MOREE Public School deputy principal Lindy Hosegood was named Moree Citizen of the Year at Australia Day celebrations on Friday. The festivities, hosted by Moree Lions Club, featured multi awarding-winning actress and writer Penny Cook as this year’s Australia Day ambassador and drew a large crowd...
MOREE Race Club will swing open the gates, fire up the barbie and turn on the beer taps at its new-look February meeting to say a heart-felt thank-you to the individuals and community groups that helped make last year’s Christmas twilight races such a huge...
MARK Mason heads to Sydney today chasing a Canterbury success with De La Hoya tonight and a first-up win with sprinting star Hidden Pearl at Randwick tomorrow while also eyeing off a Country Music Cup win at his home track next Thursday. The Tamworth trainer now...
POLICE are renewing their appeal for information on the 30-year anniversary of the death of a Tamworth teenager, as the NSW Government announces a reward of up to $500,000 for information. The body of 17-year-old Mark Anthony Haines was found on train tracks outside of Tamworth...
LUKE Morgan and Josh Oliver combined to notch a double at Glen Innes on Saturday and will be hoping their racing stampede continues again at Gunnedah tomorrow (Tuesday, January 16). Morgan, a former world champion saddle bronc rodeo star, legged former star Kiwi apprentice Oliver aboard...
A WOMAN believed to be aged in her 60s has died after a single-vehicle accident about 30 kilometres south of Narrabri on the Kamilaroi Highway. Emergency services were notified just after 9am on Sunday of a 4WD on the side of the highway. Police believe the vehicle...
EMPLOYEES at Gwydir Industries will have stable footing as they build a solid foundation of work skills, thanks to an $11,000 NSW Government grant to lay a concrete slab that promises to boost worker safety. Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall joined staff at the renowned...
THE search for missing Fairview Retirement Village resident William Torrens has escalated during the past few days, with a police dragnet now reaching across northern NSW and into Queensland. Mr Torrens, better-known as ‘John’ or ‘Torro’, walked out of the Moree nursing home at around 9.20am...
AS the search for missing Fairview Retirement Village resident William Torrens heads towards its seventh day, his daughter, Renae Thornton, says her family is “hanging on to hope tightly” that the 73-year-old retired boilermaker is found safely. Mr Torrens, better-known as ‘Torro’, walked out of the...
NINE-YEAR-OLD Moree local Charlie Crouch has collected and deposited nearly 5000 used cans and bottles at the Moree Reverse Vending Machine – and he’s only been collecting recyclables for three weeks. Northern Tablelands residents have enthusiastically embraced the NSW Return and Earn scheme, collecting and depositing...