Tag: News
Police pursuit ends in foot chase
By Aneeka Simonis
FOUR youths in a stolen car jumped out of a moving vehicle and attempted to flee police on foot following reports of...
Spectacle not to be missed
By Alana Mitchelson
CARDINIA and Casey teenagers will be among 3000 students performing at this year’s Victorian State Schools Spectacular.
Two hundred government schools from across...
Health care through kids’ eyes
By Alana Mitchelson
THE second instalment of a community art project, launched at St John of God Berwick Hospital, is now on display outside the...
Prized poster on rail safety
By Alana Mitchelson
A BERWICK student has won Metro Trains’ annual Rail Safety Week poster competition promoting safe travel on trains.
Grade 6 Berwick Primary School...
Long road to recovery shared
By Alana Mitchelson
CAREER operations firefighter Terry Heafield is riding his bike 2500 kilometres across Victoria, stopping at fire stations along the way to share...
Tabs on gangs the answer
By Aneeka Simonis
STREET gangs including Apex may not have got so out of control if police had access to a database enabling them to...
Long Tan anniversary memorial
By Aneeka Simonis
DOZENS gathered to pay their respects to Vietnam veterans at the 50th anniversary of the battle of Long Tan over the weekend....
Long Tan’s mud and blood
By Alana Mitchelson
VIETNAM veterans, Berwick residents and returned servicemen from other conflicts gathered together at the Berwick cenotaph for a service commemorating the 50th...
One hot Harley
By Aneeka Simonis
A CUSTOM-designed motorbike has been pinched from a burgled home in Officer.
Police said the specially-made Harley Davidson was stolen during a...
All keen to end the losses on our ‘death’ road
By Aneeka Simonis
A FAMILY still grieving over the loss of 27-year-old Ryan Downs on Healesville-Kooweerup Road earlier this year did not lose him in...
Shelter campaign goes on
By Alana Mitchelson
THE politically controversial Emerald bus shelter may have been demolished, but it has not subdued protesters’ determination to continue their pro-refugee campaign.
Residents...
Fire destroys unoccupied home
A COCKATOO property was been severely damaged after a mysterious house fire.
Seven CFA vehicles, including four first-response trucks, were called to the scene at...