BARWON LAC officers have charged a fourth person with drug supply offences. Strike Force SASSAFRA is an operation by officers attached to Barwon Local Area Command targeting the ongoing supply of illicit drugs in the Moree region. Earlier this week local detectives, with assistance from specialist resources,...
MOREE singer-songwriters Merri-May Gill and Fi Claus have teamed up with some of the biggest names in the Australian music industry and are currently recording their new album at the iconic Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne. Merri-May and Fi have formed new group Sunday Heart Parade,...
SARGENT Doakes made it two wins from two starts at Tamworth when he arrived wide and late to win the $30,000 Brett Clarke Music Tamworth Summer Showcase Sprint (1000m) yesterday. The Rod Northam-trained gelding notched win number six in 18 starts when surged late to beat...
Words and Images: Georgina Poole IN a major coup for the region, the Moree on a Plate committee is thrilled to announce Australian food icon Lyndey Milan OAM as this year’s celebrity guest at the annual food and wine festival, an initiative reflective of the calibre...
MINISTER for Education Adrian Piccoli, Member for Dubbo Troy Grant and Member for Barwon Kevin Humphries today announced that the Moorambilla Voices will receive a $100,000 one-off grant. Since 2006, more than 15,000 regional students have benefited annually from the Moorambilla Voices program which encourages children to...
POLICE are appealing for information from the public following break-ins at two Moree businesses early Wednesday morning. A stolen vehicle was used by the unknown offenders to gain entry to a Frome Street business on at around 3.45am. The vehicle was stolen from a business on the...
ONE of the biggest police raids seen in the Barwon Local Area Command in recent years has netted vast quantities of illegal drugs, firearms and a haul of property alleged to be the proceeds of crime, a NSW Police media statement said on Wednesday, January...
DETECTIVES from the Goondiwindi Criminal Investigation Branch as well as investigators from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Queensland uncovered an alleged puppy farm at a property at Glenarbon on Monday. [caption id="attachment_7002" align="alignleft" width="609"] Some of the puppies saved from an...
FRIDAY’S $30,000 Brett Clarke Music Tamworth Summer Showcase Sprint (1000m) reads like a first-up dash. Eleven of the 20 nominated for the feature sprint will be having their first runs back from a spell if they start. Four of the 20 – Capitano (Jacob Perrett), Run Cannon...
Words: Bill Poulos It was sometime in August, 1973. Probably under that big old fig tree just near the dressing sheds at Taylor Oval. Training had finished for Moree High School’s open-weight rugby league team and the boys were chilling out. They were buggered. Coach John Mclean had trained them...