Fallout from the Sayreville football scandal: First News

Fallout from the Sayreville football scandal: First News

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Kids are back to school but generally not talking about seven of their classmates who have been charged with the brutal attacks on freshman.  Some kids remain angry that their school has gotten such a bad reputation so quickly. That they have lost homecoming and pep rallies and all that went along with having one of the top football programs in the state.

The names of the kids who were charged are still being withheld.  Penn State has confirmed, though, that star running back Myles Hartsfield has lost his scholarship to play there next year.

High school athletes and their coaches at other schools around the Garden State are presumably paying close attention.

At Rutgers, three Sayreville high alums are on the Scarlet Knights.  Coach Kyle Flood says he only knows what's being reported but condemned the alleged actions and further went on to say ultimately, it's the head coaches responsibility to provide a safe locker room.

Doctors are hoping that a blood transfusion from a doctor who beat the Ebola virus will now help a nurse in Dallas recover. Twenty-six-year-old Nina Pham contracted Ebola after caring for a Liberian man who died last week at Texas Health Presbyterian hospital. Pham was one of about 70 hospital staff caring for Thomas Eric Duncan and health officials have been monitoring them.

In Princeton, NBC News medical correspondent Nancy Snyderman is apologizing for breaking an isolation order related to Ebola.  She is now under armed guard. After being seen around town after coming in contact with a cameraman who has Ebola. Snyderman has shown no symptoms but she is under quarantine for 21 days.

It's been making its way across the country and caused the death of a young New Jersey boy. But, why are we just hearing about enterovirus this year?

Two million dollars per mile.  That's what New Jersey is spending on our state owned roads. That is 12-times the national average. Yet we rank near the bottom in road quality.  The new figures from the reason foundation are fueling debate over hiking the gas tax to pay for road and bridge repair.  The fund is broke and lawmakers are holding series of hearings on a gas tax.

A heinous abuse case is prompting a shore state senator to expand the animal cruelty laws.

In Jersey City, a man has been arrested for attacking another man with a hatchet.  It happened inside a local Elks club.  Police say the man was arguing with a woman and when another man tried to intervene the guy whipped out a hatchet and hit him in the head and face. The victim should be ok.

On the campus of Rider University police say a drunk student crashed her car into the side of the fine arts building.  It happened Monday afternoon.  She has been arrested.  Repairs to the campus theatre could take weeks.

A new poll finds for the first time in quite a while Governor Christie who still appears to be gearing up for a presidential run gets a negative rating from Garden State residents.

Often times public officials are the people with the most knowledge about the waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayer money. That's why the senate majority leader wants them to have the same whistleblower protections as those in the corporate world.

The state is trying to recruit more bear hunters.  Black bear encounters are on the rise and a 300-pound bear killed a college student last month.  But the state is also trying to get more hunters to eat their kills.  Anyone bringing a bear to a state weigh station will now receive a cook book featuring such recipes as "bear on a satay stick" and "grilled bear loin with brown sugar paste."

 Instead of forbidding office romances altogether, many employers are instituting so-called "love contracts.”

You know most police cars and some officers have cameras recording every interaction with the public. Departments have been reluctant to release those videos to the public.  But a judge now says they are public records and members of the public can request copies.  This was from a case in ocean county and the prosecutor plans to appeal the ruling.

Governor Christie and democrats still can't come together on a plan to eliminate or cap payouts for public workers' unused sick days, but it might not matter because there's a loophole. One lawmaker wants to ban giving bonuses to public officials who show up for work every day.

The future of the Taj Mahal casino may lay in the hands of a judge this morning and the status of the contract with union workers.  The casino says it needs relief from pension and health costs or it will be forced to close within weeks. It's unclear if the judge will rule this morning.

Home fire safety is being pushed this month across New Jersey, and the education effort focuses on two key elements.

WEATHER from chief meteorologist Dan Zarrow:

TODAY... Sun and clouds. Breezy and warmer. Highs 74-78

TONIGHT... Some clouds. Patchy fog possible. Lows 60-64

TOMORROW... Mostly cloudy and still warm. Rain starting by evening. Highs 74-79

 To view Dan’s extended 5-day forecast, click HERE.

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