Lakewood

Three residents in Ocean County have been arrested and charged after a multi-law enforcement agency investigation uncovered that they were dealing a sizable amount of cocaine out of homes in Toms River and Lakewood.

A search of the area by Lakewood police, the Ocean County Sheriff's Office and the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office Tuesday did not turn up the abductor.

Omar Rivera-Rojas and Alberto Rojas-Hernandez on Friday pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter for the 2019 Howell murder of Domingo Merino-Rafael of Lakewood.

A Lakewood Township man who was storing drugs at two homes and peddling them out across Ocean County has been arrested.

Lakewood Police Chief Greg Meyer said a 10 a.m. - 6 a.m. curfew will be enforced after several incidents involving teens in the West Gate neighborhood.

Class B South has been the division of dynasties and Lacey is hoping last year's title is the first in a long run.

An investigation is just underway into a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred in Lakewood Township on Thursday evening.

A dead fox that tested positive is not believed to be the animal seen near people on Monday — Double Trouble State Park remained closed.

Mayor Ray Coles said Lakewood cut down trees in Red Town Square on Aug. 8 to deter the homeless, but advocates say section 8 housing vouchers are not straightforward.

The Bayville man who brutally went after and attacked a woman in Lakewood in a carjacking has now been served his prison sentence.

An Ocean County man will likely not be free from prison until the year 2039 after being sentenced for a 2018 carjacking in Lakewood.

The Piners have had a stunt in their growth process in turning things around at Lakewood High School over the past few seasons and it's been a struggle to turn things in a positive direction.