14+ hour, 30+ min ago   (311+ words) TWO men are behind bars accused of a terrifying targeted domestic violence-related stabbing at Muswellbrook last week. Jerome Neville, 20, and Desmond Charles Watts, 40, are accused of attacking a 23-year-old man at a house in Sydney Street about 2.30am on Friday. The…...

15+ hour, 17+ min ago   (20+ words) Police crackdown on illegal e-bikes, seizing 36 in Sydney Newcastle Herald Police crackdown on illegal e-bikes, seizing 36 in Sydney...

22+ hour, 27+ min ago   (488+ words) Jet-skis and other powered vessels will once again be banned from popular Port Stephens beaches during this year's Christmas-new year break after a successful trial. From December 24, 2025, to January 26, 2026, Dutchman's Beach, Nelson Bay beach (Fly Point) and Shoal Bay were…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (399+ words) Pioneering Australian judge Mary Gaudron has been honoured for her contributions to Australia's legal landscape after her death at age 83. Ms Gaudron became the first woman appointed to the High Court of Australia in 1987 at age 44 and served until 2003. While…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (756+ words) When her son died inside a mental health unit, Donna Knight was determined to make change. Jamie Knight died by suicide at age 24 while an inpatient at Gosford Mental Health Centre, a psychiatric ward on the grounds of Gosford Hospital....

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (634+ words) A woman knocked on her sister's bedroom door and woke her in the night to tell her "I believe I got raped", the trial of two Hunter footballers has heard. Scone "footy boys" Hayden Charles Topliss and Ryan Matthew Hawkshaw…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (231+ words) Three teenage girls have been charged over an assault that put a 14-year-old they knew in hospital with serious injuries last month. The victim was allegedly assaulted on a bus while travelling in the region, before three alleged attackers dragged…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (483+ words) A woman accused of helping her boyfriend flee interstate after an alleged stabbing murder on Beaumont Street almost two years ago has still not entered a plea. An application to adjourn Teelah Cooper's case in Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (188+ words) A man has been rushed to hospital after being shot in the hand and torso on Wednesday morning. Emergency services were called to Lakedge Avenue, near Kingsford Smith Road, at Berkeley Vale on the NSW Central Coast about 6.15am on September…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (619+ words) Two men are accused of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman at a home in the Hunter after she allegedly repeatedly told them she did not want to have a "threesome" with them and told them to stop. Ryan Matthew Hawkshaw…...