Police have charged the man after he allegedly grabbed his 15-year-old victim by the hair, dragged her into nearby bushland and sexually assaulted her.
Geoff Vivian
A former WA teacher and basketball coach in Geraldton who molested a teenage student more than a decade ago has walked free from court after being given a suspended sentence.
Emily Moulton & Liam Beatty
Historic Yamatji Nation Indigenous Land Use Agreement starts today.
Staff reporter
Geraldton swimmers were stung by jellyfish on the weekend, and according to an expert, their presence is not common in the area at this time of year.
Elise Van Aken
Two local eateries have scooped nominations for State awards, overcoming pandemic restrictions to serve up some of the west’s best food and entertainment to the community.
A bubbly but hard-working man with a “heart of gold” is how Mervyn Cashin’s family will remember the respected 59-year-old nurse, who sadly passed away on Tuesday surrounded by family.
EXCLUSIVE Elise Van Aken & Liam Beatty
The police constable who fatally shot an Aboriginal woman in Geraldton last year is the first WA officer to be charged with murder in the line of duty in almost a century.
Tim Clarke
City abandons move to buy old Fire Station, superblock and South Gate Dunes.
Final report on freight corridor is expected late January.
Geraldton’s pressure-cooker rental market is being squeezed to record levels, while sales activity is soaring as the city is fast becoming a full house.
Lisa Favazzo
Men’s Hub co-ordinator Lam-Vy Phan has personal experience of how tight Geraldton’s rental market has become, waiting more than three months to secure a lease.
The neighbour involved in the Chapman Valley dog death case says staffy put down by rangers had twice attacked her pet kelpie.
Peter Sweeney
The man whose “erratic” actions caused police to place Nagle Catholic College into lockdown last month has been sentenced after pleading guilty in Perth.
Liam Beatty
A long-time employee for the Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service has died in hospital four days after he was discovered outside his Rangeway home with serious injuries.
In a generous act, a 72-year-old man who had been assaulted by a stranger with anger issues asked for his assailant to be spared any jail time.
GEOFF VIVIAN
Tane Phillip Jon Hough, 27, was arrested by police at his Dongara home after a raid at 12.50pm on September 23.
Detectives in WA’s Mid West are on the trail of a man who allegedly strolled into a pharmacy wearing shorts, sandals and a broad-brimmed hat before threatening a worker with a knife.
Sarah Steger
A family is devastated and outraged after Chapman Valley Shire shot dead its pet dog ‘without notice’ following a fight with a neighbour’s dog.
Kate Campbell & Peter Sweeney
Geraldton detectives are investigating an incident that occurred early this morning which saw a man in his 50’s hospitalised.
Geraldton footy export Harry Taylor is one of our most successful AFL stories. Tomorrow, the Geelong defender’s story could enter elite company if he wins his third premiership medal.
Arson has been ruled out of a $1 million fire which destroyed a commercial laundry in Geraldton on Thursday.
Damaged cave art leads to calls for an Aboriginal ranger position to be established to protect cultural sites near Geraldton.
Commercial vessels battling COVID-19 infections would be barred from collecting their cargo in a policy being investigated by the WA Government.
Josh Zimmerman
Arson Squad police from Perth are investigating a fire which destroyed Geraldton’s only commercial laundry in the early hours of Thursday.
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