Sunshine
New priests see sunshine in a difficult climate
John Elder Yesterday, to a packed house at St Paul's Cathedral, Archbishop Philip Freier ordained 15 new priests in a long and formal ceremony that was broken now and then by wild applause and even vibrant...
Sunshine soccer players appeal their penalties
Adam Cooper A player knocked unconscious in soccer match brawl suspended for six months.
High-voltage salute to a bonny young lad from Sunshine
Tony Wright Ronald Belford Scott, had he lived, would have celebrated his 66th birthday today. Never heard of him?
Skipping girl to become city's sunshine
Mex Cooper Twenty years before television began broadcasting in Australia and decades before iPads had been invented, a bright little girl started to dazzle Melbourne children with a skipping rope.
Sunshine is no sure bet
Rebecca Zeeman Racegoers should incorporate a coat and umbrella into track fashion for the rest of the carnival with forecasters predicting some challenging weather ahead.
Speed check leads to 'bomb find'
Thomas O'Byrne The routine arrest of a motorcyclist for speeding speeding in Altona last week led to the appearance of the Bomb Response Unit and the evacuation of a busy intersection.
Homicide investigate death in St Albans
Deborah Gough Sunshine Hospital found a naked dead man in St Albans just before 6am on Saturday and police are treating it as a crime.
She's just a little kid: mother jailed for toddler's wall bashing
Mark Russell A woman who threw her youngest daughter against a wall several times head first after she vomited in bed has today been jailed for eight years.
Murder charge against Peirce killer dropped
Steve Butcher A man convicted in 2009 of the murder of notorious career criminal Victor Peirce has today had another gangland murder charge dropped.
Man charged with murder over St Albans shooting death
Nino Bucci and Goya Dmytryshchak A man has been charged with the murder of a woman who was shot dead in St Albans on Sunday morning.
Bashed daughter needs 'life-long care', court told
Mark Russell When Melissa Ngati, who has pleaded guilty to throwing her youngest daughter against a wall several times head first, was in Year 11 she fell pregnant for the first time at the age of 17 after a...
Body in station toilet 'may have been there for days'
Caroline Zielinski A young man has been found dead inside a disabled toilet at Sunshine railway station.
'Hot chocolate rapist' fights paying victims compo
Mark Russell The man known as the "hot chocolate rapist" has appeared in court to try to avoid paying compensation to his victims.
Sex assault on woman pushing pram
Stephen Cauchi A woman who was sexually assaulted while pushing her toddler in a pram in Melbourne's west has spoken of her terror during the ordeal.
Airport rail link essential: state study
Farrah Tomazin Transport experts say airport link not feasible unless proposed rail tunnel is built first.
Woman shot dead in Melbourne's west
Goya Dmytryshchak Homicide Squad detectives say there was no dispute over drugs before a 21-year-old woman was shot at St Albans this morning.
International crime syndicate busted
Jared Lynch Police have busted an international crime syndicate based in Melbourne and Sydney, arresting 26 people and seizing a cache of luxury goods including hundreds of thousands of dollars in casino chips...
Woman's body discovered after police siege
Nino Bucci A woman was found dead after a man armed with a 'edged weapon' was involved in a neighbourhood dispute that ended in a siege situation in Sunshine West on Tuesday morning.
Yelling, then woman found dead
Jared Lynch A woman has been found dead in Melbourne's outer northern suburbs, while a man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries.
Man charged after Blackburn stabbing
Jared Lynch and Benjamin Preiss Homicide squad detectives have charged a 28-year-old Blackburn man with murder following the stabbing death of another man early on Friday.
