Hunter News

The three new cases are across Lake Macquarie and Cessnock.

Homicide Squad detectives are investigating a fatal shooting at Salt Ash.

Cessnock Gaol has been placed into lockdown after it was revealed several prisoners had mixed with inmates at Sydney's Parklea Prison who have since tested positive to Coronavirus.

The woman at the centre of Singleton's notorious child killer case has written to the state's Attorney General begging him to reconsider her Petition for Pardon.

A 19-year-old man is due to face court accused of stabbing another man outside a Hunter Valley home.

Police are appealing for dash cam footage after a motorcyclist was killed in a crash at West Wallsend.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced the details of a plan to for school students to return to the class room as well as a new date for the HSC.

The good news for the Hunter comes as the state records another daily record of 1029 cases.

The once dilapidated spot on one of Newcastle's busiest streets has been transformed into an open space with new paving, trees, seating and public art displays.

The 52-year-old was fined $1000 on Sunday for breaching the public health order after travelling to Blacktown to visit a friend, where he contracted the virus.