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Lawsuit aimed at water authority

A CLASS action against the Murray-Darling Basin Authority will head to trial next month, after almost six years since being lodged. The long-running class action will see claims of negligent water management, including the failure to consider the...

25 Jul 2025
Police & Courts

Man dead in highway collision

A CRASH between a car and a truck has resulted in a fatality near Wilcannia during the week. At about 8.45am Tuesday, emergency services were called to the Barrier Highway, about 2km south-east of Wilcannia, following reports of a crash. The driver of...

23 Jul 2025
Police & Courts

Fatal car crash case adjourned

A DRIVER who crashed into a truck on the National Highway near little Topar on March 16, fatally injuring her passenger, has had her court case adjourned in Broken Hill Local Court this week. The car collided with a truck around 4pm, about 60...

18 Jul 2025
Police & Courts

Wanted

POLICE are seeking help to find Brennan Rodgers, 53, who is wanted on two warrants. He is Caucasian, medium build, 180–185cm tall, 90–95kg, with brown hair and eyes, and is known to haunt the Broken Hill area. Anyone with information should...

10 Jul 2025
Police & Courts

Alleged offender adjourned for sixth time

ALLEGED child sex offender Thomas Mckeown has once again had his committal adjourned at Broken Hill Local Court on Tuesday. This is the sixth time the case has been adjourned, and his lawyer Adam Ly, who appeared by video link, noted that this...

20 Jun 2025
Police & Courts

Man dies after stabbing

A MAN has died after an alleged stabbing in Broken Hill overnight. An investigation is underway, after emergency services were called to a home in Duff Street just after 11.50pm on Thursday night - following reports of welfare concerns. On arrival...

19 Jun 2025
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Death reported at Coles

COLES was closed for a period of time on Wednesday after a medical incident. The supermarket was temporarily closed as police investigated the death of a man at the site. Broken Hill Police have been reported as saying that the man collapsed at the...

19 Jun 2025
Police & Courts

Guilty verdict in Henderson

AFTER a day of deliberation, the jury in cause grievous bodily harm trail of Kyle Henderson retuned a guilty verdictHenderson’s trial entered its second week on Monday before Judge Robert Sutherland, with a jury finding him guilty in intending to...

13 Jun 2025
Police & Courts

Investigation into stabbing continues

POLICE are being assisted with their inquiries into a fatal alleged stabbing last week. Inquiries continue after a man died following an alleged stabbing in the state’s west last week. Just after 11.50pm on Thursday, June 5, emergency services were...

13 Jun 2025
Police & Courts

Police blitz state’s roads

MOTORISTS were urged to be safer on the road after a number of dangerous incidents during the Police’ King’s Birthday weekend operation. Operation King’s Birthday Long Weekend 2025 was a statewide road safety blitz that ran from 12am...

12 Jun 2025
Police & Courts

Jury asked to decide on amputation stabbing

A JURY has heard the details of a 2023 stabbing that caused the amputation of a local man’s leg during a trial this week in Broken Hill District Court. The altercation happened on June 20, 2023, following a fight between the accused Kyle Henderson...

06 Jun 2025
Police & Courts

Double demerits enforced

DRIVERS are encouraged to slow down and drive safely over the upcoming long weekend, with double demerit points applying from 12am this morning (Friday) until 11.59pm on Monday June 9. The sanctions are part of a statewide road safety operation for...

06 Jun 2025
Police & Courts

Man who allegedly assaulted cop faces court

A 30-year-old man will face court again in June following an alleged incident that injured three Barrier Police District constables. Following reports of a domestic incident on Thursday, May 22, Barrier Police District officers attended a home on...

29 May 2025
Police & Courts

SUV crash on Barrier fatal

A SINGLE-vehicle crash outside of Broken Hill on Sunday has proven fatal, taking the life of a 62-year-old woman. Following reports of the incident emergency services were called to the scene at about 7.10pm. The crash occurred on the Barrier Highway...

29 May 2025
Police & Courts

Man charged with assaulting security guard

A MAN has pled guilty in Broken Hill Local Court on Tuesday to common assault, with the court hearing that he had assaulted a security guard while under the influence of alcohol. Magistrate McIntosh said the assault was uncalled for and...

23 May 2025
Police & Courts

Fatal car crash driver sentencing adjourned

A WOMAN who was charged with dangerous driving occasioning death and negligent driving after an incident on the Barrier Highway in March has had her sentencing adjourned while the court awaits toxicology reports. On Tuesday, the court heard that...

16 May 2025
Police & Courts

Prisoner in hot water

A MAN had his prison sentence extended on Tuesday in Broken Hill Local Court, after he allegedly threw boiling water on another prisoner, which also accidentally made contact with a prison officer. The man, who appeared via video link, had been...

15 May 2025