Trenton News

A man said by prosecutors to have been the "mastermind" of the slaying of a musician in his Philadelphia-area home three days after Christmas in 2011 will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

TRENTON - City council members are questioning a proposal by Mayor Tony Mack and his administration to transfer money set aside for a director to oversee two historic city-owned buildings to instead fund the hiring of several summer employees in the recreation department.

Sheena Johnson, center, outside the Trenton Marriott an hour after her release from the Mercer County Correction Center 5/18/13. Johnson was being held in the jail on child endangerment charges after she lived with her sons in a Ewing storage locker.

PATERSON - Gov. Chris Christie received the endorsement of the Democratic council president of Paterson today in a move that is likely to give Christie a small boost in a city where he received only 11 percent of the vote in 2009.

New Jersey officials allege that bars and restaurants replaced liquor in premium bottles with cheaper booze and sold it to customers to increase profits.

A Fort Myers, Fla. man was killed and his wife remains in critical condition after their vehicle was struck by a dump truck at the intersection of County Routes 539 and 537 on Wednesday morning, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.

TRENTON - New Jersey lawmakers say victims of Monday's tornado in Oklahoma don't deserve the standoff those affected by Hurricane Sandy saw in Congress over relief aid.

A file photo of mayor Tony Mack, announcing that the City of Trenton has been awarded a $3 million COPS Grant from the Department of Justice, allowing the City to rehire 12 police officers.

An undead battle royal on the iconic "Trenton Makes, The World Takes" bridge is the vision of Trenton resident and filmmaker Jeff Stewart to serve as an alternate ending to his horror film "The Reunion," which was shot mostly in Mercer County and released in 2011.

In a 2007 file photo, a SEPTA train leaves the West Trenton Train Station in Ewing on a foggy afternoon.

A file photo of a client walking up South Broad Street in Trenton, New Jersey after leaving Mercer CountyaA A s eighth Project Homelessness Connect.

In a file photo, Charge Nurse Patricia Squibb and Chief Nursing Officer Eileen Horton Show how a patient lift works during a tour of a room at Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton on Monday, May 7, 2012.

Dancers with the TEDI Celebration Team perform a "Tribute to Michael Jackson" during a dress rehearsal at Hedgepeth/Williams School, in Trenton, New Jersey for "Here's the Scoop" a presentation of Trenton Education Dance Institute & Children's Home Society in partnership with the Trenton School District, featuring children from Trenton Schools.

A crime scene was established in the parking lot of Capital Health Regional Medical Center after two shooting victims were dropped off there last month.

A New Jersey man and a Philadelphia resident were indicted Tuesday on charges they scammed victims with worthless paper dyed black that was portrayed as real money and sold to people who paid to have the dye removed.

The township will send the state a one-inch document defending its use of its own affordable housing trust fund, a posture that puts it in conflict with Gov.

Shot and killed in late December at a home near Philadelphia; police later ruled Danny DeGennaro's death a homicide.

City Filmmaker Jeff Stewart wants to shut down the "Trenton Makes" bridge for a couple hours so he can shoot the ending scene to his zombie movie.

A theme of equality and gun control will mark the 32nd anniversary dinner of the Coalition for Peace Action, which will also host civil rights pioneer Edith Savage-Jennings and former N.J. gov.

TRENTON - The board that oversees the financially strapped city-owned hotel will appeal to city council this week for approval of a $3 million bond ordinance to pay for renovation and conversion of the 11-year-old hotel from the Marriott brand to Wyndham.