Improvements by Port Stephens Council to a section of Clarence Town Road known as Carmichael’s Creek, notorious for its steep terrain and tight corners, are almost complete. Council engineers targeted the safety of motorists to re-align the road to…
Police have appealed for public help to assist them in locating a man and his young daughter who have gone missing from the Port Stephens area. Steven Young is 24-years old and is believed to be travelling with his daughter, Sophie…
Four people have been charged over a public order incident that followed a man being hit by a train at Taree last month. About 4.30am (Sunday 21 December 2014), police from Manning/Great Lakes Local Area Command were called to Bushland Drive railway crossing in…
A man is due to face court after allegedly being detected in possession of the drugs ‘ice’ and cannabis aboard a train in Newcastle. About 2pm yesterday (Thursday 8 January, 2015), Police Transport Command officers, assisted by the Dog Unit,…
A fatal motor vehicle collision near Taree occurred overnight overnight at about 10.20pm (Thursday 8 January, 2015) where a four-wheel drive was travelling south on the Pacific Highway at Possum Brush. The vehicle has left the roadway on a right-hand curve, travelled through…
A man remains in custody charged with intimidation and multiple firearm offences after being arrested on a property south of Taree. Police from Manning-Great Lakes Local Area Command were called to a property on Lambourne Road at Wang Wauk, 50km…
Police from Manning/Great Lakes Local Area Command are continuing to investigate an armed robbery at a licensed premises this week. Around 10.10pm on Sunday 14 December, three men with their faces covered entered the club, which is located on the…
Police have released CCTV images of two men who may be able to assist after an alleged aggravated robbery at Taree earlier this week. About 1am on Monday 8 December 2014, a 32-year-old Taiwanese national man, was approached by…
A man has been seriously injured following an aggravated robbery at Taree early this morning. About 1am (Monday 8 December 2014), a 32-year-old Taiwanese national man, was approached by two men near a motel in Victoria Street and asked for a lift…
Police will prepare a report for the information of the Coroner after the discovery of a woman’s body at Lorn earlier today. About 11.30am (Sunday 7 December 2014) a kayaker located the woman’s body in the Hunter River and contacted emergency services.…