Tag: News
Hunt for knife gang
POLICE are on the hunt for four intruders who allegedly entered a Cranbourne home armed with a knife.
A police report alleges four people...
School icon faces bulldozer
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
IT CAN almost be called an antique; this sentimental icon of Hampton Park faces demolition.
The Hampton Park Old School House may...
Cycling precinct on track
By JARROD MCALEESE
CONSTRUCTION has commenced at the Casey Fields Cycling Precinct on a $2.87 million project that includes a new BMX track, car park,...
Couple segregated after strangulation attempt
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
A HAMPTON Park husband-and-wife will be working in their business outlet on separate days after the man throttled his wife in a...
Stranger danger on the streets
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
PEDESTRIANS are being bashed, lied to and robbed by barefaced thieves at new and disturbing rates across the south-east.
The threat of...
Picnic time for kids
BY JARROD McALEESE
CASEY youngsters were treated to a picnic held at the Cranbourne Botanical Gardens on 5 May as part of National Family Day...
They are golden
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
SOUTH-EAST musicians have come up gold.
Three of the region’s most talented performers were picked for Melbourne radio station, GOLD 104.3s, ‘Build-A-Band’ competition...
Disturbed intruder takes to his heels
A WOMAN asleep in her Clyde North home was awoken to an intruder.
The female victim, who was home alone, screamed when she saw...
Street robbery attempt
A DARK skinned crook armed with a gun and a knife demanded two men's wallets in an attempted street robbery in Cranbourne South.
Two...
Change takes time for men behaving badly
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
WAITING lists for family violence programs for men are mirroring Casey’s high domestic abuse rates.
Casey Family Violence Unit head Sergeant Ian...
Husbands testing the limits of love
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
WIVES restricted to spend as little as $10 per week on personal items - by controlling husbands - is becoming a growing...
Cartridges back in the pool
CASEY residents have saved the equivalent of 24 backyard pools of waste from landfill.
Statistics from Planet Arc’s product stewardship program, ‘Cartridges 4 Planet...