Love Lennox festival will return in 2027 after reaching a record attendance of 15,000 visitors this year, according to Ballina News Daily. An impact report shows the event has delivered significant community value to the region.
Alstonville is hosting the Oceania Cup, a three-day female football tournament drawing hundreds of players and supporters from across the east coast, Ballina News Daily reports.
Five teenagers, including children as young as 12, were arrested following a police pursuit that began in Alstonville, Ballina News Daily reports. The pursuit followed an allegedly stolen car.
A 57-year-old man arrested in Griffith has been remanded in custody in connection with a Ballina warrant relating to alleged sexual offences involving children, Ballina News Daily reports.