Mid North News

Coffs Harbour Showground is a colourful sight this weekend for the inaugural Skate Ink and Rhyme Festival. Tatoo artists and their clients are out to prove the once taboo topic is continuing to gain popularity.

Harrington celebrated its 200th birthday today with a dedication to explorer, John Oxley. Oxley set foot in on the land in October 1818 after travelling down from Port Macquarie, naming it Harrington. The community came together today for a parade to re-live the small town’s history. (AUDIO IN PARTS)

Tattoo enthusiasts descended on Coffs Harbour Showground today for the inaugural Skate Ink and Rhyme Festival. Inked up artists and their clients, proving the once taboo topic is continuing to gain popularity.

A routine call to a crash scene has turned into something far more sinister for police west of Coffs Harbour. They were flagged down by a woman driving with the body of a man in the back of a ute … he’d been shot in the chest.

While we’d all love our kids to be out riding bikes and climbing trees, the online world is a very real part of their lives. The Manning-Great Lakes has a need for Technology Enabled Crime Officers – at the moment there’s only one stationed in the region  

Australia’s most famous maths teacher, Eddie Woo, has stopped by the Mid North Coast to inspire students from Bellingen, Dorrigo and Orama. Mr Woo has become an unlikely celebrity in recent years after his YouTube channel, “Wootube”, became a surprise online hit.

An investigation is underway after the body of a man was found in the back of a ute west of Coffs Harbour. Emergency services were flagged down by a woman driving a ute on Armidale Road at Dundurrabin at around 2:30 yesterday afternoon, when they discovered the 40-year-old’s body. He’d suffered a gunshot wound to his torso. The 37-year-old woman was arrested, before being released pending further inquiries. Officers are now forensically examining a home on Armidale Road. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

A man is lucky to be alive, after his semi-trailer rolled going around a roundabout south of Coffs Harbour. It comes just months after a truck tipped at the same spot.

Farquar Inlet is a safe haven for migrating birds each year, as they fly in to roost. MidCoast Council is asking beachgoers to take care around their nesting sites – after recent vandalism.

The highlighter ink has run dry and the midnight cram sessions are nearing an end for more than 76,000 year 12 students across the state. Hastings Secondary College students say they’re “relieved” after sitting their first H-S-C exam today.