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Stephanie Scottâs killer in court for sentencing
Vincent Stanford had thoughts of killing someone when he was as young as seven or eight and by the age of 12 was acting on those thoughts by trying to strangle a school teacher, the Supreme Court has heard. Read more.
âGuiltyâ of causing death
A man has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death over an incident near Holbrook that had him facing a manslaughter trial in 2015. Read more.
Itâs Saint Stevo
TRIPLE Lavington best and fairest winner Kade Stevens has been appointed coach of Brocklesby-Burrumbuttock. Read more.
âMorale boostâ for CFA
An intervention by the federal Senate to protect firefighters has been welcomed as âgreat news for volunteersâ in the North East. Read more.
After 17 years, Kosi is back
JUSTIN Koschitzke is hoping to play about 10 matches in his homecoming at Brock-Burrum next season. Read more.
Weather
Showers and 15 degrees - getting a bit repetetive isn't it?
Regional news
Vincent Stanford had thoughts of killing someone when he was as young as seven or eight and by the age of 12 was acting on those thoughts by trying to strangle a school teacher, the Supreme Court has heard.
Peter James has been a paramedic for 41 years and delivered 22 babies, but delivered a baby mid air for the first time on Monday afternoon.
National news
One woman has been arrested during a demonstration in Sydney on Tuesday night which protested against the treatment of Indigenous youth in detention.
Labor's decision to kill off the same-sex marriage plebiscite has delayed the reform indefinitely.
It means if Australia is to achieve marriage equality, it will not be via the admittedly imperfect way proposed, even though it was the only way forward this term.
Catholic schools in wealthy suburbs across Australia are being significantly overfunded by taxpayers, with some receiving up to four times their appropriate funding levels under sweetheart deals struck in the dying days of the Rudd government.
National weather radar
International news
Every morning if Thiolina Marpaung sees or smells smoke she obsessively hunts it down to its source.
Back in October 2008 as the American people were poised to choose between Barack Obama and John McCain â it was a more innocent time âThe New Yorker magazine's David Sedarisâ tried to put himself in the frame of mind of an undecided voter.
Byron Bay woman Sara Connor and her British boyfriend David Taylor will soon be transferred to Bali's infamous Kerobokan jail to await trial over the death of Balinese police officer Wayan Sudarsa.
On this day | October 10
1928 | An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
1979 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the first of five books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction series by Douglas Adams is published.
1988 | Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down execution-style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.
1994 | The Magellan spacecraft burns up in the atmosphere of Venus.
1997 | Elton John went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Candle In The Wind 97' A re-write of his 1974 hit about Marilyn Monroe. This version was raising funds for the Diana, Princess of Wales charity, following her death in Paris. It went on to become the biggest selling single in the world ever.
The faces of Australia: Natalie Grylls
A young Riverina girl has been given the chance honour the memory of her friend with a study trip to Canada.
Natalie Grylls from Book Book was awarded the Matthew George young stockman award at the Melbourne Royal Show. The award was set up eight years ago after Mathew died in a car crash aged 21. Read more.
