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Chase from Coweta precedes crash in southern Fulton that kills two The Coweta County Sheriffs Office told 11Alive that the chase began as an attempted stop for traffic violations. Author: Christopher Buchanan Updated: 10:09 AM EDT April 5, 2021 PALMETTO, Ga. — Authorities have confirmed that a man and woman are dead after an accident that followed a police pursuit on Friday night. According to the Coweta County Sheriffs Office, the crash happened in southern Fu...

Police chase in Coweta County ends in double-fatal crash By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team Published  COWETA COUNTY, Ga. - Two suspects fled from authorities and led them on a chase in Coweta County on Friday evening, officials said, and the chase ended in a double-fatal accident.  Authorities said a 30-year-old man and 28-year-old woman died in Fulton County after leading Coweta County Sheriffs Officers on a pursuit. Officials said two patrol cars were stationed on an Interstate 85 exit near Wel...

Route 15 south will be closed for the weekend. Here are the detours Staff report Beginning 9 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday, Route 15 south will be closed and detours will be in place at the exit ramp to Route 181 as repair work continues on the Weldon Road Bridge in Jefferson Township. The closure is so workers can complete the demolition of a portion of the bridge over Route 15 south by removing two cracked girders and two adjacent girders, the state Department of Transportation said. The ...

Route 615 south of Walpack Center remains closed as officials determine what to do with the barn which could collapse into the highway.

New Jersey Herald ANDOVER TOWNSHIP — A township man was killed after his vehicle crashed into a tractor-trailer on Route 206 Friday afternoon. Richard Hamm, 62, died when his 2008 Dodge Caliber drove "directly into and underneath" a UPS tractor-trailer in front of Thorlabs at 2:22 p.m. Friday, according to a press release from the Andover Township Police Department. Hamm was traveling northbound toward Newton when the accident occurred, police said. An investigation determined the tractor...

Thirteen county districts will see their funds cut by at least 10% if Murphys budget passes. The vast majority of Sussex County districts have consistently seen funding cuts since Murphy signed legislation in July 2018 that reformed how state aid is distributed. The exception has been Newton, which has seen increases for four consecutive years. Newton schools Superintendent Ken Greene has the increases come after years of being underfunded. Greene said his districts 2021-22 aid is a welcome...

New Jersey Herald JEFFERSON — Part of Route 15 will be closed during the next two weekends as the state Department of Transportation begins to dismantle the bridge that carries Weldon Road over the highway.  Repair crews closed Route 15 south last weekend to install shielding under the bridge. During the next two weekends, both lanes of Route 15 will close so the roadway deck can be pulled up and the damaged steel beams lifted out of the way. Workers will remove a section of the bridge d...

New Jersey Herald A 21-year-old Oak Ridge man admitted Tuesday that he was drunk when he crashed into a tree in Jefferson Township, killing his 21-year-old passenger last April. Matthew Pulis acknowledged during a Morris County court hearing that his blood alcohol level was .104% – over the .08% legal limit – when he drove his 1973 Chevrolet Nova on Berkshire Valley Road on April 25. His passenger, only identified by initials in court, died at the scene. Prosecutors said Pulis also had c...

LOCKDOWN rule-breakers were fined £200 each after going to a house party.

Hurd Mine Lisa Genovese, a Jefferson historian who has studied the abundant old mines extensively, said the main shaft to the Hurd Mine is just yards off one of the ramps between Route 15, Route 181 and Weldon Road. The mine had a couple of underground lateral shafts as well as surface mines where the ore-containing rock was near the surface.  There continue to be rumors — repeated on a scholarly website about New Jersey mines — that when the interchange was being built in 1973, contractor...