A serial fraudster tradie is allegedly back to his old tricks ripping off WA homeowners by taking their deposits without delivering the work or issuing refunds.
Hannah Cross
The four-day celebration runs from February 26 and brings lights, art, community and a giant light up puppet called The Falcon to Calista.
Rachel Fenner
Former Rockingham mayor Barry Sammels was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia at the 2026 Australia Day Honours.
Ava Berryman
A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 months imprisonment for assaulting an officer while in custody at Karratha police station last January.
A café south of Perth sparked discussion online this week after a ‘shy’ customer returned three weeks later and made a puzzling request.
More than a dozen appliances were rushed to the scene of the blaze.
New housing, employment and transport options are coming to Rockingham’s city centre, covering 534ha from the Rockingham train station to the foreshore.
An education advocate, an Autumn Centre stalwart and a youth leader were recognised by the City of Rockingham as part of the 2026 Community Citizen of the Year Awards.
After being barred from the premises earlier in the year, the 24-year-old returned to drink at the bar in July and, after leaving, attacked the woman.
Celebrations for Australia Day will include free entertainment and fireworks at the Rockingham Beach Foreshore on January 26.
Rockingham Museum’s Changing Faces of Rockingham exhibition gives visitors a look at life before it’s now popular foreshore was established.
Rockingham’s own live arts festival returns this month, delivering 26 shows across two local venues as part of the Fringe World Festival program.
From refugee camp to viral sensation, comedian Tilahun Hailu (aka Joe White) has won multiple Fringe World comedy awards and is about to make his Rocky Fringe debut.
Victorian comedian Vanessa Larry Mitchell is bringing her self-professed “loose and wild” stand-up show to this year’s Rocky Fringe Festival.
Rockingham locals of all ages have been invited to tackle a free ninja obstacle course at Dixon Reserve on Thursday from 8am-4pm.
Ongoing vandalism and illegal 4WD and dirt bike access is threatening the biodiversity of a Rockingham park and its value to the community.
American agribusiness giant Cargill’s development plans for a $500 million canola oil factory in East Rockingham have been made public.
Matt Mckenzie
The 35-year-old will have to learn how to walk again.
The 27-year-old driver narrowly missed a bedroom where a child was sleeping.
Bethany Hiatt
A woman is in hospital with serious injuries after ploughing partway through the window of a southern suburbs home during a motorcycle crash.
The final stage of the Baldivis Sports Complex was unveiled on December 17, marking the completion of the City of Rockingham’s largest community infrastructure project.
Rockingham residents gathered on the foreshore to say goodbye to 2025 and hello to 2026 with another spectacular fireworks display.
Investigations into last week’s Warnbro bushfires remain ongoing as Specialist Strike Force Vulcan and DFES investigators are yet to find a cause.
The youngest charged is just 14 years old.
