►The Shoalhaven is celebrating the Rio Olympics silver medal win by sailor Will Ryan. The 26-year-old is the grandson of well-known Nowra doctors, Bill and Pat Ryan. Read more.

►This time it was different. This time when Jared Tallent crossed the line for a silver medal he knew he had not been cheated out of gold. He was beaten by the better athlete. It was sport and sporting.

► Photographers were all over Rio for Day 13 of the 2016 Olympic Games. See the photos.

► Rio Olympic team chef de mission Kitty Chiller was angry when she heard that the Australian swimming team had pulled down posters of past champions, such as Herb Elliott and Cathy Freeman, from the entrance to their floors in the Australian team block in the athletes' village. Read more.

►Need a national news snapshot first thing? We've got you covered. But also check out what's happening around regional Australia …

► BATEMANS BAY: The presence of the factory trawler the Geelong Star off Batemans Bay has angered one reader and Bega MP Andrew Constance. Read more.

► WOLLONGONG: A man accused of stabbing his lover to death in a jealous rage has testified that he was relieved to discover she was sleeping with someone else and was glad of the opportunity to end the volatile relationship. Read more

► FISHERMANS PARADISE: A veteran’s moving tribute to his wife has gone viral on Facebook, with the solider praising his wife's courage in supporting him through mental illness. Read more.

► BERMAGUI: The internet has brought together the descendants of two people present when the British Royal Navy research vessel, the HMS Endeavour, docked in what is now called Botany Bay in April 1770. Read more

►BEGA: Questions remain over whether a doctor was available to see emergency patients at the South East Regional Hospital on Wednesday night. Several patients have claimed on social media this week they were told by nursing staff no-one was able to see them. However, hospital management refuted those claims, saying there was a doctor available. Read more.

►BEGA: A man has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for the sexual assault of a teenage girl in a shopping centre toilet in March. Read more

►BEECHWORTH: A head-on smash at 100km/h has left two North East Victorian men dead in the latest incident of horror on the roads. Passers-by stopped to help, but the drivers were pronounced dead at the scene. Read on

►ORANGE: People risk missing out on more than $15 million in lost superannuation being held by the Australian Taxation Office. For instance, figures released this week show the ATO is holding 909 superannuation accounts from the 2800 postcode – worth a total of $15,740,993 – that have not been touched for five years or more. Learn more

►WAGGA: About three homes have been broken into every day in the last six weeks as Wagga’s suburbs come under siege by brash criminals. Read more

►WOLLONGONG: Former Australian Olympic swimmer Melanie Schlanger has headlined the reaction to the banning of Emma McKeon from the closing ceremony in Brazil, starting an online petition to try and have her punishment downgraded. Read on

►LAVINGTON: Family and friends of a Lavington father who died in a Wodonga industrial accident have described him as a “gentle person” and a “battler”. Read more

►WARRNAMBOOL: The state government should be abolished, upper house Member for Western Victoria James Purcell says. “If I had a magic wand I would get rid of state government,” Mr Purcell said. “I think we have one too many levels of government.” Read on

►LAUNCESTON: Countertenor Nicholas Tolputt has taken out top spot in the prestigious Australian Singing Competition. The 25-year-old was awarded the $30,000 Marianne Mathy Scholarship, the Merenda Legacy Prize, equal to $8000 for Italian language training in Italy, and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Award. Read on

►Boosting competition in energy markets while spurring the take-up of more renewable energy is the "delicate balancing act" facing new Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg as he musters state and territory energy ministers for their first joint meeting after the federal elections. Read more

►Linda Dessau will repay the cost of two lavish meals paid for with taxpayer funds during a visit to London as Governor of Victoria. The costs were incurred when Ms Dessau travelled to London on official business last year to deliver a speech at the World Chinese Economic Forum. Read more

►USA: Was it a gunman? Or a prankster? Or was it really an enthusiastic crowd cheering on the gold medal efforts of Usain Bolt? No one is yet sure what  sparked the human stampede that tore its way through a terminal at Kennedy International Airport last week. But what is sure, is that the incident exposed gaping holes in the New York airport's security and chain of command. Read on

►INDONESIA: Bali police are searching for two foreigners, including an Australian, after the bloodied corpse of a traffic police officer was found on the sand on Kuta beach at 3am on Wednesday. Read on

The Newcastle Herald wanted to celebrate the photogenic nature of the Hunter on World Photo Day – that was yesterday!

Check out how photographers shared their world with the world: right here

There were emotional scenes in the Waubra club rooms in honouring Jesse Cullinan’s football retirement. Jesse took the whole occasion in his stride, just like he always did. The 16-year-old, who has Down Syndrome, is a popular figure in the Central Highlands Football League juniors and bowed out on a significant milestone of 100 games. Read more