A man has been charged after allegedly deliberately lighting a fire on the Central Coast. About 3.30am (Saturday 22 August 2020), emergency services were called to Woy Woy Road, Woy Woy, following reports of a bushfire. Fire and Rescue NSW attended and extinguished the blaze,...
Police were possibly exposed to COVID 19 on Thursday morning 20 August 2020 after they attended a domestic dispute in Woodberry. Police were called to the location after a report of a woman allegedly armed with knives threatening a male flat mate on the front...
A man is in critical condition after a single vehicle crash in Pokolbin. Around 6am emergency crews, including Cessnock district rescue squad responded to reports of a person trapped. Upon arriving on scene emergency crews were faced with a single vehicle collision with a male...
Drug and Firearms Squad detectives have charged two people after dismantling 12 large-scale industrial grow houses in the state’s Hunter Region and seizing cannabis with a street value of nearly $8 million. In November last year, detectives from the State Crime Command’s Drug and Firearms...
A man has been charged after several alleged arson attacks at a Wallsend home earlier this year. Detectives attached to Newcastle City Police District commenced an investigation in relation to three separate arson incidents at a home on Metcalfe Street, Wallsend, on Wednesday 24 June,...
A man has been charged with murder following the death of a man at a rubbish tip in the Hunter Valley last month. About 5pm on Sunday 5 July 2020, emergency services were called to a waste management facility on Old Maitland Road, after a...
A woman will face court today charged over an alleged hoax kidnapping in the Hunter overnight. Police will allege in court about 10.40pm yesterday (Tuesday 18 August 2020), a 20-year-old woman was on a video call with relatives when she was handcuffed and appearing to...
Last year, many NSW firework displays were cancelled due to the bushfire disaster that gripped the state in 19/20 bushfire season. Whilst some displays were cancelled due to extreme fire danger others had cancelled out of respect for the people who had lost everything and...
Another creepy Swansea clown image has emerged and it’s the creepiest image yet, the two clowns were spotted walking together under the highway at Swansea. This image was emailed to us by Dan Neil he said the photo was taken on Sunday Night Keep sending...
Police are appealing for public assistance following an attempted home invasion in Weston at the weekend. About 3.35am on Sunday (16 August 2020), five people – four men and one woman – were inside a home on Eighth Street, Weston, when two unknown men attended....
SES issues severe wind warning for Hunter Region For people in Hunter, Illawarra, Lower Western and parts of Metropolitan, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains, Riverina, Upper Western, Snowy Mountains and Australian Capital Territory Forecast Districts. Weather Situation: DAMAGING WINDS,...
With daily school closures across NSW the government has now released new strict guidelines for Covid safe schools even though we have been told from the beginning schools are safe. Latest from MHV NEWS New Guidelines for NSW Government schools will in place for the...
TERALBA: A contra flow is in place on Five Islands Road between the York St roundabout and The Esplanade roundabout due to a wide load truck breakdown. There is no access to the train station from Anzac Parade so use York Street instead. Due to...
Just when you thought it could not get any stranger a second clown has been sighted in Swansea along with the original clown over the weekend. The second clown appears to be wearing a yellow clown suit with red hair. Both clowns look creepy as,...
In a first in the history of Halliday, the annual Wine Companion Awards were announced via a virtual event last Wednesday 5th August in Melbourne. It was a night of firsts for the Hunter Valley too, with a Hunter Valley wine being named Wine of the Year,...
In May 2020, officers attached to the Port Stephens-Hunter PD Proactive Crime Team established Strike Force Daman Five people have been arrested and charged following a three-month investigation into the supply of methylamphetamine 2 people we bailed refused Five people have been arrested following a...
Citizen’s of Rutherford perform two citizens arrests A third person remains on the run The car was stolen from the owner’s garage. The stolen vehicle collided with a parked trailer in Rutherford Residents of a Rutherford street performed two citizen’s arrest on Tuesday after a...
Police have located a body following a house fire in the Upper Hunter today. Emergency services were called to a rural property on Mountain Station Road, Merriwa, about 9.15am today (Wednesday 12 August 2020), following reports a home was fully engulfed in flames. Crews from...
In an exciting move for the greater Hunter region, Newcastle’s FogHorn Brewery is expanding into the Hunter Valley, transforming the existing Hunter Beer Co at Potter’s Hotel into a craft beer haven. Newcastle’s first modern craft brewery and restaurant, FogHorn Brewery was established in 2014...