Articles by Jacob Traynor
Poice seek owners of lost items
Missing a watch or a scooter compartment? Colac police are hoping to reunite lost property with owners.
Music salute for veterans
Wartime songs, stories and letters to sweethearts will come alive on COPACC’s stage.
Fined over theft, drunken assault
A Colac man who drunkenly assaulted his partner as she tried to help him and stole produce from a self-serve shop has avoided jail.
Praise for passionate patroller
Community groups have honoured Colac’s top road cop for reducing the region’s road toll.
Local airfield’s Anzac nod
An airfield rich with Colac and district military history will open its hangar doors to the public to commemorate Anzac Day.
Community weighs in on new division
Scores of people and organisations have objected to proposed changes to Colac and district’s federal electorates.
Boozy driver “way over”
A 55-year-old woman faces a challenging return home after police allegedly caught her behind the wheel at more than four times the legal limit near Winchelsea.
Bay reveals action list to help house workers
Temporary housing for Apollo Bay’s next tourism season could be on the cards, while officials could also ask people to put their homes on the rental market instead of AirBnb.