Gun crimes drive up crime rate
Hume has experienced a 43 per cent hike in gun crime in 12 months, according to the Crime Statistics Agency.
Annual figures released on Thursday...
Residents fearful after string of shootings
When daylight fades, Trevor Bunker is hesitant to leave his Thomastown home.
Since his neighbour, Rachad Adra, was fatally shot last year when a high-powered...
Mill Park and Whittlesea youth feel jobs pain
Mill Park and Whittlesea are grappling with some of the highest rates of youth unemployment in the nation.
New research by the Brotherhood of St Lawrence...
Mill Park man must repay first-home grant
A Mill Park man has been ordered to pay back a $32,000 first-home owner grant after he was found not to have lived at...
Mrs Stock calls time on 40-year career
After seven years in her role, and 40 years in teaching, Whittlesea Primary School principal Bente Stock has announced her retirement.
The Danish-born teacher said...
Citizens arrest alleged mugger in Westmeadows
A Greenvale man who stole $25 from an elderly woman’s hands as she sat waiting for a bus yesterday has been arrested and charged.
A...
Satellites used to detect water-pipe leaks
Satellite images are being used to help detect leaking water mains as part of a Victorian-first trial supported by Western Water.
Initially developed to search...
Mickleham bushfire tree falls again
The remains of a tree, which snapped and fell on to power lines two years ago sparking the Mickleham Kilmore bushfire, has fallen across Mickleham Road.
The 100-year-old gum...
Parking restrictions for Mill Park Drive
Parking will be restricted along a section of Mill Park Drive after a petition to council complained about students taking all the spots.
Whittlesea councillors...
Elfriede’s century of war and peace
It’s been an eventful month for Elfriede Halton.
On March 1, the Mill Park resident marked 60 years since moving to Australia from Germany.
But these...
Roxburgh Park man nabbed after teen’s tip off
Police have arrested of a Roxburgh Park man for burglary and drug related offences thanks to the presence of mind of a 14-year-old boy.
The...
Inquiry into petrol drive-offs ‘not the answer’
The state’s peak body representing thousands of automotive businesses has slammed the recommendations of a parliamentary inquiry into petrol thefts.
The Victorian Automotive Chamber of...
Brave Gladstone Park security guard honoured
The Molotov cocktail didn’t enter the city jewellery store with a bang but with a soft whooshing sound.
The rudimentary petrol bomb sailed past security...
Whittlesea council says no to sky rail
Whittlesea council will oppose an elevated railway, proposed as part of the extension of the South Morang train line to Mernda.
Councillors last week voted to...
Crime spike in postcode 3064
Postcode 3064 witnessed the most crime in Hume and Whittlesea last year, according to the latest figures from the Crime Statistics Agency.
The yearly figures,...
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Ambos roll up their sleeves to save lives in other ways
A team of paramedics, First Responders, and staff from Ambulance Victoria (AV) have made 480 donations as part of an annual blood drive by...
