Region crime rates up

TOTAL criminal offences rates rose in Macedon Ranges and Whittlesea local government areas in 2025 as compared to the previous year, new data released...

Vandalism at Community Garden

OVERNIGHT last Monday, vandals destroyed two styrofoam propagation stations containing 72 valuable seedlings for the TreeProject Ovens Landcare Network.Volunteers at the Kilmore Community Garden...

Charges over drug trafficking

MAJOR Drug Squad detectives charged a man as part of an investigation into alleged drug trafficking between NSW and Victoria on Wednesday, February 25.Officers...

New CCTV camera roll out

NEW CCTV cameras are being installed and existing ones are being upgraded at key locations across Mitchell Shire.Mitchell Shire Council is undertaking works to...

Drive to ward off thefts

By Ashok VermaLOCK it or lose it – this is the stark warning from the police to the region’s general public.This follows a spate...

Anger over waste dumping

MITCHELL Shire Council and residents are fed up as they footed the bill to clean up illegally dumped material on Wallan Heights Road overnight...

Investigation into failed ram raid

AN investigation is under way after a failed early-morning ram raid left damage to the shopface of the Kilmore Village Shopping Centre.The offender used...

Community on edge

Fear and frustration are running high in Laurimar after a violent machete brawl erupted in the heart of the Town Centre on November 28,...

Cold case breakthrough

MORE than 30 years after the death of Whittlesea woman Melinda Freeman, her husband has been charged over the long-running cold case.Craig Freeman, 63,...

Police Beat: November 3 to November 10, 2025

The following crimes were reported to Eastern District 3 (ED3) Proactive Policing UnitBurglary: ClonbinaneAt approximately 6am on November 6 unknown offender/s accessed a shed...
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