Passaic County

An honors student who was set to attend college with a full scholarship was gunned down by deadly crossfire while bringing groceries to his grandmother on Wednesday night.

The fire at Majestic Industries and the Qualco chemical plant in Passaic was in buildings housing plastics, pallets and chlorine, officials said, but catastrophe was averted.

A massive fire at a chemical plant in the city's downtown shut Route 21 in both directions on Friday night and resulted in evacuations from neighboring residences.

Police fatally shot a man during their investigation of an earlier incident Thursday evening, according to the state Attorney General's office.

Two teenagers, one of them legally an adult, have been arrested stemming from a backyard shooting last month that left one young child and four adults hurt.

Three men have been arrested following a stabbing very early Friday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes announced.

A graphic novel by a nonbinary author, debated in school districts nationwide, continues to dominate conversation in Wayne. Now, a few younger gender ID books also have been flagged.

Authorities are investigating a backyard shooting in which two unknown gunmen opened fire on a late night celebration, wounding five people — one of them a young child.

Trying to make a "non-routine school year" feel more routine for students, township Public Schools Superintendent Mark Toback is bringing back "Wellness Weekends" on three occasions during the current academic year.

According to the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office, police in Riverdale received a report in April 2018 of a minor being sexually involved with a police officer in Pompton Lakes.