Hunter News

A man is due to face court later this month accused of leading police on a high-speed pursuit from Maitland to the Coalfields.

Quick work by Rural Fire Service crews has stopped a bush fire from reaching homes at Mallabula early Wednesday.

Football fans across the Hunter are still reeling after the Socceroos escaped the group stage with a one-nil win over Denmark in the FIFA World Cup.

Paramedics have treated a man for minor injuries after he fell through the floor of an abandoned warehouse at Hexham on Thursday morning.

A horse has been rescued after crossing to the wrong side of the Hunter River at Muswellbrook on Thursday morning.

The Federal Government is seeking a briefing from the Australian Securities and Investment Commission, after claims aired in Parliament, mine operators across the Hunter and Australia, are lying about coal quality. 

Cessnock councillors will lobby the Planning Minister to reverse an approval allowing allotments as small as 217m² at the Huntlee...

Four people have been arrested after police pursued a pair of stolen cars through Lake Macquarie suburbs early Tuesday morning.

Shortland Correctional Centre has the highest rate of assaults on inmates, according to new data on the State's Corrective Services.

Maitland Police are appealing for help to locate a 13-year-old girl.