Pascoe Vale
Almost 40 years on, man sought over sex offences
Stephen Cauchi A man who commited sex offences in Melbourne's northern suburbs in the 1970s is being hunted by police.
Runaway driver leaves passenger critical
A driver has fled the scene of a head-on crash, leaving his passenger clinging to life.
Call for strike breakers to keep schools open
Henrietta Cook More than 170 Victorian state schools will close Thursday, as thousands of teachers, principals and support staff go on strike.
Building a love of Lego brick by brick
Andrea Petrie Ryan McNaught is the centre of attention at dinner parties, barbecues and every social function he attends.
Smoking Smurfs sought over blue in the suburbs
Jared Lynch Smurfs are known for being loveable, blue cartoon characters that burst onto television screens in the 1980s.
Four Smurfs arrested over assault
The boys in blue have caught up with blue men - four Smurfs arrested over an assault at a Melbourne store.
Boom towns
Shane Green In the darkness of the pre-dawn, Cristin Smith would crawl out of bed and make her way from her Airport West home to Watergardens train station. From there, she would catch a train just after 6.
Hooded man jumped from train after assault
Chris Hingston Police are searching for a man who leapt from a moving train after assaulting two people.
'One stupid decision': Three teens dead in midnight road carnage
Megan Levy and Jared Lynch Three young people are dead and two others are fighting for their lives in hospital after a horror smash in Melbourne’s north early this morning.
Three crash teens 'had been in state care'
Jared Lynch An overwhelming sense of sadness fell across Melbourne on Thursday night as the friends of three teenagers killed in an overcrowded car sought comfort in one another.
Yasmein 'wanted to be loved by everyone'
Jared Lynch After the car crash that killed her daughter Yasmein Irfan, Christine Onder said the 14-year-old wanted to turn her life around.
High-end stores, cars targeted in burglaries
Nino Bucci About $250,000 worth of clothing has been stolen from some of Melbourne's most expensive boutiques during a series of smash and grabs using steel fire hydrant covers, police claim.
Smart-meter sabotage 'led to stroke'
Megan Levy An 86-year-old man whose smart meter was sabotaged with a mystery chemical in Melbourne’s north believes the stress of someone trespassing on his property contributed to a stroke he suffered the next...
Parliament says sorry for 'disgraceful' forced adoptions
Henrietta Cook The Victorian parliament has apologised to people harmed by "disgraceful, ill-conceived" past adoption practices that forcibly removed tens of thousands of babies from their mothers.
Tears as state says sorry for thousands of forced adoptions
Henrietta Cook When Joy O'Connor fell pregnant at 18 she was told the only decent thing she could do was give up her baby for adoption.
Four arrested over gaming hold-ups
Nino Bucci Heavily-armed police have arrested four men over a series of violent hold-ups at gaming venues in Melbourne.
Pizza king death driver pleads guilty
Steve Butcher Man pleads guilty to dangerous driving that caused the death of Rocco Pantaleo.
Teacher jailed for 'non-predatory' sex abuse of student
Mark Russell A judge today jailed a computer teacher for at least two years for sexually abusing a schoolgirl - but said his actions were not predatory.
Doing less with less?
Clay Lucas YOU need a lot of support to run a primary school well. Just ask Peter Adams, principal at Pascoe Vale North Primary for eight years, and a teacher with more than three decades' experience.
On $160 a week, Mokbel amassed millions: documents
Ben Butler and Andrea Petrie In 1995, Tony Mokbel was a humble pizza shop owner with total assets of $128,000. Six years later, the drug lord had somehow amassed a $15 million fortune, court documents show.
