We understand that a 24-year-man is being questioned in relation to a body of a teenager that was discoverd this morning in Charlestown. The 16-year-old teenage body was found inside a Charlestown unit. Police made the grim discovery just after midnight. Police arrested the 24-year-old...
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his Government would build a gas fired power station in the Hunter Valley if the private sector abandons the ageing Liddell coal power station, but experts say Australia does not need more gas. New data out today shows that renewable...
In the wake of the WA election and the worst news poll result for Scott Morrison since his Hawaii trip during the bushfire crisis of 2019/2020. Joel Fitzgibbon is confident that Labor can win the next election if Labor sticks with two major issues: health...
It was all hands on deck today as we opened the first major COVID-19 vaccination hub in our District at John Hunter Hospital. Nurse Unit Manager of the John Hunter Hospital COVID-19 Ward, Alexandra Mexon, was excited to be the first person to receive the...
Did you purchase a ticket from Muswellbrooks Southside Newsagency, if so stop what you’re doing locate and check your ticket immediately, you could have won the division one prize of $1,165,537.35? The Lotts Facebook page issued a statement a short time ago calling for people...
Maitland City Council has advised that Melville Ford Bridge is closed due to water over the road. Please use alternative routes and keep watch on our social media and website for updates.
Transport for NSW has engaged Council to undertake upgrade works on a 2km section of John Renshaw Drive from Lings Road, Buttai to the Hunter Expressway. The works are part of the NSW Government’s $12.4 million project to improve the 10km stretch of road between...
About 2.00am on Saturday 13th March police attended a motor vehicle collision on Lockyer Street Adamstown. The 18-year-old male learner driver was submitted to a roadside breath test and returned a positive result. He was taken to Newcastle Police Station where he underwent a breath...
A driver has caught a terrifying encounter on Dashcam with a man at chittaway bay. The driver appears to be driving down a quiet road when a 33-year-old man from Cessnock appears from nowhere holding a brick, the two men can be heard yelling at...
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall and damaging winds that may lead to flash flooding in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Taree, Newcastle, Scone, Cessnock, Maitland and Murrurundi. The State Emergency Service advises that...
Police are appealing for public assistance following a reported child approach at Scone. About 1.45pm yesterday (Friday 12 March 2021), a 14-year-old girl was walking along Susan Street when an SUV stopped near her. The driver called out to the girl and asked if she...
Officers from Tuggerah Lakes Highway Patrol after working with Service NSW suspended the visiting driver privileges of a international licence holder after they accumulated 74 demerit points in a 3 year period. On Friday 15th January 2021, officers from Tuggerah Lakes Highway Patrol stopped a...
Newcastle City Police are applearing for information into the stabbing death of 56-year-old Christopher Ward as a homicide. Were you near the Nineways at Broadmeadow on Sunday night? Anyone with information is urged to contact Newcastle Police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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A man has died after a single-vehicle crash at Pokolbin yesterday morning. About 10.10am (Thursday 11 March 2021), emergency services were called to McDonalds Road at Pokolbin, following reports a Honda CRV, travelling south, had left the road and collided with a tree. The driver,...
Looks we may have got our information wrong, no decision has been made on Anzac day for 2021 in Cessnock. Anzac day 2020 was like no other, but we still found a way to remember whilst in lockdown, but 2021 is also very different and...
An investigation is underway after a man was wounded in a public place shooting in the state’s Hunter Region overnight. About 10.45pm (Tuesday 9 March 2021), emergency services were called to a property on Golden Whistler Avenue, Aberglasslyn, following reports of a shot fired. Police...
Pepe Le pew is the latest cartoon character under attack by the woke left who have accused the character of making rape culture normal. In one episode Pepe Le Pew is seen repeatedly kissing another character who is struggling to get away before he locks...
A man has died in hospital after he was located with a stab wound in Newcastle at the weekend. About 8.20pm on Sunday (7 March 2021), a 56-year-old man attended a home on Broadmeadow Road, Broadmeadow, where the female occupant observed a stab wound to...
