Ferntree Gully
Back from Rome, priest on child-sex charges
Dan Oakes A Catholic priest has been charged with child-sex offences stretching back almost 40 years after police negotiated the man's return from Rome with the Catholic Church.
Priest in court on sex-abuse charges
A Catholic priest charged with sexually abusing four Victorian children more than 30 years ago has appeared briefly in court.
Motorbikes stolen in suburban ram raid
Ram raiders have smashed a ute through a Melbourne store and fled with up to 10 motorbikes.
Cop a (rubbish) tip and pop out to a pop-up learning centre
Benjamin Preiss Pop-ups have taken hold among chic fashion retailers and trendy restaurants.
State electorate makeover may cost Coalition
Tim Colebatch An overdue redistribution of state electorates could cost the Coalition one or two of its 44 seats.
Billion-dollar plan to fix dangerous roads
Adam Carey The state government will spend $1 billion to cut the road toll.
Kidnappers saw gardener, 74, as an easy target, court told
Mark Russell To the woman he paid $150 for sex after a cup of tea, the 74-year-old gardener was a 'quick money earn'.
Protest at post office closure
Clay Lucas Closure next month of a local post office in Melbourne's outer east is just the latest in a decade of similar shutdowns by Australia Post, the union representing postal workers says.
No fries with that
Chris Johnston The battle to stop McDonald's opening an outlet in the Dandenongs may appear to be lost, but in Tecoma they're not giving up.
What a mess: Driver crashes into fence
Megan Levy A drunk tow-truck driver has been arrested after causing a trail of destruction in Melbourne's east early this morning, police say.
'Dukes of Hazzard' chase driver jailed
Mark Russell A former Melbourne world kickboxing champion was jailed for at least two years today after being involved in three high-speed police pursuits described by his lawyer as "Dukes of Hazzard stuff".
Two bikies among nine charged after police raids
Megan Levy Two bikies are among nine people charged with drug offences after police raids across Melbourne's east last night.
Kickboxer's traffic Hazzards land him in court
Mark Russell A former Melbourne world kickboxing champion has today pleaded guilty to being involved in three high-speed police pursuits involving what his lawyer described as "Dukes of Hazzard stuff".
Kickboxer's fall from grace led to wild driving
Mark Russell Former Melbourne world kickboxing champion was involved in three high-speed police pursuits described by his lawyer as Dukes of Hazzard stuff.
Pair admit assault on footy star's dad
Steve Butcher Two construction workers today admitted assaulting the father of Melbourne footballer Nathan Jones.
Honouring Kokoda - the track winding back to the very heart of the Anzac spirit
Jason Dowling Seventy years ago this week, a few hundred lightly armed Victorians, on the muddy Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea, were in a bitter fight to prevent the Japanese capturing Port Moresby and...
Fumes in bakery kill father of two
Melbourne man came to Australia from Cambodia in 1990 as an asylum seeker.
Pair charged over Boronia kidnapping
Mex Cooper A man and woman have been charged with kidnapping, robbing and threatening to kill an elderly man in Melbourne's east in March.
Gardener's kidnap ordeal began with sex
Mark Russell An elderly gardener's kidnapping ordeal began when he was mowing a woman's lawn at a block of flats in Ferntree Gully and she asked him in for a cup of tea, a court heard today.
Elderly gardener's cuppa led to sex and kidnapping, court hears
Mark Russell An elderly gardener's alleged kidnapping ordeal began when he was mowing a woman's lawn at a block of flats in Ferntree Gully and she asked him in for a cup of tea, a court has heard.
