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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Andrew Mangelsdorf |Jess Scully
On May 21, 1945, Geoffrey Partridge and 25 other soldiers died in Australia's worst training accident just months before the end of World War II. The army engineers, known as sappers, were training in a bunker at the Kapooka Army Base near Wagga Wagga when an explosion killed all but one. Eighty years on, Sapper Partridge's only sister Shirley Booth remembers it like it was yesterday. "My father turned up [at my school] in tears and I had never seen my father cry," she said.
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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Andrew Mangelsdorf
Photo shows Black and white photo showing Australian flag at half mast, soldiers, people in suits and several lines of white crosses.
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Feb 15, 2025 | 
dailyadvertiser.com.au | Andrew Mangelsdorf
Michael James Darmenia was arraigned in the Wagga District Court over historic sex allegations on February 14. A man facing historic Wagga sexual assault charges based on an alleged decades-old DNA hit has entered pleas in the district court.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
dailyadvertiser.com.au | Andrew Mangelsdorf
A Wagga man has breached supreme court bail after an alleged stabbing at Glenfield Park. Picture by Bernard HumphreysA Wagga man has breached Supreme Court bail after allegations of recklessly wounding a man in Glenfield Park.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
dailyadvertiser.com.au | Andrew Mangelsdorf
A Wagga teenager who brazenly stole a postie's motorbike and used it to go on a joyride during which he fetched a fresh beer from home has been sentenced in the Wagga Local Court. File pictureA Wagga teenager who brazenly stole a postie's motorbike and used it to go on a joyride during which he fetched a fresh beer from home has been sentenced.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
dailyadvertiser.com.au | Andrew Mangelsdorf
The former Pot 'n' Ketle and Karizma Hair and Beaute salon were demolished over several days this week, owner Robert Knight confirmed. Pictures by Bernard HumphreysFive months after a Wagga cafe and hairdressers were destroyed by fire under suspicious circumstances, the site has been levelled.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
dailyadvertiser.com.au | Andrew Mangelsdorf
A Tolland man has been sentenced in Wagga Local Court over a high-range DUI that ended in a crash and a dramatic citizen's arrest. File pictureA Wagga drunk-driver was detained in a dramatic citizens arrest after he crashed into a telegraph pole and tree, court documents have revealed.
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
areanews.com.au | Andrew Mangelsdorf
A former Riverina greyhound trainer has been sentenced in the Wagga Local Court after several of his dogs were shot in the head and dumped in the Murrumbidgee River. File pictureA former Riverina greyhound trainer had several of his dogs shot in the head and dumped in the river, a court has heard.
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
bordermail.com.au | Andrew Mangelsdorf
Neville William McCarthy has a two-day hearing in the Wagga Local Court over a crash that killed a 45-year-old truck driver on the Tumbarumba Road in 2023. File pictureA Riverina truck driver told police he "couldn't see anyone" in the other truck during a fiery collision that claimed a man's life, a court has heard.
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
dailyadvertiser.com.au | Andrew Mangelsdorf
A former Riverina greyhound trainer has been sentenced in the Wagga Local Court after several of his dogs were shot in the head and dumped in the Murrumbidgee River. File pictureA former Riverina greyhound trainer had several of his dogs shot in the head and dumped in the river, a court has heard.
