Police and Emergencies
Parents seek action after school assault
PARENTS of a Colac teenager who needed surgery after an alleged schoolyard assault want an education system that protects students.
Authorities investigating deadly road
ROAD authorities are investigating an accident-prone stretch of road where a Winchelsea woman died in a car crash.
Police renew call for surveillance cameras
A VIOLENCE spree in central Colac has prompted police to ramp up their push for surveillance cameras in the city.
Woman killed in horse riding accident
POLICE have described a horse-riding fall which killed an Elliminyt woman as a “tragic accident”.
Woman dies in Bambra crash
POLICE are investigating a fatal crash which killed a woman at Bambra, east of Colac.
Police arrest Colac man after weekend assault
POLICE say a Geelong man was lucky to escape injury when the truck he was driving careered off the Princes Highway at Larpent.
Hackers kidnap woman on Facebook
INTERNET hackers have posed as a Colac district woman, demanding money and telling her friends she had been robbed at gunpoint overseas.
Gas threat after car hits house
POLICE were minutes away from evacuating a Colac street after an out-of-control car ruptured a gas main and crashed into a house.