News

  • Public tipoffs help catch suspect

    Tips from the public helped police catch an alleged carjacker and armed robber just hours after incidents at Camperdown and Cobden, senior police say.

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  • Second stage planned for Cobden facelift

    Corangamite Shire Council has accepted a watered-down project to redevelop Cobden’s streetscape after a budget blowout.

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  • Letters to the editor

    Readers share their views on Daniel Andrews and on duck hunting.

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  • Public to help shape council plan

    Surf Coast Shire Council has launched a new initiative inviting residents to help shape the council’s strategic planning.

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  • More fixes unviable for area’s fire tower

    Engineers have determined that it would be impossible to increase the Mount Gellibrand fire tower’s capacity this season.

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  • Chemists have no medicine shortage

    Two Colac pharmacies say there hasn’t been a medication shortage at their chemists, despite reports of a lack of medicine supplies across the country due to the impacts of COVID-19 on offshore supply chains.

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  • Tributes for missing snorkeller

    A Cobden agricultural silage contractor who died in South Australia after a suspected shark attack, has been remembered as a hard-working, proud dad with a heart of gold.

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  • Preps embark on big year

    A new set of children will embark on their schooling journey this week, as Preps head to school for their first day.

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