The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Christmas Bonus
A Moree woman has celebrated a Christmas she’ll never forget, with a $100,000 Lucky Lotteries prize won on a ticket purchased locally and given to her by her parents on Christmas day. The winning entry was purchased at Archie and Rhonda Karam’s Balo Square Newsagency in Moree. The Moree ticket-holder held the first-prize winning entry [...]
History
IN the late 1950s, Moree was hit by a horrendous hailstorm that all but flattened the town. In Moree and surrounding villages, hundreds of homes were damaged, many beyond repair and uninhabitable. The district’s wheat crops – midway through harvest – were decimated. Moree’s main shopping precinct was the worst hit. Hail-drifts measuring more than [...]
Our Community
TENNIS clinics, movie screenings and cooking classes are some of the children’s activities scheduled across Moree Plains Shire during the school holidays. Moree Plains Shire Council has secured funding through the NSW Department of Communities and Justice, Office for Youth, holiday break summer program and will deliver a range of fun and engaging activities for [...]
Family Circle
A landmark, statewide campaign launched late last year is urging people across New South Waled to change a child’s life by becoming a foster carer. Presently, there are more than 300 children and young people aged one to 17 who need foster carers to provide them a safe and loving home. Foster carers play a [...]
Regional Crime
THREE people will face court charged with several drug-related and other offences at Gilgai, south of Inverell. At about 4pm on New Year’s Eve, officers attached to New England Police District, assisted by the NSW Police Rural Crime Prevention Team, executed a search warrant at a residence on Hall Steet, Gilgai, as part of an [...]
Free Eye Tests
MOREE Lions Club will this year conduct school eye-testing through the Lions Eye Health Program, and offer free vision screenings to children to identify potential problems. The screenings are carried out by trained volunteers who test for visual acuity, colour vision, and depth perception using tools such as a Spot Vision Screener. Moree Lion Beth [...]
Paramedics
NSW Ambulance last month welcomed 33 new paramedic interns and 28 trainee emergency medical call-takers, officially inducting them into the service during a ceremony at the State Operations Centre in Sydney Olympic Park. With this latest intake and the final graduation of 2025, NSW Ambulance has now added more than 850 new paramedic trainees and [...]
Operation Soteria
TWO 16-year-old boys have been charged with numerous offences, including being in possession of a knife in a public place, following a pursuit in Tamworth on New Year’s Eve. Just after 2am on December 31, officers attached to Western Region Operations Support Group were patrolling on Kent Street, South Tamworth, when they attempted to stop [...]
Youth Crime
FOUR boys aged 12 to 14 have been charged following several alleged property offences at Inverell over the Christmas long weekend. Police allege that between Boxing Day and December 29, several incidents occurred in Inverell, including break-and-enters and malicious damage at commercial premises, and thefts from motor vehicles. Officers attached to New England Police District [...]
Fire and Rescue
AFTER eight weeks of intensive training in Sydney, firefighter Mark Cahill this week began his new role as station officer at Moree Fire Station. In mid-October, Mr Cahill joined 20 other officers from across New South Wales to undertake the officer development course at the Fire and Rescue NSW Academy in Orchard Hills. “Some of [...]
