Around 6:50pm Saturday night emergency services were called to house in Cessnock after a toddler had managed to get locked the house. NSW police, Cessnock Fire and Rescue and Cessnock district rescue squad worked together to force a window open above the door open and...
Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter Catherine Cusack has announced Cessnock Showground will benefit from $60,000 in funding as part of the NSW Government COVID-19 stimulus package. Cessnock Showground has been approved for upgrade work to improve the safety, use and condition of its infrastructure and...
Mayor Baker has defended her operational plan for 20/21 on Facebook saying she was proud of her plan and there is something for everyone, but neglected to mention in her post the 7.2% rate rise or the Maitland Art Galley’s $32,000 per week short fall...
A man has been charged over the alleged use of an alias to gain financial advantage in the Lake Macquarie region. On November 2019, detectives from Lake Macquarie Police District established Strike Force Corymbia to investigate alleged fraudulent offenses committed by a 53-year-old man. After...
The NSW Government today announced that the local government elections will be held onSaturday, 4 September 2021. It follows the decision to postpone the September 2020 council elections for 12 months because of the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure the health and safety of candidates, voters...
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has confirmed that Men’s Sheds can reopen as part of the easing of restrictions from 13 June following confirmation from the NSW Health Minister. Late last week, Ms Hornery contacted NSW Health Minister, Brad Hazzard MP, following...
A woman who allegedly refused a police breath test has been charged after being arrested while attempting to pick up a young girl from a school in the Port Stephens area. About 3.20pm yesterday (Wednesday 10 June 2020), a 60-year-old woman driving a Peugeot attended...
Road works on Leggetts Drive at Mulbring, east of Cessnock will be fast-tracked as part of the NSW Government’s economic stimulus package. Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter Catherine Cusack said stimulus funding from the $2.3 billion COVID-19 package announced in March has allowed Transport for...
Maitland Mayor Baker will be remembered for her heartless rate rise during a pandemic which will cause more financial stress on family’s across the City of Maitland who are already doing it tough. ALP and Liberal Councillors all voted to rise rates by a huge...
Three men have been arrested following an investigation into the supply of firearms and drugs in the Newcastle region. In May 2020, detectives from Newcastle City Police District and the State Crime Command’s Drug and Firearms Squad established Strike Force Bassy to investigate the supply...
Police are appealing for public assistance following a public place shooting in Stockton last night. Just after 7pm (Tuesday 9 June 2020), police responded to reports of an alleged road rage incident on Fullerton Street, Stockton. Police have been told two vehicles – a blue...
The NRL season has successfully been rebooted and is still yet to allocate venues for at least 88 matches for the season. Maitland Councillor Mitchell Griffin has floated the idea that Maitland could host a match later in the year when crowds are expected to...
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called on the Health Minister and Hunter New England Health to make sure that all hospital staff are given appropriate COVID-19 supplies, after it was revealed that a number of hospitals have left staff and departments...
UPDATE: A 13-year-old boy who went missing in the Port Stephens area has been found safe and well in the Blue Mountains. Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a teenager missing in the Port Stephens area. Darshan Sigel, aged 13, was travelling from...
Detectives have charged a man in the state’s Lake Macquarie region following investigations into alleged threats made online. It’s alleged the man threatened to kill the NSW police minister David Elliott. On Sunday (7 June 2020), detectives from the Fixated Persons Investigated Unit commenced an...
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has criticised the NSW Government for failing to support a Notice of Motion calling for more Ausgrid linesmen, on the eve of the anniversary of the Pasha Bulker storm. On Thursday last week, a debate over a...
A Newcastle City Police Officer has been assaulted overnight following a generally well behaved long weekend across Newcastle. About 11.00pm Monday 8 June 2020, police attended a call for assistance relating to an intoxicated male behaving in an offensive manner outside a Hotel on Beaumont...
This red Honda CRF1000 was stolen this morning from the car park of the Cessnock Hotel around 5am in the morning. anyone with any information or dashcam video from around 5am is urged to contact Cessnock Police. Someone helped themselves to a motorbike in a...
NSW lottieres are searching for the winning division one ticket holder from Saturday nights Lotto Draw (4057) worth $1,239,024.95. The ticket was purchased from the Swansea Newsagency and has not been claimed as yet. If you purchase a ticket from their or know someone who...
Three men have been charged following an investigation into petrol station ram raids in the lower Hunter Region earlier this year. Strike Force Emirs was established by the State Crime Command’s Robbery and Serious Crime Squad to investigate ram raids on two petrol stations in...