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House fire probe

A HOUSE fire in Chapple Street is now under police and fire investigation. Firefighters were called to a house fire about 6.20pm on Wednesday. Crews from Broken Hill Fire Station and Broken Hill South found a house well alight on arrival. Broken Hill...

25 Apr 2025
Police & Courts

Man allegedly caught throwing drugs to jail

A BROKEN Hill man has pleaded not guilty to five offences related to allegedly throwing drugs over the wall of the Broken Hill Correctional Centre. The 41-year-old man, who is in custody, appeared before the Broken Hill Local Court on Tuesday, April...

24 Apr 2025
Police & Courts

Magistrate hands tied

THE driver who allegedly caused a police car chase on Saturday, April 12, has faced local court this week. After police allegedly saw the man driving a vehicle with an expired registration along Crystal Street, police indicated for...

24 Apr 2025
Police & Courts

Alleged paedophile adjourned for 5th time

ALLEGED child sex offender and former local teacher, Thomas McKeown, has had his committal hearing adjourned for two months following a tense court appearance on Tuesday, April 22. This two-month adjournment was granted in the Broken Hill Local...

23 Apr 2025
Police & Courts

Banned driver goes positive for meth

A MAN is set to face court after allegedly being found driving while disqualified and under the influence. On Sunday, officers from the Barrier Highway Patrol pulled over a green Holden Cruze in Broken Hill. Police state the driver was disqualified...

17 Apr 2025
Police & Courts

Man charged after car chase

A POLICE pursuit through Broken Hill has ended in a driver’s arrest, with the alleged offender set to face court next week. On Saturday, officers from the New South Wales Barrier Police District noticed a vehicle with expired registration while...

17 Apr 2025
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Deadly aircraft crash rocks White Cliffs

ONE man is dead following an aircraft crash in White Cliffs on Tuesday, April 15, with the sole occupant of the craft yet to be formally identified and an investigation having already begun. Emergency services were called to the scene, located about...

16 Apr 2025
Police & Courts

Local man goes viral for cruelty acts

A BROKEN Hill man has been arrested following videos shared online of him allegedly abusing native and farm animals. The videos and images are graphic and were originally shared on a local community page before being widely distributed across the...

04 Apr 2025
Police & Courts

Double identity man pleads not guilty

AN man with two alleged identities faced a committal hearing last week where he plead not guilty to a range of offences. Ryan Edgecombe, also known by an alleged alias Fred Edgecombe, attended his committal hearing via audio video link on Tuesday...

03 Apr 2025
Police & Courts

Bail denied for alleged highway runner

THE passenger who ran away from New South Wales Police officers during a vehicle stop that resulted in the seizure of the alleged proceeds and guns from a home invasion in South Australia faced Broken Hill Local Court for a bail review on Tuesday...

03 Apr 2025
Police & Courts

Jury finds man not guilty on child sex charges

A MAN has been found not guilty of child sex charges after a District Court jury in Broken Hill deliberated for half-an-hour on Friday. The 38-year-old man was charged with one count of aggravated sexual intercourse with a child aged between 14 and...

31 Mar 2025
Police & Courts

Another 2 months on bail for alleged rapist

A COMMITTAL hearing for a man charged with five counts of alleged rape and one aggravated sexual assault has been delayed for a further two months. The accused, Glenn Phillips, was excused from appearing in court on Tuesday, March 25, and was...

28 Mar 2025
Police & Courts

Magistrate pushes for McKeown brief

FORMER teacher and alleged child sex offender, Thomas McKeown, has had his committal hearing adjourned for a fourth time, passing the six month mark and leaving the presiding magistrate to push the prosecutor to deliver a brief by next month. Mr...

28 Mar 2025
Police & Courts

Driver charged following fatal crash

A DRIVER has been charged following a two-vehicle crash on the Barrier Highway on Sunday that left one man dead and two other people in hospital. The car’s driver, a woman in her 40s, was taken to the Broken Hill hospital in a stable but serious...

21 Mar 2025
Police & Courts

Not guilty outcome in Dareton glassing trial

A MAN on trial over an alleged glassing incident at Dareton in 2022 has been found not guilty. Richard Bugmy was on trial for the Broken Hill District for one count of recklessly wounding, where the jury ruled he was not guilty of the charge on...

14 Mar 2025
Police & Courts

Police track down second escaped inmate

THE second escapee from a prison break at the Broken Hill Correctional Centre on Sunday night has been located and arrested following a three-day police hunt. Two men aged 23 and 28, escaped from the prison on Gossan Street around 9.40pm on Sunday...

14 Mar 2025
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Inmate on loose after prison break

AN inmate remains at large following a two-man prison break from the Broken Hill Correctional Centre on Sunday night. The two men, one aged 23 and one 28, escaped from the facility on Gossan Street around 9.40pm. The men split after...

10 Mar 2025