Concreter with ‘heavy cocaine habit’ busted driving
A tradie has narrowly avoided jail time after being busted driving his 39-tonne concreting truck to work with drugs detectable in his system.
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Man’s angry threats to set his own family on fire
A man with an “atrocious” criminal history 60 pages long has been jailed after he faked medical prescriptions around town and threatened his partner.
Fire engulfs Southern Highlands shops
People lined the streets to watch fire crews battle a huge fire burning in a number of shops along a popular Bowral shopping strip.
Tradie jailed after high-speed chase
A man disqualified from driving until 2026 turned his lights off and sped away from police through the streets of Goulburn despite having a teenager in the car.
Drunk traffic controller took fight to the cop shop
Police usually have to go find troublemakers, but one young man took the trouble to them after downing six vodka martinis, beers, and pre-mixed UDLs.
Council’s animal shelter agreement could be illegal
Plans for a proposed $5.2 million animal shelter, which is run by volunteers, has been thrown into disarray after the interim administrator said he believed the arrangement with council might be illegal.
$1.4m medical centre touted as a one-stop shop for health
Bowral has cemented its title as the Southern Highlands’ healthcare hub with a new medical centre to feature sleep therapy, dental clinic and a teaching space for students.
Bold $13.9m plan to fix pothole-riddled roads
Long-suffering motorists will be buoyed by planned major works to repair roads across the Wollondilly Shire hammered by fires and floods.
Confessed cattle thief busted for further crimes
A man has been arrested for a fresh raft of crimes not long after admitting to moving a herd of cattle from a Southern Highlands property in the Hawkesbury.
Number plates ‘cut in half’ used in joyride
Despite never having held a licence, a man managed to buy a stolen black Kawasaki motorbike off Facebook Marketplace and take it for a spin.
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