Sussex County News

Police arrested four Sussex County boys who allegedly committed a string of car burglaries on Whisper Way in Ledgewood on Friday.

Sussex County Prosecutor David Weaver has been confirmed by the state Legislature for another five years as the county's highest-ranking law enforcement officer.

Six people have died from swine flu in New Jersey, officials said. The state Health and Senior Services Department says the latest victim is a woman in her 40s from Bergen County who had underlying health conditions.

John Post's support of United Way of Sussex County has led to his employees and vendors supporting it as well.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 10 p.m. for Morris and Sussex counties, as well as most of the rest of New Jersey.

A convicted sex offender, arrested in 2006 for huffing propane in Newton, died Wednesday behind a house on state Route 23, authorities said.

When Russell Christie III was convicted last November of moderating and posting images to website that distributed child pornography, he was facing a 30-year prison term.

New Jersey state health officials confirmed today that a 79-year-old woman who died at the Bayonne Medical Center on June 19 had the swine flu virus, representing the state's fifth H1N1 death.

An aggressive adult male black bear tossing garbage cans and attempting to break into a resident's screened-in porch was shot and killed two weeks ago by Harding police, state and local authorities said Monday.

A Union County man has died after being infected with the H1N1 influenza virus, better known as swine flu, state health officials announced Friday afternoon.

By BRUCE A. SCRUTON bscruton@njherald.com NEWTON - A 10-year-old Sussex County boy has become New Jersey's third victim of the H1N1 virus, also known as the swine flu, according to state health officials.

DNA test kits of the H1N1 influenza virus prepared by PrimerDesign Ltd are displayed at the company laboratory in Southampton in May.

Up to 20 people, including those attending a yoga class, were inside the Sparta Ambulance Squad building Monday evening when a fast-moving fire engulfed the service bay area.

On Friday, 275 runners from area police departments and state police will join more than 3,000 volunteers from all branches of law enforcement for the 26th annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics.

Being anything other than a teacher has never crossed Janice Sund's mind. "From the moment I stepped into my first classroom as a kindergarten student, I knew that teaching was the career for me," she said.

A Franklin woman is sentenced to four years in prison for a year long crime spree that spanned seven Sussex County towns Friday, June 12, 2009 New Jersey Herald reports that: A Franklin woman is sentenced to four years in prison for a year long crime spree that spanned seven Sussex County towns.

A teacher at a Sussex County elementary school was injured when he was hit in the head with a six-pound shotput during the school's annual field day, State Police said today.

Sussex County is working on a deal to buy a Hardyston office/garage complex that could save it money in the long run because it won't have the cost to renovate and modernize existing facilities.

Sparta attorney Andy Fraser noticed something interesting when a man showed up for sentencing in municipal court on a DWI: The guy wore a Coors Light T-shirt. Fraser, the municipal prosecutor, said the judge pointed to the wardrobe choice as yet another example of poor judgment.

By BRUCE A. SCRUTON bscruton@njherald.com NEWTON - When it comes to trash, what's generated in Sussex County might have to stay in Sussex County.