Thomastown
'Give us a voice for Wade ... Please help'
Jared Lynch Detectives investigating the death of 26-year-old Wade Vandenberg are seeking two unknown men who could help solve the case.
Gang jailed for wave of 'terror and violence'
Steve Butcher Courtroom erupts after two 20-year-old men receive long prison terms for a wave of armed robberies.
For sale: Fortress for the security-conscious
Chris Vedelago The metal-clad fortress of a former bikie is on the market.
One dead, another injured in mystery shootings
Stephen Cauchi Two mysterious shootings - one fatal - have occurred in Melbourne in the early hours of Thursday morning.
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.
'Bikie' trio front court
Stephen Cauchi Three men police claim have links to the Hells Angels bikie gang have been granted bail in the Melbourne Magistrates Court.
Eight arrested in mass drug bust
Eight men have been arrested after police uncovered a large-scale drug operation being run out of homes in Melbourne's north and west.
Heavily armed men threaten lone shopkeeper
Deborah Gough Police investigators are appealing for witnesses who saw a shopkeeper threatened by men with a firearm, knives and poles at Thomastown.
Residents flee as fire bites Melbourne's northern edge
Carolyn Webb and Darren Gray Residents evacuated their homes and peak-hour traffic was gridlocked as an out-of-control fire threatened northern Melbourne on Monday.
Blaze-shift fears as wind change blows through
Adrian Lowe Fire crews battling a large blaze on Melbourne's northern outskirts fear a wind change may once again start burning towards homes.
100 jobs go as Amcor cans drinks-lid facility
Clay Lucas Amcor will close a beer can facility it runs in Thomastown in July and outsource the work to another manufacturer.
Bear-tackling sex attacker gropes seven in Melbourne's north
Jared Lynch and Adrian Lowe A man on a motorbike has sexually assaulted several women while they walked or jogged along bike paths in Melbourne's northern suburbs, police believe.
Sex attacks charge
Bridie Smith Phillip Taupin will appear in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday after being charged over a series of sexual assaults on bike paths in Melbourne's north-western suburbs.
Alleged bike-path attacker faces court
Mark Russell A man accused of attacking women while they were walking or jogging on bike paths in Melbourne's west appeared briefly in court on Thursday.
A perfect murder except for one big miscalculation
John Silvester It would have been the perfect murder if the little man sitting on the offender's shoulder would just shut up.
Teen thieves return wallet after witnesses intervene
Adrian Lowe Witnesses to a bashing and robbery in Melbourne's east on Sunday night dispensed their own justice and forced three teenage attackers to wait to be arrested.
Arrests over fast-food robberies
Kristian Silva Police are on the hunt for at least three men involved in a series of burglaries, where more than $100,000 was stolen from at least 43 fast food restaurants.
Crushed, body left in acid: jail over callous killing
Andrea Petrie A man who brutally murdered a friend because he wrongly believed he had dobbed him in to police about a hydroponic drug crop he was growing has been sentenced to more than 23 years' jail.
Tyre blow-out causes traffic headaches
Megan Levy A cement truck crashed into another vehicle and rolled onto its side when its tyre blew out in Melbourne's east during peak hour, police say.
Two men sought over taxi driver robberies
Lachlan McLean Police are looking for two men who held up and robbed taxi drivers in Melbourne's north this week.
