Hunter News

The Mark Hughes Foundation has donated a landmark $18.9 million philanthropic gift to the University of Newcastle to fast track brain cancer research.

Police are stepping up the search for a teenage girl who went missing from Wallsend two weeks ago.

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Shortland MP Pat Conroy says nothing beats local expertise as former Prime Minister Tony Abbott eyes his federal seat.

Fears are held for the welfare of a young teenage boy who's been reported missing from Metford.

An environmentalist group have launched an e-petition calling for the State Government to recognise the Link Road Forest as a national park.

A search is underway for a man who's gone missing from the Newcastle suburb of Carrington.

Hunter Valley police are searching for those responsible for the desecration of several graves at the Sedgefield Cemetery near Singleton.

Lake Macquarie police are investigating a fatal pedestrian crash at Wyee overnight.

Each Friday Oli Goeldner puts together a summary of the week's news in the Hunter region of NSW.