Tag: News
The beat goes on
You can’t stop the beat – just ask musicians from the Werribee Concert Band.
Members of the band have put together an isolation video to...
Song lights up the charts
Werribee singer and songwriter Daniel Reeves was on the phone when he found out that his latest single had reached top spot on the...
Mother-daughter bond inspires
Victoria University graduate Rochelle Smith says she was inspired to become a paramedic after learning about her mother’s battle with chronic diseases.
Ms Smith, 22,...
Suburbs feel pandemic pain
Werribee and Hoppers Crossing residents are potentially most at risk of job losses because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report.
The Centre...
Marathon charity effort
Werribee resident Aaron Campbell is on the run to raise funds for a good cause.
The 24-year-old is planning to run 50 kilometres from Wyndham...
Man in surgical mask attempts to rob supermarket
A man wearing a surgical mask entered a Hoppers Crossing supermarket and produced a knife during an attempted armed robbery this morning.
Detectives from Altona...
Motorists advised to drive safe as school returns
Wyndham council has warned it will be putting the brakes on drivers who flout parking laws, as children across the state gradually return to...
Active corona count in Wyndham: zero
Seventeen cases of the coronavirus remain active in residents of the western suburbs, but none in Wyndham residents.
Figures released by the Department of Health...
Double the trouble for driver
Police were left wondering if they were seeing double after they caught the same man, a Williams Landing resident, drink driving twice within 11...
Missing man
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Brock MacQueen.
The 21-year-old was last seen leaving his Hoppers Crossing home on May 21.
Brock was...
One active corona case in Wyndham
There is now only one Wyndham resident with an active case of the coronavirus, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Today’s COVID-19...
Motorcyclist arrested in Werribee, weapons uncovered
A Hoppers Crossing man who was seen speeding on a motorcycle has led to police discovering a stash of prohibited weapons.
Officers patrolling Derrimut Road...
New refuge for Wyndham
A new family violence refuge is being built in the municipality of Wyndham.
Western metropolitan MP Ingrid Stitt announced the news in Parliament.
Ms Stitt said...
Werribee man sentenced over failed NYE terror plot
A Werribee man who planned to commit a terrorist attack in Federation Square has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The Supreme Court today...
Teen charged with murder
A Tarneit teenager has been charged with murder following the death of a youth in St Albans last year.
The 15-year-old boy was arrested by...
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Silverbeet food relief on its way
The lush gardens of Werribee Park have once again been turned into a veggie patch with the 2024 Silverbeet for Food Relief program underway.
Approximately...
