Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Sport
Saturday saw one of the biggest attendances of men to play golf in a club event for sometime. Thirty-two men played a stableford round with stalwart Rob O’Halloran (21) (pictured) winning the day with 36 points from second Brian Simmons (10) on CB. Third was Ken Whitfort (10) 35 from fourth Chris Dunne (7) also…
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Police News
Homicide Squad detectives are investigating following a fatal stabbing in Prahran on Sunday morning (Apr. 20). Emergency services were called to reports a man had been stabbed during an altercation on Chapel St on about 1.30am. The victim, believed to be a man in his 20’s, was taken to hospital where he later died. At…
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Police News
A 6-year-old boy who went missing from an Olinda play space has been reunited with his family after spending the night lost in the Dandenong Ranges. The Forest Hill boy, who has autism and is non-verbal, was at a family gathering celebrating Easter at the Olinda Monbulk Road when he wandered off about 4pm Friday…
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Police News
A man has died in hospital following a collision in Greenvale. Emergency services were called after a Kia Cerato and a Honda CRV collided on Somerton Rd about 11.50pm on Friday, March 21. It is understood the Kia left the road and rolled. The female driver of the Honda suffered minor injuries and was taken…
Read More about HUME: Man, 19, dies after Greenvale crash
Police News
Melton Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following an alleged aggravated burglary where a man was threatened with a firearm in Hillside. It is alleged five male offenders approached a house on Antonietta S just after 2am on December 30. Three occupants, a 50-year-old man, a 49-year-old woman and a 15-year-old boy were…
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Community News
The total raised for the 2025 Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal is $23,822,792 – a new record.
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Local People
“Macey Norman, Penny Freeman and Sienna Hamilton from Healesville Primary School deserve a pat on the back for raising over $4000 between them in the school Colour Run fundraiser, part of an overall $16,000 to be put to two interactive play spaces and a resurface of the gymnasium hall,” Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish told Parliament.“Congratulations…
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Police News
Crime is so bad on Clyde streets that families and sending out their own fathers, driving around in cars, to create security on the streets, says Berwick MLA Brad Battin (pictured).“Crime in this state has been rewarded under this government for far too long, and the person that weakened the bail laws has now been…
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Police News
Police will prepare a report for the Coroner following the death of a woman in San Remo on Good Friday morning (Apr. 18). Emergency services were called to a beach off Punch Bowl Rd about 8.30am after reports two women and a man had been washed off rocks and were in the water. One of…
Read More about BASS COAST: Woman dies at San Remo
Police News
Police report a fatal crash in Werribee on Good Friday morning (Apr. 18).It is understood a car crashed into a lamp post, then into a parked vehicle on Sneydes Rd about 11.20am.The male driver died at the scene. Two male passengers were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.Exact circumstances surrounding the incident are being investigated.
Read More about WYNDHAM: Fatality at Werribee