A Northern Rivers drink driver who made a foolish decision to pull an illegal u-turn caused a horrific collision with a motorbike, leaving the rider and pillion passenger with extensive injuries.
A Queensland man got sloshed at a Byron pub before overtaking 42 cars in six minutes while driving 209km/h on the Pacific Mwy – all to a best of 90s playlist featuring Blur’s Song 2.
An armed Byron Shire man entered a hippie drum circle and threatened to stab a peace-loving dancer before he was arrested and bit a cop. Here’s how he was dealt with in court.
A 20-year-old man has been arrested in a raid at Casino over a string of alleged property-related crimes spanning the length and breadth of the Northern Rivers.
Police are investigating after a car filled with four people crashed into a tree near Ballina – resulting in a 97-year-old woman being flown to hospital in a serious condition.
More details have emerged of the allegations raised against a once promising surfer and instructor after his arrest on child sexual abuse charges, with police providing an update in the case.
A Northern Rivers kidnapper who tempted a 17-year-old girl into a car, forced her to get out at a nearby town and tried to run her down while a co-offender chased her with an axe, has learnt her fate.
A man who allegedly broke into a Casino house carrying an axe with two others – with a resident allegedly assaulted for “running his mouth off” – has made a plea for bail.
A man tailgated a motorcyclist in a high performance 4WD before crashing into a tree on his way to Byron Bay – resulting in serious injuries to himself and his passengers. Here’s what happened in court.
A Northern NSW artist will be sentenced after sharing child abuse material with a fellow pedophile and planning to run a child sex ring with a rotating roster – and he’s currently walking free.
A missing hiker has been found alive, feeling a “bit sore and sorry for himself” after walking up to 10km in heavy terrain, following an extensive four-day search on the far North Coast.
The former Kirra Sports Club manager has been jailed after he was busted with a drug lab at his mother’s Tweed Heads home.
In a random act of violence, a “delusional” teenager stabbed an 18 year old at a popular North Coast shopping centre while intoxicated and on Xanax. Now he remains in the community.
A northern NSW man sent a police prosecutor a barrage of abusive emails, branding her a “f–kwit”, before demanding officers pay him $30bn in compensation.
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