A 49-year-old woman was out walking her dog along Hillgate Drive, Thornton, when she was approached by an unknown man. The man than threatened the woman demanding cash, the woman did not have cash but handed over her mobile phone. The man took the phone...
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Police are investigating a suspicious fire on the Central Coast yesterday. About 12.30am on Sunday 5 January 2020, emergency services were called to a nature strip on Anita Avenue, Lake Munmorah, where a small grass fire had broken out. NSW Rural Fire Service crews extinguished...
FIRE UPDATE – Monday 6 January For residents and landholders of Widden, Baerami Creek, Baerami, Martindale, Howes Valley. ADVICE – Kerry Ridge (Wollemi National Park, Coricudgy State Forest, Nullo Mountain State Forest, Putty State Forest) – Going UPDATE – KERRY RIDGE Crews continue to monitor...
Australia Day 2020 is shaping up to be a great community event! There 2 days of FREE activities planned for everyone with the fun kicking off on Friday 24 January at Cessnock Performing Arts Centre with a screening of Muriel’s Wedding. CPAC will also be...
Key points Fire on Old North Road Rothbury. Fire on Lovedale Road at Black Creek. Both fires have been extinguished. Hunter crews were called to attend two fires on Sunday the 5th of January. North Rothbury, Central and Greta were paged at 2:15am Sunday morning...
Key Points Two people missing in the south coast 130 fires continue to burn 54 fires un-contained Rain provides temporary relief Rain hampers backburning operations. The temperature will rise to high 30’s on Friday 60 Homes confirmed destroyed, hundreds more expected as teams work them...
A Hunter woman has been charged with high-range drink-driving after returning a breath analysis more than four times the legal limit. Officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District were on Richardson Road at Salt Ash about 9.30pm (Saturday 4 January 2020), when they saw a vehicle...
The Owendale fire has broken containment lines on the eastern side of the fire which is inaccessible by fire crews, the air attack was unable to contain the breakout yesterday. Towns to the east of this fire should be watching this closely and preparing your...
Streets and homes in Cooma have been flooded after a water tank burst, sending thousands of litres of water through the town earlier this evening. Multiple calls were made to Tripe Zero (000) by residents when water began flowing down from the town water tank...
Just hours after energy providers warned of a power shortage towns in the Hunter have lost power. It’s unclear whether or not is being caused by the power shortage from damage from bushfires of whether it’s unrelated. POWER OUTAGES as of 11pm Saturday 4/1/20 There...
Australia has been brought to it knees with the worst bushfire crisis the country has ever seen, whole towns have been wiped off the map, the largest evacuation is underway the country has ever seen with over 100,000 people have been displaced, 3000 Army Reserve...
Owendale Backburn postponed. No maps available for public as yet. There was no confirmation of burn going ahead given. We have just been informed that a backburn of the Owendale fire in the Pokolbin state forest was scheduled to go ahead today, but current weather...
The NSW Police Force is reminding the media and the community not to fly drones in the vicinity of bushfire-affected areas or over other emergency operations. The current emergency situation is already dangerous for people, property and the environment, and police are reminding drone users...
Strike team’s have been positioned for rapid response to any new fires or if existing fires break containment lines around the Hunter Valley for today’s extream fire conditions Today temperatures will reach 45c with 20 to 30km North West Winds, with a strong Southerly changed...
A house fire at Weston yesterday morning has lead police to 500 Cannabis plants here in Hunter Valley Emergency services were called to blaze around 9am yesterday morning, once inside they discovered a hydroponic set up inside the house. Officers attached to Hunter Valley Police...
The popular Jenolan Caves has come under ember attack from the Ruined Castle fire, crews have done everything they could to save the iconic caves house and so far have succeeded, unfortunately, sheds and outbuildings and local RFS Station have been destroyed as well of...
A man has been charged after two explosive devices, weapons and ammunition were located at a home in Cessnock earlier this week. On Sunday 29 December 2019, officers attached to Hunter Valley Police District arrested a 35-year-old man on Melbourne Street, Aberdare, in relation to...
Police are appealing for information following an armed robbery of a business in Raymond Terrace today. About 12pm (Wednesday 1 January 2020), a man entered a grocery store on Benjamin Lee Drive and approached the counter. The man, armed with a small axe, instructed a...
Lower Hunter fire control have just commenced an ariel backburn in the Lower Hunter near Bulga and Milbrodale. The proposal is for aerial ignition of strategic ridge tops using a small amount of fire to the area north of Milbrodale and south west of Bulga....
NSW Police Force have confirmed a total of seven people have now died and two more people are unaccounted for as a result of bushfires impacting the states south. Since Monday (30 December 2019), emergency services have responded to the following fatal incidents: JINGELLIC: A...