Union County

The Plainfield School District identified the parents as Leonel García-Cortez and María Guaya who a children age 11 and 17 were helped out of their apartment by the building supervisor.

A NJ high school teacher has been sentenced to nearly 23 years in federal prison after admitting to producing child porn and sexually exploiting multiple minors. He will also serve 10 years of supervised release and pay restitution.

The fire in a four-story apartment building on West Front Street in downtown Plainfield was first reported around 1:15 a.m. and left over 90 residents without a home.

Investigators released images of a "person of interest" in the stabbing death of a man found lying on the ground outside TGI Fridays along Route 1 in Linden following a fight on Nov. 9, according to Union County Prosecutor William Daniel.

You know, there's something about the sound of paddles hitting balls that's drawing folks together in New Jersey. Let’s talk about this local pickleball buzz.

Linden Police Department Spokesman Capt. Christopher Guenther said one man was found lying on the ground in the parking lot of the eatery on Route 1 at Park Avenue late Sunday night.

Union County is hosting its Pumpkin Recycling Program for 2025 in November at six sites, collecting old Halloween pumpkins jack-o-lanterns, and gourds to be recycled and make for a greener community.

State Sen. Jon Bramick says two recent encounters on the phone with utilities that serve New Jersey made him concerned about possible phishing scams against consumers.

Cranford police chief Matthew Nazarro told the township committee it is critical for the public to support the families of the victims and to not speculate online about the case.

A week after two 17-year-old girls were killed on an e-bike after being struck by a Jeep that targeted them at 70 mph many questions surround the case including whether or not the suspect will be charged as an adult.

Ryan Greco, who retired as Cranford's police chief in December, said he believes there was enough evidence to charge and detained the night a fatal crash took the lives of two teenage best friends.

Neighbors told ABC 7 Eyewitness News that one of the girls had a restraining order against the driver after he harassed her at school and often sat in his vehicle outside her home.