Around 9.00pm on Tuesday the 21st of April 2020, Hunter Valley Target Action Group were patrolling Wollombi Road, Cessnock when they saw a 28-year-old Kurri Kurri male that was wanted for breaching his bail conditions. Police stopped behind a vehicle that the male had gotten...
A man has been charged after spitting at a police officer at a home in the Hunter region on Wednesday morning. About 10.30am (Wednesday 22 April 2020), an officer from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District attended a home on Berkley Street, Stroud, to speak to the...
Acting Superintendent Chapman and Detective Inspector Zimmer welcomed four new Probationary Constables to the Hunter Valley Police District. Probationary Constable Mark Brewer will start at Muswellbrook Station (pictured at the front), Probationary Constable Emily Robinson at Singleton Station (front left), Probationary Constable Tyra Hayden (middle)...
A woman has been charged after spitting at a police officer following a vehicle stop in Lake Macquarie yesterday. About 7.40am (Tuesday 21 April 2020), an officer attached to Lake Macquarie Highway Patrol stopped a Subaru Forester on Anzac Parade, Teralba, for the purpose of...
Tragic news from Victoria this afternoon, four police officers have been killed in freeway crash on the Eastern freeway. Its believed police had stopped a speeding Porsche and were planning to impound the vehicle when a truck lost control and crashed into the officers. It’s...
We’re taking steps to ensure those experiencing financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic are provided some relief. Residents can now seek more time to pay their next rate instalment. Residents can ask for an extension on their fourth rates instalment until the...
Two Newcastle City Lifeguards, Scott and Mick, recently saved a woman’s life when she was swept from the Canoe Pool into the ocean and onto the rock shelf during high seas and rough conditions. Their quick and decisive action averted what could have been a...
Students at school at least one day per week From May 11th Schools have discretion in establishing which group attends on which day, with a preference to group siblings/families together. Families who need to send their child to school every day may continue to do...
Detectives have charged two men and seized nearly $2.3 million worth of cannabis and three firearms on the state’s Mid North Coast. In December 2019, detectives from the State Crime Command’s Drug and Firearms Squad established Strike Force Gozo to investigate outdoor cannabis cultivation in...
At 2.20pm 19th of April police attached to the Mid North Police Area Command attended a service station on Smith Street, Kempsey following a theft. The 27-year-old woman was arrested and taken to the Kempsey Police Station. The woman informed police that she had recently...
IPort Stephens SES were responded to a ring stuck on a finger, at Bucketts Way. The member of public had been adhering to frequent hand washing recommendations, which had inadvertently caused a dermatitis under her ring, causing the finger to swell. She had tried to...
A man and woman will face court today after allegedly holding a woman against her will and assaulting her in the Hunter last week. About 3pm last Tuesday (14 April 2020), officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District attended a home on Capper Street, Telarah, following...
A man has died while swimming at a beach on the Central Coast today. Just before 11am (Sunday 19 April 2020), emergency services were called to Spoon Bay, near Forresters Beach, after reports a man was in trouble in the water. The 89-year-old man was...
Two men have been charged after a yacht suspected to be carrying hundreds of kilograms of methylamphetamine was intercepted off the NSW coast near Lake Macquarie. The arrests follow a multi-agency investigation known as Operation ROMANI, comprising the Australian Federal Police (AFP), New South Wales...
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has just announced that NSW is extending the $5000 fine for spitting or coughing to cover all NSW workers. Originally it only covered front line workers, and we welcome the changes to cover all workers in NSW. There is never...
The City of Newcastle is forecasting $3.1 million surplus for 20/21 and has earmarked $83 million works program which includes a $19 million investment in key initiatives at the Summerhill Waste Management Centre, including the expansion of Cell 9 for landfill and construction of the...
A man will face court today charged after an alleged domestic-related stabbing on the Central Coast. Just before 10.30pm on Friday (17 April 2020), an 18-year-old woman drove to Gosford, to pick up a man, known to her. Following an argument as the woman drove...
A boy has been cautioned over a coughing incident in the Hunter Region this week. Just before 2pm (Sunday 12 April 2020), a 73-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman were walking along Victoria Parade, Nelson Bay, and as they approached the pedestrian crossing, a white...
On Friday 10.04.2020, Merriwa Police were notified that a Toyota SUV had been stolen from a property in Neverfail Road, Merriwa. The owner reported that she saw a young male get into the vehicle and drive off. Around 2pm, Merriwa Police sighted the vehicle and...
Police are investigating a suspicious house fire in Lake Macquarie early this morning. About 4.15am (Thursday 16 April 2020), emergency services were called to a property on Livingstone Street, Belmont, after reports the home was well alight. Crews from Fire and Rescue NSW extinguished the...