Tag: News
Brave for the shave
By BRIDGET COOK
MAIMOAGA Sofara hopes that when she parts with her long locks this month she can show those battling cancer that they are...
Clubbers collared
POLICE charged a man for carrying a firearm and drug offences during a sniffer dog operation at a Berwick nightclub last week.
Members of the...
Moves against crime
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
NON-RESIDENTIAL burglaries have risen by 17.9 per cent in Casey over the past year, according to raw offences statistics released by Victoria...
‘Azum’ comes clean
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
A GRAFFITI vandal convicted for tagging a railway station car park and an early learning centre has been told he wouldn’t last...
Jared’s work goes on
By BRIDGET COOK
ONE year on from the tragic death of Jared Dunscombe, a fund in his honour was launched last week to ensure the...
Boom town
By BRIDGET COOK
CLYDE North is set to be Casey’s next boom town after visions for the suburb’s future were released this week.
Planning Minister Matthew...
Students’ Asia edge
By BRIDGET COOK
A GROUP of Alkira Secondary College students are off to China this month to help give them a competitive edge in the...
Diversion opinions divided
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
A DRUG treatment clinician says the jury is out on the success of drug courts’ mandatory diversion treatments for ice-addicted offenders.
Dr Matthew...
Hot cars burn parents
By BRIDGET COOK
THE message of the dangers of leaving kids in hot cars is not getting through to Casey residents, with more than 40...
Gang force their way into home
FOUR men forced their way into a bungalow in Hampton Park while the resident was home and stole a number of valuables over the...
Kiwis call for rebuild help
By CASEY NEILL
CHRISTCHURCH is rising from the rubble, three years after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake flattened the New Zealand city.
And businesses in Melbourne’s south...
Fatal train smash driver to stand trial
By CASEY NEILL
A NARRE Warren truck driver has been ordered to stand trial in the Supreme Court over a fatal train crash in Dandenong...