Investigations are underway into an armed robbery in the state’s Hunter region. Shortly before midnight yesterday (Monday 3 May 2021), officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District responded to reports of an armed robbery at a hotel on the New England Highway at Rutherford. Police have...
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Police are investigating after four vehicles were stolen – with one involved in a pursuit – after several homes broken into across the Hunter Valley overnight. The first incident reported to police occurred when a resident in Livingstone Street, Wingen, challenged a man he found...
Police are appealing for public assistance following two robberies in Newcastle at the weekend. About 2.15pm on Saturday (1 May 2021), a 23-year-old man was seated in a park on Lexington Parade, Kotara, when he was approached by three unknown men. The group demanded the...
Labor has announced Port Stephens business chamber President Leah Anderson will run as the party’s mayoral candidate in the upcoming local government election. “I’ve had a year to rethink and regroup and make sure that I’m doing the right thing, and 100% know that I...
Challenges of the Kitchener Hotel Burger Challenge at Kitchener have come from far and wide since January with the vast majority of challenges tapping out at the 20 minute mark. James from Baulkham hills smashed the entire 5kg burger down in under 30 minutes along...
A 48 year old East Maitland man will appear before Maitland Local Court on 19/5/21 after being charged with assault and driving whilst was disqualified. On Tuesday morning, 25/04/21, the male entered the drive through of a local fast food restaurant. After having to wait...
At approximately 2:20pm yesterday (29/04/2021) A Holden Rodeo was seen driving in an erratic manner as he left the footpath he was almost T boned by another vehicle with 3 passengers, including an 11 month old baby on Wollombi Road between Bellbird and Cessnock, both...
Newcastle Councillors voted 10-1 to support the removal of shark nets from Newcastles beaches in favor of using drones and drum lines. Unfortunately for the foreseeable future shark nets will remain in place and continue to harm our oceans marine life, because shark mitigation is...
A man will face court today following an alleged public place shooting in Cardiff earlier this year. About 11.15pm on Sunday 14 February 2021, officers from the Lake Macquarie Police District were called to a home on Newcastle Street, Cardiff, following reports of an affray...
Maitland City Council has voted to implement a controversial waste collection policy from 2024 which will see household waste bins collected fortnightly whilst introducing food scraps into the green waste bin which will now be emptied weekly. All ALP (Baker, Aitchison, Meskauskas, Whiting, Ferris) and...
Covid-19 fragments have been found at the Burwood Beach Sewage Waste Facility from a sample taken on 21th of April 2021. Health authorities do not know if these fragments have come from historical cases or if Covid-19 is circulating around the community undetected. The Burwood...
Two months ago Cessnock Councillors voted to change the city’s parking policy, the biggest change was the three metre rule which allowed residents to park on the nature strip providing there was a 3 meter gap between the vehicle and the fence line. This change...
Drug and Firearms Squad detectives have arrested two men and a woman after seizing a shortened rifle, ammunition, prohibited drugs and $8000 cash in the state’s Hunter Region. In February this year, detectives from the State Crime Command’s Drug and Firearms Squad established Strike Force...
A woman has died after she was struck by a truck at Lake Macquarie overnight. Emergency services were called to the M1 at Cameron Park, near the Newcastle Link Road, just after 9pm (Thursday 22 April 2021), following reports a pedestrian had been hit by...
16 female police officers share one toilet, two working out of the closest at a Hunter Police Station Upper Hunter Candidate for labor Jeff Drayton has announced that labor will commit $17 million for upgrades of the Singleton Police Station. According to Jeff Drayton there...
The Australian Governments $3.7 million dollar tax funded cringe worthy consent ad has been removed from the new government website The Good Society after public backlash. The bizzare video showed a woman smearing a mans face with a milkshake to demonstrate she had crossed the...
Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam vision as investigations continue into a crash in Maitland last week. About 6.55pm on Wednesday 14 April 2021, a collision has occurred involving a, white Husqvarna dirt bike, a blue Mitsubishi Pajero and a marked police vehicle on...
Scott Morrison was giving a speech in Adelaide yesterday at the Clare Valley Festival when out of no where a man walks up to the Prime Minister and gives him the bird right to his face. You can see the video below shared on Instagram...
At approximately 13:45 today Emergency Services was called to assist with a person who had managed to get their fingers stuck in the winch on their 4wd near Abernethy. Cessnock District Rescue Squad worked in conjunction with NSW Ambulance to set about freeing the man...
Thieves have made off with the domino’s pizza banner outside their Muswellbrook store and they are offering a reward after posting a cheeky post on their Facebook Page. Unfortunately someone in our amazing community has borrowed our banner! 😢 We’d hate to think badly of...