The Latest Breaking News from Wollongong

An urban farm in Wollongong's CBD is taking 500 litres of commercial organic waste a week and growing fruits and herbs to give a distillery a flavoursome point of difference.

A trio of Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club (NCYC) boats are expected to do well if southerly conditions dominate in the Sydney to Hobart race next month. Four Hunter boats are in the 118-strong fleet set to contest the 77th edition of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 628-nautical mile race,…

NSW skipper Kurtis Patterson has become the 19th highest Sheffield Shield run-scorer in his team's history, edging past Donald Bradman.

Trevor Leal, 25, allegedly held a man hostage during the stand-off in the city yesterday.

Phoebe Gorman was enjoying a night out with her friends in Wollongong when her mind suddenly went "blank". What unfolded next was so traumatising for the then-19-year-old, she didn't enter another nightclub for nearly two years.

A man who allegedly led police on a pursuit through Wollongong and then took a hostage in a unit complex is due to face a NSW court.

Police have arrested a man who barricaded himself inside a Wollongong unit block for five hours after a car chase through the city.

A new book about former Wollongong mayor Frank Arkell probes the "double life" of a man who had a lauded career in public while hiding a dark secret.

A worker handling old lithium cells has suffered serious burns to his face and chest after the explosion at an industrial precinct in Wollongong.