Newcastle News

If you needed any reminder that Christmas is coming, we’ve found a family who may be able to help out. Tucked away in the streets of Newcastle is the Chiszek family home, complete with a display that lights up the night-sky like a beacon.

Australia’s airforce will be on full display tomorrow to mark the arrival of the first two F-35A Joint Strike Fighters at RAAF base Williamtown. A formation flypast will include the two F-35A fighters and three FA-18 Classic Hornets. It will begin off Tomaree Head at 9:50am, with the jets to fly over Newcastle at approximately 10:00am before returning north. The flypast is scheduled to commence from approximately 9:50am off Tomaree Head and into Port Stephens. The jets will fly in proximity to Nelson Bay and Hawks Nest/Tea Gardens, before heading out the Heads and turning south. The formation will track along the Tomaree coast and Worimi Conservation Lands, to Nobbys Lighthouse and down the coast to Redhead. Looping back over the top of Lake Macquarie, the jets will overfly Newcastle city at approximately 10:00am, before heading north towards Williamtown via Raymond Terrace and Medowie, landing at RAAF Base Williamtown by approximately 10:10am. INTERACTIVE MAP 

It began as a fight between two men – and ended with one being shot dead, and the other behind bars – charged with his murder. The 30-year-old is accused of killing the 38-year-old victim with a single shot, with his family nearby.

Today marks 125 years since the first steam trains hauled wagons from the coalfields. While steam eventually moved aside for diesel power, its romantic legacy lives on – celebrated this weekend at the East Greta Junction.

The Central Coast community united on horse-back today in memory of a keen horse-rider…who went missing in 20-12. The man accused of Liesl Smith’s suspected murder is currently behind bars and will face Wyong Local Court for the first time next week.  

A man has been charged with murder, after a fatal shooting west of Newcastle on Saturday. The 30 year old was arrested at a Wallsend home at around 4 o’clock this morning – 12 hours after the body of a 38 year old man was found with a single gunshot wound in the garage of a Maryland property. Police say both men were known to each other and have confirmed the incident isn’t bikie related

It was a dog’s day out in Newcastle today, as hundreds of pups took their owners to Lambton Park for a Christmas Party. Despite all the canine chaos, there was an important message to learn about owning a pooch.

The last few years has seen millions of dollars of land sold off in Newcastle’s CBD. Now, one of the country’s best street artists will return to the steel city, to transform part of the ever-changing urban landscape and recognise the traditional owners of the land.

A 28-year-old woman has been charged, after police located a large supply of cannabis and hydroponic equipment at a Singleton home. Police searched a Boundary Street house on Friday, where they seized more than 170 cannabis plants. It’s alleged the home had been converted into a hydroponic house. (NO AUDIO)

A man’s been taken to hospital in a critical condition, after he was found lying face down and partially submerged in a creek at Lake Macquarie. Emergency services including five ambulance crews were called to Kahibah Road at Kahibah just after midday on Saturday, after a passer-by noticed the man not moving at the bottom of an embankment. It’s understood the man, who had been riding a motorbike, may have been in the gully since Friday night. He was taken to Newcastle’s John Hunter Hospital suffering chest and abdominal injuries. (VISION ONLY)