UPDATED P&O Cruises Australia will make sure that 79-year-old Moree assault victim Maureen Hiscock is well-looked after when she is fit and well enough to take to the high seas. Mrs Hiscock was viciously bashed and robbed in her Boland Drive home by two intruders last Sunday...
FIVE people have now been charged following investigations into the alleged ongoing supply of prohibited drugs in Coonamble. Strike Force Delaney was established by officers from Castlereagh Local Area Command in February 2017 to investigate the alleged supply of methylamphetamine ‘ICE’ in Coonamble. Following extensive inquiries, a...
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall last night used the floor of State Parliament to throw down the gauntlet to a group of ‘brainless thugs and gutless mongrels’ who believe themselves to be ‘above the law’. A recent trail of destruction and assaults in Moree have...
A 79-year-old Moree grandmother severely assaulted at around 8.30pm on Sunday evening when trying to protect her home and belongings from intruders was less than 24 hours away from embarking on a four-day cruise with her daughter, grand-daughter and son-in-law’s mother. The woman’s daughter had dropped...
POLICE arrested a man and seized a quad bike in Moree during the early hours of Tuesday morning and attended three break-ins to local businesses that caused considerable damage in one as well as stock and property theft. A vehicle believed to be used in all...
A 79-year-old woman was assaulted when she confronted intruders at her Boland Drive home on Sunday evening. The woman confronted a group of unknown males who struck her to the head and arms as she attempted to defend herself. The woman fell to the ground after which...
PARENTS in Moree will soon find it a little easier to get their youngsters into preschool, with a $455,000 NSW Government grant to create 20 more preschool places and two teaching jobs for the town. Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall visited Grace Lutheran Preschool last...
MOREE’S Dhiiyaan Aboriginal Centre, which holds one of the state’s largest collections of Aboriginal family records, has reopened its doors following an almost $750,000 refurbishment, thanks to support from the NSW Government. Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall joined Mayor Katrina Humphries to officially reopen the...
MOREE deputy mayor Stephen Ritchie urges Moree shire residents and business owners to “have a voice” at a special meeting planned in the very near future to address the growing crime rate and callous acts of vandalism that have beset the town. “It is getting out...
MOREE elder statesman Eric Carrigan has been honoured with life membership of Gwydir Industries – the much-loved local service provider that he helped go forward from near-bankruptcy in the early 1990s to the modern facility that it is today. Mr Carrigan, a semi-retired farmer and grazier,...