Celebration and sadness mark bravery award
FIVE years after her husband was murdered in front of her in a drug-fuelled attack, Bridget O’Toole has been awarded The Royal Humane Society of Australasia’s 2017 Clarke Gold Medal. The Clarke Medal...
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Driver blows it on Peninsula Link
Somerville Highway Patrol officers nabbed a driver speeding at more than 75km over the speed limit in Frankston last night (1 August). Police clocked the Ford Territory allegedly travelling at 175kmp...
Andrew ‘Toe Punt’ Kelly loses cancer fight
IT is with great sadness that we announce we have lost our colleague, Andrew Kelly, to cancer. Andrew wrote sport for Mornington Peninsula News Group since 2012, but had been a fixture of local footb...
Police investigate Mordialloc death
UPDATE: Sunday 8 April 2108 Police will prepare a report for the coroner following the discovery of a man’s body in Mordialloc Saturday night. The man was located at a residence on Barkly Street abou...
Police search for missing teen
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing 15-year-old Briley Dickson. Briley was last seen on 4 April in the Frankston area. Police have concerns for his welfare due to his ag...
Police search for missing Frankston teen
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing teenager Matthew Vlahos. The 14-year-old boy was last seen at Spencer Street, Docklands on 10 March. Police and family members hold c...
Teen charged over 2017 Frankston fatal
Detectives from the Major Collision Investigation Unit today charged a teenage girl following a fatal crash in Frankston last year. A 19-year-old Safety Beach woman was charged with culpable driving,...
Teen dies following Carrum Downs crash
A teenage girl has died in hospital following a crash in Carrum Downs on Friday. It is believed a car crashed into a stationary truck on Boundary Road just after 7.30am. The 19-year-old Clyde woman, ...
Urgent – Watch & Act on Carrum Downs fire
*** URGENT UPDATE – WATCH & ACT *** This Watch & Act message is being issued for Carrum Downs, Frankston North, Langwarrin, Skye. There is a bushfire at BLUE WREN RISE, CARRUM DOWNS tha...
Conscription push fails as ‘No’ vote wins
THE referendum to decide for or against conscription was held throughout the Commonwealth on the 20th December, and the latest figures to hand show that the ‘No’s’ have a majority of 152,220 *** WITH...