun several times at Joseph Gaines who was seated in the vehicle parked outside a memorial set up outside the club, the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office announced today in a statement.

The Oregon owners of a 22-pound housecat who trapped them in their bedroom after attacking their baby say they're not giving up on their pet and are getting it medical attention and therapy.

A key figure in a political payback investigation involving Gov. Chris Christie's administration has appeared in court to show she's not hiding from the scandal.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's former Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly, right, talks with her attorney Michael Critchley, left, as they arrive in court for a hearing Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Trenton, N.J. Attorneys for Kelly and former Christie campaign manager Bill Stepien were in court to try to persuade a judge not to force them to ... (more)

New Jersey Gov. . New Jersey Gov. . New Jersey Gov. . New Jersey Gov. By ANGELA DELLI SANTI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. - A key figure in a political payback investigation involving Gov. Chris Christie's administration voluntarily came to court to watch lawyers argue over whether her subpoena from a legislative investigatory panel should be ... (more)

Montgomery High's 22 Chase Ta gos to the basket against Trenton High's10 Kenar Gulley in the first quarter of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV Tournament final at Montgomery on Tuesday, March 11, 2014.

New Jerseyans are enrolling in Obamacare at a nice, steady pace, but they need to pick up the tempo in the final month of enrollment to meet the law's expectations, the program's advocates said Tuesday.

The final stage of construction for the U.S. Navy's Joint High Speed Vessel Trenton, the fourth ship to be named after New Jersey's capital city , started this week with a "keel-laying ceremony" at the manufacturing facility in Alabama.

A former high school librarian and an auto mechanic were deadly serious about plots to abduct, rape, torture and kill women and girls, prosecutors told jurors Tuesday, while defense lawyers said the men only shared vile fantasies no more real than horror movies or violent pornography.

A soldier dies for his country, his parents are presented with 2 Honor and Remember flags which they present to Bordentown City and the Veterans Memorial Committee is refusing to fly them at the city's Veterans Memorial.

In December, a 75-year-old man who was believed to be homeless died in Burlington County Jail while strapped in a "turtle suit" and lying in a pool of urine and feces, according to a supervisor inside the facility.

Reid Schar, attorney for the New jersey Select Committee on Investigation, enters the Mercer County Courthouse in Trenton this morning for oral arguments on the evidence in the case of the New jersey Select Committee on Investigation vs. Bridget Anne Kelly and William Stepien.

Watson Coleman wins CWA endorsement EWING - The Communications Workers of America Local 1039 has endorsed Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman in her bid to replace U.S. Rep. Rush Holt in Congress, the campaign announced yesterday.

Legislation approved by the New Jersey Assembly Judiciary Committee Monday could change the termination age for child support payments from 18 to 19 years of age.

File-This Jan. 23, 2014, file photo shows New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addressing a gathering at the Dudley Family School in Camden, N.J. Lawyers for a state legislative panel investigating a political payback scandal say a former aide to Gov. Christie has shown no valid legal reasons for refusing to comply with a subpoena.

Trenton Police on scene at 919 MLK Boulevard, the scene of a deadly shooting on 3/8/2014.

Steinert High School was evacuated for about 90 minutes this morning after a bomb threat was found written on a bathroom wall threatening an explosive was hidden on school grounds, officials said.

Rodney Florvil of East Orange stops at the Gas Diesel on Route 21 last year. TRENTON - New Jersey has one of the lowest gas taxes in the nation, and voters want to keep it that way.

Connecticut gun owners say, "I Will Not Comply." Will NJ gun owners follow their lead, as Trenton continues their was against the law abiding? About: Gun For Hire Radio-the Voice of 1-Million New Jersey Gun Owners, is the Number-One rated talk show in the Nation.

TRENTON - From Frederick Douglas and Booker T. Washington to Mary McCloud Bethune and Harriet Tubman, a number of heroes have made John Harmon the man he is today, he said Friday in Washington, D.C., as he accepted his new title as chairman of the board of the National Black Chamber of Commerce.