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

The victim was taken to Wollongong Hospital in a critical but stable condition then transferred to another hospital. Officers from the Lake Illawarra Area Command approached a 41-year-old man on Northcliff Drive at Berkeley at around 9.30am. Police say ... >> 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 hairdresser finalist in top comp

The winner will be named on the June long weekend at Hair Expo Australia in Sydney. Salon owner Mia De Vries said it was the first time someone from the busy salon had reached that level and she was not aware of anyone else from Wollongong doing so. >> view original

Wollongong Harbour death: Man seen 'running around in underwear' before ...

The body of a man has been found floating in the water at Wollongong Harbour, in the New South Wales Illawarra, this morning. The man in his mid 30s was seen floating in the water wearing just boxer shorts at about 6:30am by two women walking on the ... >> 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

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

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

South Coast United take points from Wollongong

A pair of first half strikes ensured South Coast United secured three points in a 2-1 win over Wollongong Olympic at PCYC on Easter Monday. Liam Unicomb and Sinan Dilber both got on the scoresheet in the opening stanza to keep United undefeated ... >> view original