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Elizabeth Neil is a reporter for the Penrith Press. She previously wrote for multiple local papers in NSW, including the Blacktown Advocate and Hills Shire Times. Prior to these, was an established reporter for the Sunshine Coast Daily and Gympie Times in Queensland. She specialises in court and crime reporting.

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Warren Fowler, 55, was diagnosed with early onset dementia (Alzheimer's) in February of 2025. Now, he's making the most of his memory while he still has it, by tying the knot with his partner of 13 years, Katrina, 56, and going on a honeymoon to Tasmania for the first time. Picture: Supplied

Heartbreaking reason couple is getting married

They had their first date at McDonald’s and ended up talking for six hours. Now after 13 years together they’re getting married for a heartbreaking reason.

Local

A 30-year-old man has been extradited from Queensland over the alleged murder of a man fatally stabbed in an apartment complex in Sydney’s southwest in 2022.

Named: Man extradited, charged with murder in southwest Sydney

A 30-year-old man has been charged with murder, following investigations into the death of a man whose body was found in an apartment complex in southwest Sydney in 2022.

ExclusiveBlacktown

Labor frontbencher Michelle Rowland's campaign corflutes have been defaced with vile graffti calling her a

Labor frontbencher’s corflutes hit with vile graffiti

Labor minister Michelle Rowland’s corflutes have been hit with vile graffiti making appalling and unfounded accusations, causing disgust and dismay among her western Sydney constituents.

Local

105k incidents: New wave of child sex offenders unmasked

The number of child sexual abuse crimes is on the rise, with more than 100,000 recorded incidents over the last decade. Some of the state’s most recently convicted offenders can be revealed.

Dubbo News

The crash happened along the Barrier Highway, Broken Hill. Picture: Google Maps

Driver charged over fatal Broken Hill highway crash

The identity of the woman charged over a fatal crash involving a car and truck on an outback highway in Broken Hill has been revealed.

ExclusivePenrith

Michael John Camilleri-Gray (right) faces multiple charges relating to child abuse material. Picture: Facebook

Nurse charged after U.S. probe into child abuse material

A nurse at a major western Sydney hospital has been accused of distributing child abuse material online after an international probe.

EXCLUSIVEPenrith

Artwork: Lojan Rajendran is alleged to have stolen a SUV when it crashed outside a hotel in Sydney's west, killing a bikie president.

Driver accused of killing high ranking bikie pleads not guilty

A man who was driving an allegedly stolen SUV when it collided with two motorbikes in Sydney’s west, killing a high-ranking Bandidos bikie, has entered pleas to two of nine charges.

Penrith

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA : NewsWire Photos - JANUARY 22 2025; A generic photo of the Surry Hills Police Station in Sydney. Picture: NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

Specialist cop charged over crash with teens on trail bike

A specialist officer will face court after the police car he drove allegedly collided with a trail bike being ridden by two teenagers in Sydney’s west.

InteractivePenrith

Development plans for Westfield Penrith Plaza. The original proposal (not pictured) included plans for a rooftop bar and restaurant, which has been removed in a modification request. Picture: Scentre Group, GPT Group

Rooftop bar, restaurant scrapped in $18m shopping hub upgrade

The developers behind an $18m upgrade to a western Sydney Westfield have scrapped plans for a major component of the renovations. See what’s changed.

Penrith

Teen allegedly joined in youth gang robbery, attack

A western Sydney teenager was allegedly involved in a group youth attack on a girl in Sydney’s southwest, where her head was stomped on, a court has heard.

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