Tag: Kurri Kurri
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CREWS BATTLING BUSHFIRE NEAR KURRI KURRI
Fire crews are working to extinguish a bushfire near Kurri Kurri. Emergency services arrived at Stanford Merthyr at around , with the Rural Fire Service describing the area where the fire is burning as hard to reach. Total fire bans are in place in four regions across the state today, including the Greater Hunter. The…
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GROUPS UNITE TO TACKLE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
The Hunter’s youth unemployment rate has reached a staggering new high, with more than 21 per cent out of work. Such alarming statistics are prompting action, with a variety of groups coming together today to devise solutions.
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LUCKY FINDS HER FOREVER HOME TOMORROW
After many months of care by the RSPCA, little Lucky will be adopted tomorrow. Lucky was the sole survivor of an animal cruelty offence in March which resulted in the deaths of most of a litter of unwanted puppies near Kurri Kurri.
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TWO MEN CHARGED WITH DRUGS AND FIREARMS IN KURRI KURRI
Two men have been charged after police allegedly found drugs and guns in a car they were travelling in at Kurri Kurri over the weekend. The two 29-year-olds were arrested after police searched a white Nissan Patrol at about 11.15pm on Saturday. They were taken to Cessnock Police Station where they were charged with a…
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PUPPY KILLER SENTENCED TO 18-MONTHS GAOL
A Hunter man will spend at least the next 12-months behind bars for brutally killing nine puppies. 25-year-old Nathan Thompson wept as a sentence of 18-months gaol was handed down in Newcastle Local Court today. Thompson bashed the animals over the head with a rock on March 11, and dumped their bodies in bushland at…
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MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ANIMAL CRUELTY
A 25-year-old man from Kurri Kurri has pleaded guilty to four counts of animal cruelty at East Maitland Local Court today. Nathan Thompson took 11 Bull Terrier cross puppies into bushland off McLeods Road on Wednesday and began hitting them over the head with a rock. The RSPCA found seven puppies later that afternoon, but…
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PUPPIES BASHED AND DUMPED AT KURRI
In a shocking case of animal cruelty, seven puppies were bashed and dumped in bushland at Kurri Kurri. The RSPCA was called to the site off McLeod Road at around 5pm yesterday, where they found the tan and white-coloured Bull Arab cross puppies. Five died from critical head injuries, while two were in urgent need…
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REED MOVES UP IN AMERICAN SUPERCROSS SERIES
Kurri’s Chad Reed has moved into outright fifth in the American Supercross Series, following a dramatic round in Florida. Reed qualified second fastest for the 20-lap final, but ran seventh early. The Australian managed to avoid several crashes, before the tight, twisting track eventually got the better of him. But the former world champion recovered…
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MISTAKE COSTS KURRI’S CHAD REED
An unforced error by Kurri’s Chad Reed has cost him valuable points at the latest round of the American Supercross Series.
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HOT KURRI CONTINUE WINNING WAYS IN NEWCASTLE RUGBY LEAGUE
NEWCASTLE RUGBY LEAGUE Preliminary Final KURRI KURRI 36 – SOUTHS 14 Kurri will play Wests in the Newcastle Rugby League grand final next Sunday, after the Bulldogs hammered Souths in today’s preliminary final.