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April Shepherd

April Shepherd is an experienced journalist and editor with seven years varied experience; writing on everything from parenting, local government and infrastructure, to relationships, sex and crime. Boasting interviews with government executives, motivational speakers and a narco who worked with the likes of Pablo Escobar. A Tassie girl at heart, April lived in Melbourne for eight years where she freelanced for magazines such as Offspring and Fashion Journal, and edited Council Magazine for two years. In her free time, she loves to travel, op-shop, go on road trips with her Kelpie pup Stella, paint and be creative.

News

Connecting police and locals with trial platform

NEW South Wales Police are encouraging the community to embrace its BluLink platform when it comes to reporting crime. The Barrier Police District has been using its Facebook to educate the public on the BluLink platform, in case of emergency. BluLink...

30 May 2025

Health

Public reminded to use phone health service

NEW South Wales Health Minister Ryan Park has launched a campaign urging the public to use phone service Healthdirect as cold and flu season ramps up. The phone service is free, available 24/7, and provides the public with instant health advice. The...

29 May 2025

Health

Medical trial brings big win to family

FOR the Manning family, Christmas last year signified the beginning of a fierce health battle for their youngest son, Waylon, with the 10-year-old diagnosed with a rare cancer unresponsive to treatment - until the family entered him into an...

20 Apr 2025

News

Land services seek feedback

NEW South Wales Government agency Local Land Services, or LLS, which seeks to help farmers and landholders and rural communities manage land better is asking people to complete a survey on the way the organisation elects board members. The review...

04 Apr 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...

14 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...

12 Mar 2025

Police & Courts

Witnesses take the stand at glassing trial

A TRIAL of a man charged over the alleged glassing incident of another man at Darton in 2022 continued with multiple witnesses taking the stand on late on Thursday and Friday in the Broken Hill District Court. The alleged incident took place in...

08 Mar 2025

Police & Courts

Trial begins for alleged glassing

A TRIAL got underway in Broken Hill District Court this week for a man accused of assaulting another man with a glass bottle. Forty-year-old Richard Bugmy is on trial for allegedly recklessly wounding 31-year-old Jason Smith in an incident on 8...

06 Mar 2025

Police & Courts

Police hunt down alleged thieves, bikes recovered

NEW South Wales Police, along with avid motorbike rider and Mildura-local Chloe Ackerley, spent the better part of the week hunting two of Ms Ackley’s motorbikes after they were stolen on Saturday, February 1, from the Broken Hill Tourist Park. Ms...

09 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Alleged victim likely blinded from assault

A WENTWORTH man who allegedly attacked a person with a metal pole, potentially causing blindness in one eye, has had his bail refused and charges upgraded in Broken Hill local courtThe 28-year-old Phillip Brad Harrison, was charged...

24 Jan 2025

Travel

Timetable changes open for comment

NSW TrainLink, New South Wales’ long distance public transport operator, had opened its proposed coach timetable changes to the community for comment, with the changes aiming to create more travel options for locals. The timetable changes will occur...

17 Jan 2025

News

Mildura man wins Broken Hill raffle

WHEN Lions Club of Broken Hill announced the winner of its Christmas raffle grand prize, a brand-new car, the lucky recipient said he couldn’t believe his luck. Mildura father and former Broken Hill local Trevor Rogers, aged 78...

05 Jan 2025