Police and Emergencies

  • Repeat drink-driver three times limit

    A REPEAT-OFFENDING drink driver had a blood-alcohol reading almost triple the legal limit after he fled a fight outside a Colac nightspot.

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  • Delay removing tree risked more lives

    A DEANS MARSH resident says delays removing a tree beside a deadly stretch of road put more lives at risk.

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  • Residents prepare for evacuation

    LAVERS HILL residents are preparing to evacuate their town.

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  • More trauma on district roads

    POLICE say two women were lucky to escape with minor injuries after their cars collided at a busy Colac intersection.

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  • Grass fire baffles firefighters

    THE cause of a grass fire at the Stony Rises, west of Colac, has baffled authorities.

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  • New police taskforce will track stock thieves

    POLICE say a new rural crime taskforce will give them access to experts to help track down stock thieves.

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  • Police raid uncovers opium poppies

    POLICE say the discovery of more than 200 opium plants at a property north of Colac is a rare find.

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  • Police tight-lipped about Colac baby’s death

    POLICE are remaining tight-lipped about the circumstances surrounding the death of a Colac baby.

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