Whooping cough fears prompt extra vaccinations
A campaign to spread coverage of free vaccines among Hume school students will be undertaken after a 275 per cent spike in the number...
Blind marathon runner looks back on a great life
Terry Carlson grew up in a raucous house full of children, one of nine siblings all of whom enjoyed a bit of rough and...
Thousands pack Lalor church to celebrate saint
About 1000 people packed St Luke’s Catholic Church at Lalor to commemorate the life and death of Italian saint Padre Pio at the weekend.
The...
Truck curfew causes havoc for Epping market
A night-time ban on trucks using roads in Melbourne’s north-east is causing major delays and cost blowouts for fruit growers and freight companies heading...
A night in for cancer research
Lydia Petrie was just 21 when she was diagnosed with a rare cancer on one of her ovaries.
The Epping woman was told she had...
Lalor’s history told through a mural
Bern Emmerichs has spent a lot of time in Lalor this year.
The Collingwood-based artist was commissioned by Whittlesea council to chronicle Lalor’s history in...
Big homes smash price records for outer north
Large homes on big blocks are smashing auction records in Melbourne’s outer north.
Each of the three most expensive houses sold in both Hume and...
How a love of birds led to a career in teaching
As a child, Ryan Shaw would sit on the veranda of his parents’ family home in the Yarra Valley and, using a field guide...
Broadmeadows well represented in prison population
A new report from the Victorian Ombudsman has slammed the state’s system of correctional justice for not doing enough to rehabilitate repeat offenders and...
Whittlesea golfers celebrate holes in one
Two golfers have scored the ever-elusive hole-in-one this year at Whittlesea Golf Club in Humevale.
Baden Bolingas, 21, and John Simmonds, 59, both won trophies...
Hume the stolen car capital of Victoria
Two cars are stolen every day in Hume, on average.
Latest data from the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council (NMVRC) shows more cars were...
Man sought for indecent act in Epping playground
Epping Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team (SOCIT) detectives are appealing for information from the public after a man exposed himself in a...
Councils given emergency resource grants
The state government has given Hume and Whittlesea councils $60,000 to better prepare for emergencies.
Local Government Minister Natalie Hutchins announced that funding from the...
CFA plans fuel reduction burns across Whittlesea
Wollert, Epping North, Mernda and South Morang residents should expect to see smoke this Friday as the Country Fire Authority carries out planned burns.
The...
Report shows toddler drownings up 30%
Hume and Macedon Ranges parents have been urged to ensure young children are taught to swim, with falls into water cited as the most common...
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New CCTV released following Roxburgh Park fatal crash
Police have released new CCTV as they continue to investigate a fatal crash in Roxburgh Park last month.
Emergency services responded to a crash on...
