State News - NSW
3:30 AM ACST | THE last time Edgeworth duo Troy Halpin and Mark Wilson played finals football together they were on opposing national league sides.
Wilson's Newcastle United were knocked out in the National Socce
3:30 AM ACST | Do the results produced during the season provide any insight into the outcomes this weekend?
3:30 AM ACST | FIJIAN flyer Aku Uate paid tribute to Newcastle coach Rick Stone and veteran teammate Adam MacDougall when he was named last night as Dally M winger of the year.
3:30 AM ACST | THE financially crippled Newcastle Jets need an average crowd of 12,000 - nearly double their attendances last season - to break even for this campaign.
The Jets are away to Adelaide on Saturday be
3:30 AM ACST | KNIGHTS chief executive Steve Burraston was confident no games involving Newcastle would come under scrutiny by the NRL or police investigating allegations of "spot fixing" in the controversial Cowboy
3:30 AM ACST | EAST Maitland-trained pacer Starryart was yesterday crowned the Newcastle Horse of the Year during the Caduceus Club of Newcastle awards luncheon at the Blackbutt Hotel.
Starryart is prepared by fi
3:30 AM ACST | DEFENDING titleholders Mayfield West bounced back from an opening-round scare to eliminate Boolaroo from the No.1 grade of the Newcastle district three-threes competition last week.
Mayfield West,
3:30 AM ACST | DAVID Quigley (Alder Park) will make the trip from Young to play for Newcastle in the state Inter-Zone Sides Championship at Fairy Meadow this weekend.
Quigley, who started working for Roccy FM (ra
3:30 AM ACST | ANDREW Yeomans (Bar Beach) went agonisingly close to winning the State Presidents Singles Championship at Avoca Beach on Friday afternoon.
Yeomans scored 14 unanswered shots against Brad Mitchell (
3:30 AM ACST | Dubbo’s Independent MP Dawn Fardell has come under fire for suggesting the city foot more of its health bill.
3:30 AM ACST | John Clements may have lost the August 21 poll but the Independent candidate for Parkes is excited about what his cohorts Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott and Bob Katter
have achieved for regional Australia.
3:30 AM ACST | The Nevilles’ Mark Marriott has Hawaii, Dubbo and Hong Kong written in his diary within a short space of time and he says bring it on.
3:30 AM ACST | Nationals MP for Parkes Mark Coulton couldn’t help but feel a little flat after watching Independents Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott give their support to a Labor minority government.
3:30 AM ACST | The postponement of the Flix In The Stix concert from October to February is a blow for his group’s plans but DREAM Festival chairman, John Walkom, is still confident about what the organisation has planned for the upcoming long weekend.
3:30 AM ACST | A heartbroken Dubbo father has lashed out at thieves who stole a recently purchased slippery dip from the front yard of his family’s home at the weekend.
3:30 AM ACST | The society that runs the annual Dubbo Show, no matter drought or flood, is set to elect a new president.
Dubbo Show Society president of the past eight years Graeme Board is stepping away from the top job, but not the society, for reasons related to his work.
3:30 AM ACST | The former RAAF base in Dubbo is still on the market with real estate agent Andrew McDonald yesterday telling of “discussions and negotiations” with interested parties.
3:30 AM ACST | It seems that everything old is new again.
Support was yesterday widespread for a new drive-in movie theatre being constructed on the Mitchell Highway site that used to host the popular form of entertainment.
3:30 AM ACST | Dozens of special women converged on the Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre yesterday to share their experiences.
3:30 AM ACST | Anglers are reminded that the Murray cod season closed from September 1 until midnight on November 30 as it does every year to protect this native species during its breeding season.