A young P-plate driver involved in a fatal crash on the Midland Highway two years ago unintentionally drove onto the wrong side of the road just before the incident, a coroner has concluded. Jacob Allan Donohue and Will Cecil Oliver, both 19, tragically lost their lives in the head-on collision with a truck just north […]
Mon Jan 22, 2024 - 11:00amTwo teenagers are in trouble with authorities after they were caught driving an allegedly stolen Toyota at speeds exceeding 160km/h through Tasmania’s Midlands this afternoon. According to police, the pair will spend the night in custody after allegedly attempting to evade officers who had spotted them on the Midland Highway near Stonor at around 3:30pm […]
Sun Jan 21, 2024 - 7:40pmA small community in the Central Highlands is on alert after a bushfire broke out a short time ago. An advice warning has been issued for Jones River Road and the Derwent River area at Ellendale, urging locals to monitor the conditions and check their bushfire plan. The TFS say the fire is travelling in […]
Tue Jan 16, 2024 - 5:10pmTasmania’s biggest ever solar project, strong enough to power a quarter of the state’s homes, has been approved by the Northern Midlands Council overnight. 670,000 solar panels will be installed at Connorville Station in Cressy, producing 288 megawatts of renewable energy. State Energy Minister Nick Duigan said it’s another big step in growing Tasmanian’s renewable […]
Tue Dec 12, 2023 - 12:37pmA Victorian Gothic church building in Tasmania’s Midlands is up for sale for the first time in 141 years. The Ross church was formerly home to the Uniting Church in Australia, but the building has not been used as a place of worship for the past five years. The listing agents say the property is […]
Wed Nov 15, 2023 - 4:30pmA 59-day-old Tasmanian infant who passed away while sleeping alongside his mother “would not have died if he had been in his own cot”, a Coroner has found. The infant, identified only as FG, died on February 17th this year after his mother moved him to a single mattress with her when he “would not settle” […]
Wed Nov 15, 2023 - 10:05amThe reopening of Campbell Town’s public memorial pool has been postponed for the start of the season after some areas of the pool were found to be in “very poor condition”. According to the Northern Midlands Council, staff identified the ‘significant damage’ during recent fibreglass and re-coating work. The council say work to remove the […]
Thu Nov 2, 2023 - 4:30amA Midlands man has been busted over the improper storage of his firearms and for failing to comply with the conditions of his firearms licence. During an ‘Operation Saturate’ search of a property in Levendale, which was initiated based on a tip from members of the public, the 49-year-old was found to be committing “several […]
Thu Oct 19, 2023 - 5:30pm9 months since the closure of Zeps Cafe, Tassie chain LivEat have confirmed they’ll be moving into Campbell Town. The ‘healthy eating’ store is one of two food outlets moving into the Midland Highway pitstop town, with Tatler Lane by Sweetbrew set to open on High Street later this month. Tatler Lane plan to open […]
Tue Oct 17, 2023 - 12:55pmA coroner has found that a young man killed in a motorcycle crash in 2021 was more than four times the legal alcohol limit and speeding at the time of the crash. The unidentified Launceston man was seen overtaking vehicles at about 200km/h before the November crash, estimated to have been travelling at a minimum of […]
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