Tamworth

A spokesperson for Tamworth Regional Council said an estimated 2000 people braved the early-morning cold at No. 1 Oval on Saturday morning to witness the artistic event Tamworth's mayor called "a huge success".

Celebration highlights include Australia Day Award ceremonies at Barraba, Manilla, Nundle and Tamworth, a best Aussie hat competition at Bendemeer, fireworks at Kootingal and Tamworth, and a classic Australia Day cricket match at Woolomin.

Tamworth council's general manager Paul Bennett and mayor Russell Webb fielded questions from a concerned public over a proposed rate increase at a consultation session in Tamworth.

Tamworth Regional Residents and Ratepayers Association Vice President David McKinnon says there are "a huge number of ways" Tamworth council should try to save money before considering a rate rise.

The festival is the biggest in Australia, with non-stop country music in Tamworth this week heralding the unofficial return of the iconic Tamworth festival dedicated to the genre.

NSW Nurses' and Midwives Association Tamworth branch secretary Jill Telfer says years of real wage decreases play a major role in the midwifery shortage at Tamworth hospital.

Tamworth Dramatic Society's second production of the year, Opera Australia is returning to Tamworth and Sensorium Theatre visiting for the first time.

They will make Tamworth's Mercure Hotel their home for the next two weeks, the accommodation adjacent to West Tamworth League Club.

Across all three senior grades this weekend, North Tamworth will play the Werris Creek Magpies at Jack Woolaston Oval.

A DRINK driver mounted a kerb and crashed into a letterbox after he lost control of his car at a Tamworth intersection.

After going to the Sunshine Coast for this game, they’ve got a lot of travel ahead with the Tigers in Tamworth, Sharks in Perth, Dragons in Cairns and Knights in Newcastle.

After video footage of a violent attempted carjacking in Tamworth surfaced online police labelled the attack as 'disgraceful' and 'disgusting'.

After winning big in Tamworth last weekend at the Texas Star Performance Horses campdraft, he’s now looking to his next event as he juggles riding, training and horse breeding.

A landmark that simply screams Tamworth is the 12-metre tall, half-tonne golden guitar.

Allied health staff joined HSU members taking strike action at Westmead, Royal North Shore Hospital, Prince of Wales and in Tamworth and Lismore.

Alongside the beaver introduction at Ewhurst, Iron Age boars and Tamworth pig sows have been introduced to movable enclosures in the woodland to recreate natural processes, and drains are being blocked to restore areas that were once wetland.

A MAN has been killed in a motorbike crash two days after another young rider lost his life in Tamworth.

And interstate destinations include Newcastle, Albury, Mildura, Avalon, Melbourne, Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie and Tamworth.

And re-elected Nationals MP for Tamworth, Kevin Anderson, will be able to continue his promised 'push' for a school at Moore Creek, under Labor's plan to deliver new and upgraded public schools in rapidly growing areas.

And you've got this young Australian from the small country town of Tamworth.