Police were called to a home in Wickham, in the harbourside city's CBD, to investigate a theft when they were "threatened" by a man armed with a knife".
The friend of a woman former NRL player Jarryd Hayne is accused of sexually assaulting told her "that's rape" after reading a message about their interaction.
Paramedics and the Westpac Rescue Helicopter are responding to the incident in Cooranbong, west of Morisset off the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway just before 11am.
Ex-NRL player Jarryd Hayne allegedly cleaned blood from his hands and mouth before hopping in a waiting taxi and leaving the home of a woman he sexually assaulted, a court has heard.
The 25-year-old, known to many in the area as "Donnie", was shot in a home on Traders Way, in Heddon Greta, 20km east of Cessnock bout 11pm on December 27.
Former Newcastle Knights player Marc Glanville had cleaned up while moving house and threw several bags over the fence of a closed Salvation Army store.
A distraught Newcastle widower has questioned why Optus hung on to his deceased wife's personal information for years, leading to her details being stolen by hackers.
James "Jimmy" Blee, 62, was initially arrested attempting to board a flight to Singapore in May, after the diver was found next to a $20 million cocaine haul.
Staff at a Newcastle Bunnings Warehouse have conducted a citizen's arrest on an alleged thief who tried to steal a drill by stuffing it down their pants, police said.