Gondak Welcomes Albury, Porter and other top stories

Gondak Welcomes Albury, Porter

Head coach and director of Penn State cross country and track & field John Gondak has announced the signing of Keianna Albury and Anton Porter. Albury and Porter will enroll in classes starting this fall. "We are extremely excited to announce the ... >> view original

Albury mayor regrets 'poor choice of words' about women walking alone

New South Wales police said the teenager in Albury was walking across a footbridge just before 6.30pm when she was confronted by three men. She was dragged into nearby bushes while being threatened with a knife, then sexually assaulted. >> view original

Albury mayor Kevin Mack's comments spark outrage after teen is raped at ...

Police have issued images of three men wanted in connection with the violent assault in Albury, NSW of the teen at 6.30pm on Tuesday. The terrified victim was followed on to a footbridge by the men, who dragged her into nearby bushes and raped her ... >> view original

Albury assault allegation revealed as false

The spokesman said police had been told the 17-year-old girl was sexually assaulted after being confronted by the trio while walking across the Dean Street footbridge in Albury on Tuesday at about 6.30pm. The statement said detectives from Local Area ... >> view original

ATO to cut hundreds of casuals from Albury office

Hundreds of casual Australian Tax Office workers in Albury will lose their jobs as the site winds down its paper processing, according to the public sector union. The ATO announced it would begin outsourcing paper processing from September this year ... >> view original

Bright spark of a project helping tackle Albury's graffiti

In March a number of electricity boxes within the city's CBD were covered in photographs of old buildings to not only celebrate Albury's local history but to also lower the amount of graffiti commonly seen on the blank boxes. During the installation of ... >> view original

Police plead for clues to missing Albury man Charles Joseph after possible ...

Police are investigating a possible sighting of a missing Albury man at a business in Hay in south-west New South Wales. Charles Joseph, 59, from the Albury suburb of Lavington, was last seen by his wife last Wednesday at a house they are renovating in ... >> view original

Albury café allegedly coerced foreign workers into paying fee for visa support

According to the Fair Work Ombudsman, an Albury café owner allegedly coerced two Indian workers into paying thousands of dollars cash in return for visa support. The two young cooks were allegedly escorted by café owner, Fares Ghazale, on a weekly ... >> view original

Albury policeman posts selfies on FACEBOOK page of woman who lost her phone

A lost iPhone was reunited with its owner after police posted a series of bizarre photos on the woman's Facebook page in a bid to track her down. The phone, which belonged to Bella Crooke from Melbourne, was handed in to Albury Police Station on the ... >> view original

Images released of three men sought over sexual assault of teenager in NSW ...

Computer-generated images have been released of three men sought over the violent sexual assault of a teenage girl in Albury on the NSW-Victoria border earlier this week. The 17-year-old victim was walking home from work along a footbridge on Dean ... >> view original