Local author, Sherry Morris, was awarded a $10,000 prize for her 1999 publication Wagga Wagga: A History in the 2000 Premiers History Awards.

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Wagga insurance underwriter, Doug Hubbard, has been appointed as the new secretary of the Murrumbidgee Turf Club.

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In a shock move, Wagga Mayor, Ald Dick Gorman was endorsed as the Australian Labor Party’s candidate for the seat of Wagga after previously endorsed candidate, Ken Fletcher, stood down.
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More than 2000 people including Slim Dusty gathered at Tarcutta for a sombre service to remember truck drivers who had been killed on the nation’s roads.
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Graham Peacock is pictured hugging his daughter Sally Peacock after she was crowned Miss Wagga 2001 at the Victory Memorial gardens.
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Wagga identity and dry-cleaning pioneer, Mick Byrnes, died at Calvary Hospital aged 85.

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Retiring Wagga City general manager, Brian Andrews has been honoured by Wagga’s sister city Nordlingen for his great support of the sister city relationship.
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Melanie McMahon was announced as Miss Wagga Showgirl with Sarah Hamilton as runner-up.
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Norm Brown, Wagga television pioneer and former general manager of television station RVN-2 died at the age of 69.
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Ald Dick Gorman was re-elected to a third term as Mayor in a controversial tied ballot with Ald Brian Allen.
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