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8.45am: Sad news from the central coast, where a body has washed ashore.
Human remains that could belong to missing five-year-old Chayce Kofe have been found in the water off Pearl Beach on the central coast.
The boy had been playing on the shoreline when a wave swept him out to sea nearly two weeks ago, but a subsequent air and sea search could not locate him. Story here.
8.35am: The Southcity Bulls celebrated 10 years in Group Nine at the weekend, and no big birthday is complete without a special list. Check out the Southcity Team of the Decade here.
8.20am: Charles Sturt University will appoint just its third chancellor in its history when Lawrie Willett retires in December after close to 11 years at the helm.
The university announced on Monday Meat and Livestock Australia chair Michele Allan would take up the role at the end of the year. FULL STORY.
8am: Just three months into Wagga Base Hospital's review of patronage at its hydrotherapy pool, management has elected to hike user fees as part of "significant cost recovery" measures. How big is the hike?
7.45am: A woolly mammoth with a passion for helping others whenever and wherever needed has raked in half of a cancer group's annual budget in one steely effort to bring about change.
Hay man Garry May raised about $30,000 for Can Assist Hay last week by shaving the hair off his entire head - hair, beard and eyebrows. That brings his total raised for the cancer charity to more than $65,000. See photos of Garry's shave and read more about his efforts here.
7.30am: Griffith's Fonzie Gomez was just five when he decided he wanted to be an actor.
Now 20, Fonzie is well on the way to realising his dream. Among the long list of achievements so far are appearances in music videos for Sheppard's Geronimo, Dami Im's Super Love, Vance Joy's Rip Tide and Adam Brand's new single, and he'll be hitting the big screen very soon in one of Australia's comedic ventures. Read more.
7.15am: The glory of Wagga's best kept secret is about to be revealed as the city council embarks on a $1 million upgrade of the beach as part of its ambitious Riverside master plan. See what the big change is all about.
7am: Good morning, Riverina.
Is something happening in your neck of the woods? Let us know by emailing the morning news team at online@dailyadvertiser.com.au or tweeting @FairfaxRiverina.
The Riverina forecast from the Bureau of Meteorology: Partly cloudy. Areas of morning frost and fog. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to between minus 2 and 3 above zero with daytime temperatures reaching between 14 and 18.
The South West Slopes forecast from the Bureau of Meteorology: Areas of morning frost and fog. Sunny afternoon. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to between minus 4 and zero with daytime temperatures reaching between 9 and 15.
Selena Gomez, David Spade, Willem Dafoe, Rhys Ifans, Sharni Vinson, Oscar De la Renta, Maxine McKew, Danny Glover.
1298 - King Edward I defeats Scots under William Wallace at Falkirk.
1917 - Four members of the Australian Army Nursing Service, Sisters Cawood, Deacon and Ross-King and Staff Nurse Derrer, won Military Medals for rescuing patients trapped in a burning Casualty Clearing Station at Trois Arbes, France. These were the first bravery awards won by Australian nurses in action.
1934 - American gangster John Dillinger is shot dead by FBI officers outside a Chicago cinema.
1938 - The Australian National War Memorial is opened at Villers-Bretonneux, France. This memorial lists the names of 11,000 Australian missing from the fighting around Villers-Bretonneux.
1942 - Beginning of the battle of the Kokoda Trail, New Guinea.
1. In which ocean will you find the Galapagos Islands?
2. What product or technique was invented by Clarence Birdseye in 1930?
3. Which royal prince served in the navy during the Falklands War?
4. Which is the largest lake in Africa?
5. In what year did Hitler invade Czechoslovakia?