Hunter Valley police have issued a warning to everyone not to keep Christmas presents or valuables in the car over the Christmas period. There has been a spike in reports of cars broken into particularly around Cessnock and Kurri Kurri. Police had the following to say
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Operational Update Saturday 21 December A hot and challenging day for all fire fighters yesterday in extreme fire conditions. All fires in Hunter area are currently at Advice level. The Crumps fire remains within containment lines. There are still active pockets of fire on North Rd,
Reports of a bush alight around Lewis Rd Millfield, crews are responding to the situation as we speak. Stay tuned for more.
Firefighters battling blazes in regional New South Wales have stumbled across a hidden field of massive marijuana plants. The NSW Rural Fire Service was near the town of Tahmoor, west of Wollongong, when fire crews made the discovery on Friday. The firies took selfies with the
A 30-year-old man from Martins Creek has died after rolling his Toyota Hilux on Glendonbrook Rd Glendonbrook early yesterday morning. Emergency services responded to reports of the single-vehicle crash around 530am this morning, emergency services found the wreckage and the driver died on the scene. Police
UPDATE***** Lana Hargrave has now been missing for more than 2 weeks, with no sightings or new leads to follow. We asking everyone who has already shared to share again, those who have not share please share as someone must know something. MISSING PERSON – CAN
A house in East Cessnock was allegedly broken into and set alight earlier today, destroying everything inside just days out from Christmas. A GoFundMe has been created to help raise much needed funds to help this family start rebuilding their lives. We are currently sitting here
Singleton diggers club will relax their usual sign in requirements for everyone from today till Sunday to allow those without air conditioning escape the extream heat wave. Non members and members are welcome to come in read the paper or watch tv in conditioning. Singleton Diggers
Just like that with no warning Pizza Hut in Cessnock has officially shut its doors, leaving customers confused. One customer said they took the order over the phone and when they got to the pizza shop it had shut down They took a phone order today
In the first week from December 1st to December 7th of mobile detection cameras going live thousands of people we’re snapped using their phones whilst driving, lucky for these people they will just received a warning letter. 3,304 people were snapped in the first week of
Benjamin Batterman was recently found not guilty of murder and manslaughter after chocking a man to death protecting his house and family from an intruder. Police charged Benjamin Batterman and failed to convict him over the incident. Benjamin was back in court today and has won
Over the next 24 hours we going to try something different with the way we deliver our content on Facebook, we have noticed a few things looking through the stats on Facebook insights. The biggest thing we have noticed is a post with links back to
Construction workers have unearthed a 25 pond artillery shell this morning whilst demolishing a house at Merewether. A RAAF officer from Williams Town came to collect the shell, they could not confirm weather the shell was live or not.
We all seen the forecast for the next few days and it’s going to be stinking hot, NSW continues to battle giant bushfires that have been devastating already but today we are being warned the worst is yet to come. the mister for Emergency Services David
Emergency services were called to a domestic dispute between a Merriwa man and woman on Sunday which has left the woman in a coma. It is alleged that during the fight that the woman struck and bit the man before the man slapped her and she
The Gospers mountain fire has reached the blue mountains overnight and has claimed dozens of houses and outbuildings around the Mount Wilson, Mount Tomah area we don’t know the full extent of damage yet , the fire has reportedly jumped the bells liners rd. We have
Level 2 water restrictions are likely to come into effect on the 20th of January 2020 and part of the restrictions include 4-minute showers. Hunter Water is going to be sending every house a plastic 4-minute timer for your shower. Basically, this is just a gimmick
The Cessnock Advertiser is moving their office to Maitland in a bid to reduce costs, but it’s going to be harder to remain relevant in the local area and will mean that their staff will have to work longer hours and travel more to get the
The silly season is in full swing and scammers are looking to take advantage of the busy shopping period. Hunter Valley Police say they are investigating the use of a fake $50 dollar note used to make a purchase in Kurri Kurri. Now is a great
A 23-year-old man died at the scene of single vehicle crash around 2:30am Saturday the 14th of December 2019 after his Toyota utility hit a concrete drain and flipped on Sandy Creek Rd Mount Vincent. Emergency services were not able to save man and he died