A Hunter-based Indigenous education officer accused of taking two underage girls on a joy ride and plying them with drugs has told a jury he never kidnapped them against their will, nor did he ignore repeated requests to take them back to school.
A female passenger has died and a driver is in a serious condition after a car veered off the road and smashed into a tree on a rural road in the Hunter Valley. Here’s the latest.
A woman and barber caught up in an “organised crime syndicate” – allegedly at the hands of the owner of a popular Hunter barber shop – have appeared in court.
A court has heard mental health impairment will be raised in the case of a woman who has been accused of fatally stabbing a housemate at their Upper Hunter home.
A Central Coast couple are staring down thousands of dollars in vet bills after their beloved dog Stella was the victim of a hit and run.
A jury has heard a Hunter-based indigenous education officer took two underage girls on a joyride, plied them with drugs before taking them to a place where people went to “hook up”.
There’s more activity in one of the Hunter’s newest growing suburbs with the Catholic Church planning to spend up big in response to the housing crisis.
A court has heard how a man suffered three terrifying days of threats – including being knocked unconscious in his own cabin – by a man trying to recoup a small drug debt.
An Upper Hunter man has appeared in court and denied allegations he sexually assaulted a woman in Lake Macquarie last year. Read what happened in court.
A court has heard a woman out on parole, who was allegedly caught with drugs in her vehicle, is set to fight numerous charges claiming it was only for personal use. Read what happened when she went for bail.
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