NBL Wollongong Hawks given extra financial lifeline at creditors meeting and other top stories

NBL Wollongong Hawks given extra financial lifeline at creditors meeting

A decision on the future of the Wollongong Hawks NBL team has been put on hold for potentially another 45 days as creditors and the club voted Thursday to adjourn a decision on their future. However, another looming deadline for the future of their ... >> view original

Wollongong man shot in face

A 36-year-old man was shot in the face at a home on Graham Street in Unanderra shortly before one o'clock Wednesday morning. The victim was taken to Wollongong Hospital in a critical but stable condition then transferred to another hospital. Officers ... >> view original

Staying alive in Wollongong's competitive cafe culture

If you're looking for a coffee in Wollongong's CBD, you're spoilt for choice. Not only has the city's new Wollongong Central mall expansion brought a bunch of mainstream cafes to the CBD, there are a number of boutique businesses ready to make a flat ... >> view original

Wollongong Aboriginal activist pleads not guilty to child sex assault

A prominent Illawarra Aboriginal activist has pleaded not guilty to allegations he sexually abused a young girl. Roy 'Dootch' Kennedy is accused of having having sex with a girl between 10 and 16 years old in the 1990's multiple times. In Campbelltown ... >> view original

Body found in Wollongong Harbour: photos

Police investigate after body found in Wollongong Harbour: photos. By ANGELA THOMPSON AND ANDREW PEARSON. March 19, 2015, 8 a.m.. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a man's body floating in Wollongong ... >> view original

Wollongong Hawks considered links with Canberra as Andrew Gaze says NBL ...

The Wollongong Hawks were prepared to sell home games to Canberra before going into voluntary administration with a view to rebuilding an NBL presence in the capital more than a decade after the Cannons went bust. But after the Townsville Crocodiles ... >> view original

Canadian photographer's journey from NBA courtside to beachside in Wollongong

He's had Shaquille O'Neal fall on him during an NBA game, been in the locker room with his hero and ice hockey legend Wayne Gretsky after his last game, and been centimetres from the action in Major League Baseball. But when Canadian sports ... >> view original

Review: Billy Idol, Cheap Trick – Wollongong, WIN Entertainment Centre 18/03/15

It proved to be somewhat telling that power-pop pioneers Cheap Trick were introduced by a pre-recorded message calling them “the greatest rock & roll band you will ever fucking see” with the f-word bleeped out. The band are clearly hoping to maintain ... >> view original

Wollongong upper house candidate withdraws over threats

Wollongong woman Vicki Curran has withdrawn from standing for the New South Wales upper house after receiving threats. Ms Curran was going to stand as part of the 'Genuine Independents' group. The Wollongong councillor withdrew just before the ballot ... >> view original

Lone pine for Botanic Gardens as Wollongong plants Anzac tribute

It's only about one metre high, but the Wollongong Botanic Gardens' newest plant is one of the most significant to be planted there. A lone pine -a direct descendent of the seeds sent home by soldiers from the Gallipoli front line during World War 1 to ... >> view original