NEWARK — Licking County Municipal Court Clerk Marcia Phelps said she will seek legal advice and may go to court after Newark City Council rejected her proposed salary increases for clerk’s office ...

Newark's presiding municipal court judge has been replaced by a state overseer just as a state-appointed team has begun studying dysfunctional operations at the city's courts. Essex County Superior ...

NEWARK — Marcia Phelps, clerk of Licking County Municipal Court, proposed a compromise to the Newark City Council Personnel Committee on her requests for clerk's office employees. Phelps previously ...

A Newark man faces new charges after police allege he escaped from a deputy following a court appearance. A deputy was escorting the man to a cruiser when police allege he ran after seeing an open ...

While the New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed the dismissal of wrongful termination claims brought by a Newark Municipal Court judge against city officials, it reversed a lower court's order ...

Newark Assistant Law Director Melanie Timmerman, left, walks with Bobby Kelley, the defendant in Licking County's first HOME Court case, after Wednesday's court hearing. The new diversion court is ...

A former Newark Municipal Court clerk pleaded guilty in federal court today to accepting a $4,000 bribe from an undercover agent to cover up the criminal record of a person seeking homeland security ...