Sussex County NJ News

Michael Wagner has taught science at Pope John High School in Sparta, a private school for grades 8-12. He is also accused of keeping a collection of child pornography on personal devices.

A Sussex County family is suing a local funeral home for placing the wrong body in a casket for viewing.

A family in New Jersey is mourning the loss of their pit bull after it was killed by a porcupine earlier this month.

NJDEP said black vultures are "seemingly very susceptible" to avian influenza, in part because they scavenge the carcasses of other dead vultures, resulting in a prolonging of any outbreak.

State Police say a woman is wounded and recovering, after being attacked by a black bear along a road in Sussex County.

A bear in Sussex County has been freed from the cone-like chicken feeder stuck around its neck.