Tamworth
Police officer shot and killed in Tamworth
A police officer has been shot and killed outside a block of flats in West Tamworth this morning.
'Heartfelt sympathy': father-of-six police officer shot and killed in Tamworth
Nick Ralston and Lisa Davies A police officer and father of six has been shot and killed after pulling over a car outside a block of flats in West Tamworth in northern NSW this morning.
Search continues for cruise ship pair feared lost at sea
Nick Ralston, Ilya Gridneff A couple are believed to have gone overboard while on a luxury cruise, sparking a major sea and air search off the NSW mid north coast.
Paramedic may have gone overboard trying to save girlfriend on cruise
Nick Ralston A paramedic was believed to have been valiantly trying to save his girlfriend when they both went overboard from a luxury cruise ship on the NSW mid-north coast.
Paramedic may have been trying to save girlfriend
Nick Ralston and Ilya Gridneff A paramedic was believed to have been valiantly trying to save his girlfriend when they both went overboard from a luxury cruise ship on the NSW mid-north coast.
Missing pair had not been drinking, family says
Sarah-Jane Collins The family of a young woman presumed dead after falling from a cruise ship last week say Kristen Schroder and her boyfriend Paul Rossington had not been drinking before the incident, and they did not...
Man accused of bribe attempt backed Torbay to push out Windsor
Sean Nicholls, Kate McClymont Richard Torbay's failed campaign to topple the federal independent MP Tony Windsor was being backed by a wealthy Tamworth businessman once accused of trying to bribe Mr Windsor to leave politics.
The MP, the jail visit and the dole deals
Kate McClymont The detectives at Armidale police station could not believe what they were hearing. Late on Friday night of June 29, 2007, they had arrested one of Armidale's richest men, property developer Phillip...
Revealed: Torbay's close links to Obeid
Kate McClymont, Sean Nicholls Dumped Nationals' candidate Richard Torbay has family and political links to the former Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid and an extensive property portfolio, some of which does not appear on his...
Raging bulls and pro riders raise dust
Saffron Howden IT IS Saturday night in Tamworth and the biggest show in town will unfold among the pungent smell of farm animals on a stage of dirt.
Severe weather knocks out power
Brian Robins Up to 1500 customers in NSW's north-west will be without power until Tuesday.
Accountant jailed for murdering lottery winner
Paul Bibby A central coast accountant who murdered his lottery winning friend because she was being "wasteful" with the money has been sentenced to a maximum of 18 years in jail.
Slain policeman's stepdaughter joins ranks
Lisa Davies THE legacy of Senior Constable David Rixon will loom large today as his stepdaughter joins the ranks of the police force that he loved.
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Two dead as car-truck crashes close two NSW highways
Manuel Mitternacht Two fatal accidents between trucks and cars closed two major northern NSW highways within an hour.
Tragic deaths of young lovers: boyfriend electrocuted by wires after finding girlfriend in fatal crash
Jonathan Swan When Gemma Wicks heard that her childhood friend Bronte Fordham had driven into a power pole, and that Bronte's boyfriend had arrived a half hour later and tripped on fallen wires, electrocuting...
Child dies after arrow shot into head
An eight-year-old girl has died in hospital four days after she was shot in the head with an arrow in northern NSW.
Police came within metres of fugitive but he still got away
Saffron Howden TWO police officers came within metres of the state’s most wanted man and drew their weapons, but he entered an isolated house and vanished.
Sighted: police get within 50 metres of most wanted man
Saffron Howden in Nowendoc Police came within about 50 metres of the state's most wanted man on Wednesday as they closed in on an empty house in remote bushland south-east of Tamworth.
Locals reveal grudging admiration for state's most wanted criminal
Nick O'Malley Small teams of anti-terrorist police, heavily armed and camouflaged, supported by dogs, appear to be searching a long strip of remote and rugged bushland outside Nowendoc in northern NSW for the...
Specialists called in to track 'master bushman' and state's most wanted criminal
Nick O'Malley Police are confident they will find the state's most wanted man - described as a "master bushman" - as they continue to search bushland in the state's north today.
