Police Investigating Hold-Up At Highfields Service Station

BY IAN CROUCH

Lake Macquarie police are investigating an armed hold up at Highfields service station.

A man entered the Metro outlet on the Pacific Highway around 4.00am on Tuesday and threatened the console operator with a knife.

It's believed he escaped empty-handed.

The male console operator wasn't injured and inquiries are continuing.

Car Crashes Into Highfields House

BY IAN CROUCH

A driver and the occupants of a house have had a lucky escape after a car crashed into the front of a home at Highfields on Sunday night.

Emergency services were called to reports of a persons trapped crash on Kahibah Road just before 9.30pm to find a car had left the road and crashed into the front porch of a home.

The driver managed to escape uninjured.

Newcastle Fire Command says the house suffered only minimal damage.

Labor Says Roads Funding Re-Announced In The Hunter

BY IAN CROUCH

The state government has been caught out re-announcing funding for a roads commitment made in the Hunter 4 years ago.

The Berejiklian government has announced $12 million will be spent to ease traffic congestion at two pinch points on the Pacific Highway at Northcott Drive, Adamstown Heights and Kahibah Road at Highfields.

However, Charlestown MP, Jodie Harrison says it's an exact repeat of a commitment made by former Premier Mike Baird in 2015 and there's not been a single shovel on site at either of these locations in 4 years.

Labor Member for Charlestown Jodie Harrison