Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Bridge collapses as truck crosses

    A truck driver who luckily escaped injury when a bridge collapsed beneath his vehicle at Chapple Vale says the bridge’s pylons were “absolutely rotten”.

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  • Council selects its new leader

    Acting Surf Coast chief Anne Howard will become Colac Otway Shire Council’s new council boss.

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  • Family issues plea to locate missing woman

    A Timboon 84-year-old who has been missing for six days is diabetic, hasn’t spent any money and could have been thinking she was going to far-north Western Australia.

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  • Bin day change rubbished

    Colac Otway Shire Council will seek public opinion about collecting garbage fortnightly and weekly food and organic waste pickups.

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  • Councillors ponder CEO appointment

    Colac Otway Shire Council will meet behind closed doors today to discuss hiring a new council boss.

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  • Vehicle flips over at Balintore

    A man has attended hospital following a vehicle flip at Balintore, while police have issued hundreds of breath tests and directed Melbournians caught on rural roads to turn around.

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  • Angus calf stolen from Larpent

    Police are appealing for community assistance after livestock thieves targeted a Colac district farm for the second time.

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  • Prison for repeat offender

    A magistrate has sentenced a Colac man with an extensive criminal history to seven months behind bars.

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