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Multiple counties in New Jersey returning to inside mask mandates after holiday break. Brian Thompson reports.

All people entering schools and district buildings are required to wear a mask until further notice.

Starting Monday, everyone entering Kennedy High School will be subject to a security check following today’s incident which involved guns. Jen Maxfield reports.

School officials in a New Jersey district aren’t taking any chances after a gun scare forced a high school lockdown Friday and led to the arrests of two students. Starting Monday, everyone entering John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson will be subject to a security check. The change in safety protocol comes after a student allegedly brought a...

The family of a New Jersey man has been missing for nearly 10 months, vanishing the same night he was arrested, is seeking criminal charges be filed against the officers who brought him into custody.

Financial literacy is at the heart of this rebooted on-campus bank. Erica Byfield reports.

New Jersey’s third-biggest city is revving up its crackdown against illegal dirt bikes.

NBC New York’s Brian Thompson reports.

New Jersey’s third-biggest city is revving up its crackdown against illegal dirt bikes. City leaders in Paterson approved a new ordinance in hopes of combatting growing concerns from dirt bikes, ATVs, and other illegal vehicles. That order will bar gas station attendants from putting gas into those rides. “I call them the toys of terror,” Mayor Andre Sayegh said...

Three people wounded Saturday afternoon in a drive-shooting on a Paterson street were being treated for non-life-threatening injuries, the mayor said. The gunfire erupted across North Main Street in the middle of the day, Mayor Andre Sayegh told News 4. All three of the victims were expected to make a full recovery. Sayegh also said three individuals had been taken…

A school bus driver is behind bars for allegedly crashing into a parked car while transporting students to a New Jersey high school. The Paterson man was busted Friday morning following a reported hit-and-run crash in Woodland Park, prosecutors said over the weekend. The bus was full of students bound for the Passaic County Technical Institute. Shortly before 9 a.m.,…

A New Jersey man has been missing for nine months, and the last time he was seen was shortly after police in Paterson detained him. Now, two police officers involved in the case have been suspended. So what happened to Felix de Jesus?

The family of Felix De Jesus are still looking for answers after he vanished shortly after being detained by Paterson police, Pat Battle reports.

Police investigating multiple carjackings in New Jersey opened fire, killing a suspected thief behind the wheel of a stolen car, law enforcement sources said. Sources involved in the case said police were checking out reported carjackings in Paterson near Van Houten Street and Straight Street Monday afternoon. Officers tracked down the suspect, and shots were fired soon after police arrived…

The new school year barely kicked off, but Paterson Schools sees the impact of the teacher shortage the district faces. The district is more than 100 teachers short — with the majority of the vacancies in special education. Because of this ongoing issue, the Paterson Board of Education brainstormed to come up with a solution and recruit teachers to Paterson….

The school board in Paterson is offering a hiring bonus amid a teacher shortage, Pat Battle reports.

Five former Paterson, New Jersey police officers have been sentenced in federal court as part of a long-running corruption investigation. The five had all pleaded guilty and received sentences ranging from probation to 24 months in prison during proceedings in Newark on Thursday and Friday. The probe focused on officers who allegedly used excessive force, filed false reports and stole…

Two fire trucks crashed in Paterson, New Jersey, racing to put out a fire and ended up causing their own emergency response in the process. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports.

A pair of fire trucks racing through a New Jersey city en route to put out flames scorching a downtown business collided, critically injuring three firefighters Saturday evening, city officials said. The two fire department trucks were responding to a fire on Main Street when they smashed into one another at Broadway and Straight Street around 5:30 p.m., officials said….

A raging fire in New Jersey gutted at least three apartments in multiple buildings early Thursday, though no injuries were reported. Firefighters in Paterson say they responded to the blaze on Marshall Street around 4 a.m. The fire started in one home and quickly spread to two others, intensifying to a fourth-alarm blaze, meaning additional reinforcements were needed, by daybreak….

A fire spread to three separate homes in Paterson, New Jersey, early Thursday. Jessica Cunnington reports.