Captain Koala hug for pooch
TOOMUC Fire Brigade made a recent surprise visit to one of their biggest fans - only to claim another.
The firefighting unit rolled up in...
Bin decor or eyesore?
By DANI ROTHWELL
A BIN on a tree isn’t the usual exterior decoration choice by local council, yet Henry Road residents found themselves...
Choir strikes a chord
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A CHOIR that offers more than just a place to perform captivated a Pakenham audience with a melody of sounds...
Kids’ plan to help Nepal
By DANI ROTHWELL
HERITAGE College students are travelling to Nepal to volunteer in the community and give back to schools.
Teacher at Heritage College,...
Man arrested after estate siege
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A POLICE siege in Pakenham this morning ended with the arrest of a man wanted in relation to an armed...
South-east cut off in Feds’ $385m mobile blackspot fix
By JARROD POTTER
THE Casey-Cardinia region will have to wait until next year at the earliest to receive better mobile coverage after 24...
MP slams Q&A audience ‘brainwash’
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
ANTI-TERROR MP Jason Wood has condemned ABC’s Q&A program for giving a convicted criminal the opportunity to “brainwash” other young...
Ross rips into rate rise
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
COUNCIL rates will increase by 5.5 per cent under the newly approved 2015/16 Cardinia Shire budget.
The budget, described by some councillors as...
Goon but not forgotten
By GARRY HOWE
NAR Nar Goon Football Club would like some help with solving a 50-year-old club mystery.
They want to know what 1965 premiership star...
Anti violence project in limbo
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
DOZENS of women are expected to die at the hands of their partners before the Royal Commission into Family Violence releases findings...
Shire’s weapons stats skyrocket
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
WEAPONS and explosives charges handed down to crims in Cardinia Shire have soared in the past five years.
New crime statistics indicate police...
Father’s ‘apalling behaviour’ condemned
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
A MARYKNOLL man has been condemned by a magistrate for “appalling behaviour“ after deliberately smashing a TV in front of his pre-school...
Man assaulted while trying to intervene during fight
Police are investigating an assault in a carpark in Beaconsfield last year which left a man with a fractured eye socket.
Investigators have been told...
