Be alert people have been door-knocking asking for donations for the RFS in Heddon Greta yesterday., these people are phoneys and your money will not go to the RFS. THE RFS OR NSW FIRE AND RESCUE WILL NEVER KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR AND ASK FOR...
Key Points 30mm to 80mm rain expected over the east coast. Rain is expected to fall from Thursday to Sunday. Slow-moving thunderstorms to deliver much-needed rain over fire grounds. Flash flooding is expected Dangerous conditions for fire grounds as fire-affected trees may fall or landslides...
Update* All 3 kids found safe and well, no carjacking took place, the non-English speaking mother from Iraq became confused and forgot where she parked her car. The NSW Police Force is seeking urgent public assistance to help locate three children who were occupants of...
A 9-year-old boy has been flown to Westmead children’s Hospital, after falling 10 metres to the ground at the Gosford Clip and Climb. The injuries suffered at this are unknown.
The NSW Government has today announced a $500,000 reward for information regarding the disappearance and suspected homicide of a man missing near Newcastle almost 12-months ago. Steven ‘Feno’ Fenwick, aged 33, was last confirmed seen exiting a bus on Nelson Bay Road, Fern Bay, about...
Cessnock Council has completed work on new signage for the Hunter Valley and to be honest they look great, the new signage project costed $2.5 Million with $1.25 Million of rates payers and $1.25 Million of taxpayers money. Whilst the new signs look great, I...
You all seen the singing magpie last week, mimicking the sirens of fire trucks in Newcastle, now it appears magpies are starting fires as well. Around 5:40pm on the 14th of January, it’s believed a magpie was feasting on a dead flying fox which had...
60 year old man charged Three counts of sexual intercourse with child under the age of 10 years Intentionally sexually touch a child under 10 years intentionally incite child under 10 years to sexually touch them. Bail Refused. A man will face court today charged...
Key Points Police conducted a welfare check on an 11-year-old boy Police found weapons and drug paraphernalia. Police obtained a search warrant. Weapons and drugs found in the search. 32 Charges laid, Bail Refused. Police were called to a unit in Cardiff for a welfare...
⚠️Works on Medowie Road, Medowie⚠️A new roundabout will be installed as part of a new subdivision at 688-730 Medowie Rd. Construction will start on 13 January 2020 from 7am to 5pm and will take approximately 16 weeks to complete. Don’t forget to follow the direction...
A suspicious fire broke out near the cemetery at Boomerang Park earlier today, it quickly spread to the forest with flames engulfing koala food trees planted by the community. Five fire trucks from the RFS and NSW Fire and Rescue attended promptly and use thousands...
Key Points 26-year-old Rutherford female was arrested and charged. 33-year-old Cessnock male arrested and charged 44-year-old Cessnock female was also arrested and charged During the morning of the 8th January, Hunter Valley Target Action group receive information about some stolen number plates from Kurri Kurri....
Emergency services were called to a car on fire in bushland in South Cessnock at around 2:30am, the car appears to be a late model WRX. There has been a heap of these of late and it’s only a matter time before one these car...
The Singleton Emergency Services Expo will be back in 2020. 28th March 2020 at Civic Park FREE EVENT Details The Singleton Emergency Services Expo will be back in 2020. The Expo is designed to showcase the role our emergency services play, and how residents can...
Transport for NSW is planning for a future New England Highway bypass of Singleton to improve traffic flow, travel times and safety through Singleton town centre by reduced traffic including heavy freight. The NSW Government has committed $92 million towards the Singleton bypass under Rebuilding...
We ran a poll on the website asking should Hunter Water go ahead and send everyone a plastic shower timers when the water restrictions level gets raised to level 2. Not only was it our largest poll yet it was also our closest poll yet,...
Owendale fire started at the beginning of November. Countless man-hours have been dedicated to containing this fire. The fire is now under control Forestry NSW and NSWRFS have been working in rough terrain now for almost 3 months to contain and stop the spread of...
The South Coast has been devastated over the last few weeks by bushfire, Yesterday another fire started around 2:20pm in bushland near Lake Mulwala in Mulwala, about 80km west of Albury. The fire quickly spread and burnout 35ha before it was contained by exhausted firefighters...
Impact Assessment teams are continuing to work around the clock to assess the damage caused by NSW bushfires, this bushfire season has now seen more than 2,000 homes destroyed and still counting. Insurance claims have already topped $700 million dollars and are expected to rise...
The Mcwilliams family have operated in the Hunter Valley for 141 years making them one of the oldest wine growing families in the Hunter Valley. The Mcwilliams wine group has fallen on hard times recently and has been placed in administration in a final bid...