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Ferry Fare Increase

The Cape May-Lewes Ferry's updated price schedule is anticipated to bring in an extra $1.5 million a year to help close the service's operational deficit. At their meeting on April 21, the commissioners of the Delaware River and Bay Authority unanimously adopted the new fare schedule. The modifications, which go into effect on June 1, were created at a virtual public meeting on February 9. "Even in times of rising fuel and operating costs, our goal is to keep fares as low as possible while simultaneously reducing our operating deficit with minor fare hikes."

Galloway Township Man Sentenced

After entering a guilty plea on Thursday to charges of car theft, burglary, and obstruction, a 44-year-old man from Galloway Township faces three years in prison, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Jesse Winters' West Morton Avenue home was searched by Galloway police on December 3, 2024. According to a news statement from the Prosecutor's Office, Winters hindered the investigation by trying to escape into the woods, where he was eventually apprehended.

Cape May County Airport

Despite prior notice from the FAA that it would not, Cape May County has requested that the organization running the county airport submit an official application to the FAA requesting permission to construct rental homes on the property. On 18 acres of the roughly 1,000-acre airport property on Breakwater Road, the county plans to build townhomes that will only be used by Coast Guard troops, other military personnel assisting with airport operations, airport maintenance, police, fire, and emergency medical services.

Mays Landing Man Sentenced To Seven Years On Weapons, Drug Counts

27 year old Devon Banks from Mays Landing, NJ, was sentenced to seven years New Jersey State prison after pleading guilty to certain persons not to possess weapons, eluding, and two counts of possession with the intent to distribute CDS. On May 24, 2024, officers from the Pleasantville Police Department observed a tan color Hyundai Elantra making an illegal turn and cutting off multiple vehicles. When police activated lights and sirens to pull the vehicle over, the vehicle sped up and would not pull over. Thereafter, police lost sight the vehicle. The vehicle crashed at the intersection of North New Road and California Avenue. Once located, the occupants of the vehicle pointed to a male who took off on foot. Devon Banks was soon after captured by police and identified as the driver of the vehicle.

WOND National News

3 found dead in murder-suicide at Indiana home

(HARRISON COUNTY, Ind.) -- Three people were found dead in a murder-suicide after the shooter expressed suicidal thoughts to a family member, according to authorities.

Harrison County deputies responded to a welfare check on Wednesday at a residence in southern Indiana after a Mississippi man reported that his brother expressed suicidal thoughts to him in a phone call earlier in the day, accordi...

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John Travolta awarded a surprise honorary Palme d'or at Cannes Film Festival

John Travolta accepts his honorary Palme d’or during the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival at Plage Macé on May 15, 2026, in Cannes, France. (Aurore Marechal/Getty Images)

John Travolta has been awarded a surprise honorary Palme d'or.

The honor was given to Travolta before the world premiere of his directorial debut film,Propeller One-Way Night Coach, at the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival.

Accor...

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Russia kills several in Kyiv attack as Zelenskyy urges global response to 'terror'

The aftermath of Russia's large-scale combined strike on the morning of May 14, 2026 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Danylo Dubchak/Frontliner/Getty Images)

(LONDON) -- Russian drone and missiles strikes killed at least eight people and left around 20 people missing, possibly trapped under rubble, amid 24 hours of intense attacks on the Ukrainian capital and other areas around the country, Ukrainia...

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At least 65 dead after Ebola outbreak confirmed in Democratic Republic of the Congo, officials say

Healthcare workers walk outside the Ebola treatment centre in Beni, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. (2019). (Photo by Sally Hayden/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

(NEW YORK) - An Ebola outbreak has been confirmed in the Ituri province in Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.

As of the latest update, about 246 suspecte...

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Takeaways from Fed Chair Jerome Powell's tenure as he steps down

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference in Washington, D.C., the United States, April 29, 2026. (Photo by Li Rui/Xinhua via Getty Images)

(NEW YORK) -- A global pandemic that put millions of Americans out of work within days. The highest inflation in four decades. An unprecedented federal criminal investigation.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell faced a succession of crises over...

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Tennessee Democrat Steve Cohen to retire in aftermath of redistricting

Rep. Steve Cohen pauses while speaking during a news conference in his office on Capitol Hill, May 15, 2026 in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Steve Cohen, a longtime Tennessee Democrat, announced Friday he will not seek reelection and instead retire at the end of his term, after his Memphis district was carved up in the state assembly's redistricting effort.

"This i...

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