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Prescription drugs and a sum of cash have been stolen from a pharmacy in the North-West of New South Wales. A group of three men, one of whom was armed with a knife, entered the pharmacy on Amaroo Drive in Moree shortly before 2pm yesterday, and threatened the two female staff members. The men, who…

A would-be thief has been left empty-handed, after being confronted during an attempted robbery. According to police, the male intruder threatened an employee at a Moree newsagency with a knife at around 7-o’clock this morning. He was forced to flee, when he was confronted by another worker – who’d heard the commotion from the back…

Police have charged a man after he was allegedly spotted driving an unregistered all-terrain vehicle through Moree overnight. Authorities say he was pulled over in Amaroo Drive around 2am, and was allegedly driving on a disqualified license. The man has been refused bail and will front Moree Local Court tomorrow.

A group of five men will face court in relation to a string of alleged break and enter offences in the north of New South Wales. Over Friday night and Saturday morning, a number commercial businesses in Moree were broken into. Police were alerted to the break-ins around 5am on Saturrday, and they subsequently located…

A head-on collision between a sedan and truck has claimed the life of two people in northern NSW. The accident occurred on the Newell Highway, approximately 20 kilometres south of Moree, just after 7:30 this morning. The two passengers of the sedan, a man and a woman, died at the scene. The 42-year-old truck driver…

Two men and a woman have been charged over an alleged armed robbery in the far north of the state. Early on May 12th, four men and a woman entered a service station on the Newell Highway at Bellata, south of Moree. One of the men was allegedly armed with a rifle Police allege the…

Croppa Creek farmer and convicted killer Ian Turnbull has died in a Sydney hospital. A spokesperson for Corrective Services says the 82-year-old was taken from Long Bay Jail to Prince of Wales Hospital on March 20 and died yesterday from a terminal illness. The elderly farmer was sentenced to a minimum of 24 years in…

Phase one of the Moree Water Park project is finally underway. Thousands of trees have been planted and gravel laid along the water banks in preparation for solar panels to be installed in the coming weeks. The site will eventually become Moree’s recreational haven, with a clubhouse, sandy beach and pier all included in the…

A resolution is on the horizon for the Moree to Sydney flight deregulation debacle, with Mayor Katrina Humphries now in talks with transport minister Andrew Constance. “Now he’s fully informed on the actual facts and the reason why we are so adamant that we don’t want deregulation and I’m really confident that we’re going to…

Moree Mayor Katrina Humphries is calling for daylight saving to be shortened. She says the recent heatwave has seen school kids travelling home in very tough conditions.