Three arrested after teenager stabbed
Police have arrested three men following the alleged stabbing of a 17-year-old teenager in Melton yesterday.
Police and emergency services were called to the Primary...
22-year-old faces 88 child exploitation charges
A 22-year-old former South Morang man is facing 88 child pornography charges, including "encouraging" and advising on the abduction, rape and killing of a 5-year-old girl...
Epping market opening delayed another month
The opening of the Melbourne Market at its new premises in Epping has been delayed until the end of the month.
The new market was...
Arrest nets haul of building stock
Tradies who have had items pinched recently from building sites in Melbourne’s north and north-west are being urged to contact Sunbury police.
The call comes...
Lighting the way to efficiency
The bulbs of more than 9000 street lights will be replaced with models more than three times as energy-efficient across Hume this month.
The council...
$2.3m works to begin on Riddell Road
A $2.3 million project to improve safety on one of Sunbury’s busiest arterial roads should be completed by the end of the year.
Sunbury MP...
Trade accreditation for caravan industry
A peak caravan industry body has partnered with Wodonga TAFE to offer formal qualifications in caravan manufacturing, servicing and repairs.
Caravan Industry Australia’s (CIA) industry...
Students with SmArts
Students from Hume Central Secondary College (HCSC) are getting a taste of university life as part of a program to encourage budding arts students...
Polite meeting mulls Sunbury secession process
Should a compulsory vote be held? Is there support for an independent Sunbury even if annual rates were to increase significantly?
These were among questions...
Cameras to catch dumpers
Dumping hotspots will have surveillance cameras installed if Whittlesea council’s recently appointed litter prevention officer has his way.
The council received $200,000 from the state...
McGuire questions social disadvantage report
Broadmeadows MP Frank McGuire has questioned a national report that singled out the suburb as being one of the most disadvantaged in the state.
Jesuit...
Fake council workers attempt to steal dog
A two-year-old blond Labrador from Roxburgh Park became the centre of an elaborate hoax last weekend.
The pup, named Jax, was in the backyard when...
Making sure all students eat up
A service that delivers school lunches to students who would otherwise go without is set to expand in Hume and Whittlesea.
Eat Up founder Lyndon...
Hume cleaning blitz
Hume is looking a bit more squeaky clean after a three-month, council-run clean-up.
Council staff targeted six areas, carrying out repairs, removing graffiti and cleaning...
Airport threatened with curfew
Hume council has consistently failed to protect Melbourne Airport’s buffer zone, an eminent Melbourne planning expert has claimed.
Professor Michael Buxton, who heads RMIT University’s...