Coffs Harbour
Police search notorious NSW beach for man missing since Thursday
Police are scouring treacherous waters near Coffs Harbour for South Korean national Taewoo Kim, 21, after he failed to return to his accommodation.
- by Carrie Fellner and Daniel Lo Surdo
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A national park would be good for koalas. What about the humans?
In the stretch of coast and hinterland from Kempsey to Grafton, the fates of thousands of people hinge for better or worse on the NSW government’s imminent decision about the Great Koala National Park.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
How a ‘monster’ allegedly used popular gaming platform for sadistic sextortion plot
The NSW man groomed a teenage girl into self harming and performing sexual acts in a rising trend of “sadistic sexploitation”, police allege.
- by Jessica McSweeney
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Crime
Mother told police she was ‘scared’ of her son before alleged murder
Christine Mills, 58, who was found with fatal facial injuries, had an apprehended violence order against Zachary Mills, 30.
- by Amber Schultz
A grandmother was last seen at an ATM. Her body was found 800km away
Mystery surrounds the death of a grandmother who was found half-buried at a popular NSW beach.
- by Jessica McSweeney
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Crime
Lisa Marie Cummings charged with murder after man’s body found in surfboard bag
The 35-year-old woman has been charged over the alleged murder of a 62-year-old man who was known to her.
- by Daniella White and Michaela Whitbourn
The regional towns where properties are getting cheaper, but harder, to buy
Home values are falling and there’s more choice of homes for sale in a string of tree change and sea change towns, but good luck snapping one up.
- by Elizabeth Redman and Tawar Razaghi
‘Her family deserve answers’: Significant developments over teen’s disappearance
Rose Howell vanished on the Mid North Coast days before her 19th birthday. Police have searched a property near where she was last seen alive, 21 years ago.
- by Riley Walter
Couple loses property fight after highway swallows $5.5 million dream
Raymond and Wendy Dibb saw a chance to make money out of a small rural property. They were not planning on a $2.2 billion highway barrelling through their plans.
- by Catherine Naylor
A bike, some shoes and CCTV: How police tracked down alleged Coffs Harbour killer
The “random” alleged murder of 21-year-old surfer Kye Schaefer shocked the beachside town and triggered a public appeal.
- by Jessica McSweeney and Sally Rawsthorne
Parents of allegedly murdered surfer plead for killer to come forward
Parents of a young NSW surfer allegedly stabbed to death say they have lost their faith in humanity as the alleged killer remains on the run.
- by Jessica McSweeney
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