Book lifts lid on home
The key figure in one of Australia’s enduring mysteries spent his formulative years in Pakenham.
Lewis Lasseter spent part of his youth in the Salvation...
Chook truck rolls over on Pakenham Road
Traffic was blocked on Pakenham Road for four hours last Friday as a B-double carrying livestock lost control and rolled onto its side.
The Pakenham...
Brett Owen reaches 20 years on council
Longtime councillor Brett Owen has marked 20 consecutive years representing his community, and says he is just as keen in his role today as...
Koowee’s Mateja crowned Rodeo Queen of Australia
Kooweerup’s Mateja Martinovic will be galloping all the way to the United States after she was named Australia’s Rodeo Queen.
Ms Martinovic was crowned on...
Renewed bushland search for missing 24-year-old woman
Investigators are scouring bushland in a renewed search for a 24-year-old woman three years after her mysterious disappearance.
Lucinda Miller was last seen in Neerim...
Small business drowning in crime
A local butcher has become the latest victim speaking out against Victoria’s worsening retail crime and machete madness.
Steve Morris, owner of Griffin Butchers in...
Battle against graffiti
A longtime Berwick resident, Leigh Lox has spent more than a year advocating for action against graffiti across Southeast, but the issue remains largely...
Emerald student wins ceramic award at Melbourne Show
Emerald Primary School student Jack Watson has taken out first place in the ceramics section at this year’s Royal Melbourne Show, impressing judges with...
Day celebrates unassuming rarity
Pakenham residents and conservation experts recently gathered to highlight a hidden gem of conservation right in the heart of Pakenham.
The Pakenham Grasslands Reserve is...
Civilians arrest armed robber who preyed on kids
A 20-year-old armed robber’s allegation of being ferociously assaulted during a citizen’s arrest in Dandenong South has been dismissed by a Victorian judge.
Andrya Oshla,...
Charity evicted from material-aid warehouse
A refugee charity founder says he is shocked after his group was evicted from Greater Dandenong Council-owned storage buildings in Noble Park North.
After months...
$15m cannabis crop seized, eight arrests in Devon Meadows
Eight people have been arrested and a $15 million cannabis crop dismantled after police raids in the South East.
Springvale Divisional Response Unit officers and...
Pakenham Secondary good samaritans set example
Students from Pakenham Secondary College were recognised for setting an example of maturity and compassion after they helped an injured student from another school.
On...
