The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Local Government
BRETT Nolan has been elected Narrabri Shire Council deputy mayor for the next 12 months following a vote at last Wednesday’s Ordinary Council Meeting. Mayor Darrell Tiemens congratulated Cr Nolan on being awarded the role and said he looked forward to working with Cr Nolan. “I have absolutely no doubt Cr Nolan will do a [...]
Feature Story
MOREE Boars captain-coach Jamie Sampson has called full-time on his incredible football career, and will be a spectator in the stands when the Group 4 rugby league competition resumes next year. Sampson, 32, has played with the Moree Boars for the past four years. This season, Sampson and co-coach Jack Durheim led Moree first-grade to [...]
Senior Sport
MOREE Services FC Blue capped an enormous season with a sweet 2-1 win against Narrabri FC Elevens in the Namoi Football League grand-final at Hogan Oval in Narrabri on Saturday. The team waited 12 months to exact revenge on Narrabri Elevens after being beaten in last year’s grand-final – ironically by the same score. After 90 [...]
Regional News
SANTOS has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Narrabri Shire Council for the potential supply of natural gas from the Narrabri Gas Project to a new industrial precinct in a deal designed to attract new business and boost economic growth in the region. The MOU outlines Santos’ commitment to supply natural gas to businesses [...]
Junior Sport
MOREE has always been regarded as a New South Wales bush sporting capital across many codes. And the well-credentialled title was pushed through the nets on Saturday when hundreds of players, parents, carers, family members, and spectators and friends, crammed Ron Harborne Oval for the Moree Junior Soccer Club’s season finale and trophy presentation morning. [...]
Regional Sport
THE Narrabri community is catering to record visitor numbers and economic activity, with the Santos Festival of Rugby currently underway this weekend. Santos is proud to stage its fifth Festival of Rugby which has become a fixture on the national and regional rugby calendars. The centrepiece of the Festival is the game between Queensland Reds [...]
Police Pursuit
A man will face court charged after a pursuit in Gunnedah overnight. At about 1.15am today police attached to Oxley Police District attempted to stop a ute on the Kamilaroi Highway, north of Gunnedah. When the vehicle did not stop as directed, a pursuit was initiated. The vehicle continued onto Quia Road, Gunnedah, before conducting [...]
Charges Laid
A truck driver has been charged following a fatal crash about 15km south of Moree on Thursday. At about 7.30pm, emergency services were called to the Newell Highway, near Tycannah, following reports of a crash. Officers attached to New England Police District attended and found a truck and car had collided. The driver of the [...]
Featured Property
A four-bedroom brick veneer home set on a generous, flood-free block of land in Moree is North West Real Estate’s featured property this week. Trainee selling agent Kyle Heinemann said No.2 Warrina Crescent, located in a quiet cul-de-sac tucked in behind Edward Street, is designed for comfortable family living and practical entertaining. “This home combines [...]
Northern Tablelands
The events which occurred in my hometown of Moree at the weekend are shocking and disgraceful. Police allege a group of teenagers broke into a motel and stabbed the 52-year-old owner of the motel who was airlifted to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. I have been in contact with the victim’s family. He came through surgery [...]
