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Man shot by police

Police have shot a man believed to be involved in the theft of firearms from a gun club at St Marys...

Massive fire in Penrith

Fire fighters are working tirelessly to put out a raging fire, which started in the warehouse of Harvey Norman, Penrith, this...

Rudd to challenge on Monday

Kevin Rudd will challenge Julia Gillard for the Labor leadership on Monday.   Mr Rudd confirmed...

Ayres: M4 not axed

Claims from metropolitan media that the NSW Government has dumped the M4 East extension are wrong, Member for Penrith Stuart Ayres...

Festival launches in style

The streets of Penrith will light up this St Patrick’s Day when the Penrith City Festival takes on a new feel....

Chance to help local charity

The Australian Women and Children’s Research Foundation (OZWAC) is inviting the public to discover the vital work they do in the...

Bradbury backs Gillard

Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s permanency in the top job may be shaky but MP for Lindsay, David Bradbury, said his devotion...

Contamination fears

Residents in Jamisontown are living adjacent to land potentially contaminated with cancer causing chemicals, but they may not even be aware....

Out of their hands

Penrith City Council owns Billington Place car park in Emu Plains, but a decision to impose timed parking limits isn’t theirs...

'Bin Bloke' here to help

Plenty has been said about Penrith City Council’s three-bin system.   Social media debates have been...

Government assistance to locals

Minister for Emergency Management, Robert McClelland, has announced that the Australian Government is providing natural disaster assistance to western Sydney communities...

Elderly woman robbed

Police are appealing for information from the public after an elderly woman was knocked over and robbed at her home in...

Guns stolen from St Marys

Police are appealing for information after several firearms were stolen from a gun club at St Marys last night. ...

Council: This is a natural disaster

Penrith City Mayor Greg Davies held talks with the premier and local members in the immediate aftermath of last Thursday’s flash...

Storms cause havoc

A massive storm that battered Penrith and surrounding suburbs last night has left residents with a massive clean-up. ...

Post office robber caught

A teenager is due to appear in Parramatta Children’s Court charged over the alleged break, enter and steal from an Australia...

SES keeps working after floods

The State Emergency Service says it received almost 200 requests for help after Thursday night's flash floods.  ...

Stories from the floodwater

After a long night of heavy rain and rising floodwaters, Londonderry residents returned to their homes this morning to find devastation...

Major flooding across Penrith

The damage bill from Thursday night's flood emergency in Penrith could be hundreds of thousands of dollars with reports of huge...

Ute driver was drunk

The driver of the ute involved in a crash that killed 11-year-old Penrith boy Max McGregor in Urunga last month was...