Dash of humour with that history

Residents will get a lighthearted look at the history of Armadale when comedian Peter Rowsthorn takes up a residency at the Armadale history house museum next month. Mr Rowsthorn, best known for his work as Brett Craig in the TV series Kath and Kim, will be conducting...

Orchards go on show for Karragullen expo

Fruit lovers will get an inside look into how their fruit gets from the orchard to the plate at the 2015 Karragullen expo on October 10. The theme for this year’s expo was ‘tree to table’. The hills orchard improvement group (HOIG) ran the expo and HOIG spokesman...

Shocking child abuse allegations

A 47-year-old Bedfordale man is among eight men arrested by child abuse squad detectives for allegedly using a girl as a sex slave while she was aged 11 to 13 years. The men face 503 charges between them. The girl’s father was amongst those charged and police alleged...

Doors close on alleged psychedelic drug house

Two Seville Grove residents appeared in the Armadale magistrates court today after police allegedly found items to manufacture the drug dimethyltryptamine (DMT) at their home. On Monday officers from the organised crime squad swooped on the Riverside Lane house after...

Police nab their man

A 28-year-old man appeared in Armadale magistrates court this morning after an alleged dramatic chase by police late yesterday. The pursuit across several south eastern suburbs ended dramatically in Kelmscott after a man fleeing police in a white Magna crashed into a...