Hunter Local News

BY JESSICA ROUSE UPDATE: 4:55pm Fire crews are still on the ground battling the blaze at Lovedale. It has been...

BY JESSICA ROUSE It’s here, the first forecast 40 degree day of summer. The Hunter has been sweating through the...

BY JESSICA ROUSE Paediatric neurologists from the John Hunter Children’s Hospital have played a big part in putting together Australia’s...

BY JESSICA ROUSE In what may seem like a coincidence, two men within 24 hours have been knocked off their...

BY JESSICA ROUSE Maitland Police are expected to be getting a welcome boost to their ranks. An offer from senior...

BY JESSICA ROUSE The very high temperatures around the Hunter today have prompted Ausgrid to cancel planned maintenance works which...

BY IAN CROUCH Newcastle Council’s Interim CEO, Jeremy Bath can now drop the interim from his job title. The 41-year-old...

BY JESSICA ROUSE The only man to have been arrested over the murder of Hunter woman Elizabeth “Betty” Dixon in...

BY IAN CROUCH A 16-year-old girl has been flown to the spinal unit at Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital after...

BY IAN CROUCH A 37-year-old man has been taken into custody following a siege at Jesmond. Officers were called to...