Trenton News

Chief Justice Stuart Rabner speaks at the New Jersey State Bar Association's annual meeting and convention held in Atlantic City.

Funnels confiscated during an investigation dubbed "Operation Swill," in which 29 bars and restaurants in New Jersey are accused of putting cheap booze in premium brand liquor bottles and selling it, are displayed during a news conference, Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Trenton, N.J. Thirteen of the restaurants cited are TGI Fridays located in central ... (more)

At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch.

TRENTON - A 42-year-old city man was shot in the leg Wednesday night by a man who argued with him over a $250 debt, police said.

Gov. Chris Christie visited Westwood Thursday for a ceremonial ribbon-cutting at HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley .

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.