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Wade Stephens

Victim leads push to fix crash road

A PETITION has been launched to lobby for safety improvements to the road where the Cardross tragedy occurred. More than 18 years ago, six teenagers were killed and four seriously injured, when a car struck the group on Myall Street, near the...

21 Dec 2024

December 2024

Victim leads push to fix crash road

21 Dec 2024

Police & Courts

Alleged hospital burglar to stay in custody

A MAN banned from Echuca has been refused bail for alleged aggravated burglaries at Mildura Base Public Hospital and a backpacker-style accommodation. Daniel Carter, 28, was arrested on Thursday and brought before the Mildura Magistrates’ Court the...

21 Dec 2024

Police & Courts

Five months for DV perpetrator

A HOMELESS man who breached a family violence intervention order and bashed a woman sitting on a toilet has been sentenced to five months behind bars. The 24-year-old, who cannot be named in order to protect the victim, was sentenced in the Mildur...

21 Dec 2024

News

Mystery over blackout cause

A WIDESPREAD power outage impacted more than 3000 properties in Sunraysia yesterday. Homes and businesses in Mildura, Irymple, Cardross and Koorlong unexpectedly lost power at about 1.50pm on Thursday. Network provider Powercor sent out text messages...

20 Dec 2024

Police & Courts

Torney faces manslaughter charge

FORMER Mildura man John Torney has been charged with negligent manslaughter in relation to the death of 49-year-old Cobram woman Emma Bates. Mr Torney, 40, appeared in Shepparton Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday via video link, eight months after he was...

20 Dec 2024

Police & Courts

Drug driver told to count sheep

A P-plater who caused a two-car collision on San Mateo Avenue in March has been told to stop using cannabis to treat his insomnia if he intends to drive a vehicle. Cameron Utley, 21, pleaded guilty to a crash on March 26, after he disregarded a give...

20 Dec 2024

Police & Courts

Sweet-toothed thief learns his fate

A SUGAR-fixated Mildura bandit who threatened to cut a supermarket staffer’s head off with a machete has been released after 79 days in pre-sentence detention. Jonathon Peterson appeared via video link in Mildura Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, and...

20 Dec 2024

Police & Courts

Intervention order breacher found on neighbour’s roof

A MILDURA drug user who breached an intervention order and committed a serious family violence incident in October hopes to return to the region after time away in Melbourne. Her matter was heard in the Mildura Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, and she...

19 Dec 2024

News

Man injures arm at almond processing facility

A MAN in his 40s sustained an arm injury on Tuesday while working with an auger at a Lindsay Point almond processing facility. South Australian paramedics and firefighters responded to a callout of an entrapment at a Riverland Almonds Hulling...

18 Dec 2024

Police & Courts

Man bailed despite ‘lurid’ allegations

A RED Cliffs man facing what a magistrate described as lurid allegations against four young girls has been granted bail. Police prosecutors argued for the recently arrested man to be denied release from custody in Mildura Magistrates’ Court on...

18 Dec 2024

Police & Courts

Thief told to get act together

A MERBEIN labourer will spend a month-and-half behind bars for deception and theft-related offences. John Jenkins, 27, was arrested on Monday morning after a warrant was issued on December 11 for failing to appear in court. Police prosecutor Senior...

18 Dec 2024