Police and Emergencies

  • Brigade wants emergency power over traffic lights

    COLAC OTWAY Shire Council will work with VicRoads on a plan to give emergency service vehicles the ability to change traffic signals in Colac’s main street.

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  • Police urge patience until highway upgrade complete

    WINCHELSEA police have urged motorists and residents to be patient while Princes Highway roadworks continue in the town.

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  • Two men off to prison for domestic violence

    COLAC’S magistrate has sent a clear message to family violence offenders by sending two Colac district men to jail.

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  • Police concerned drivers choose dangerous option

    COLAC’S Highway Patrol officers are warning drivers they are breaking the law if they take a short cut at an intersection between Deans Marsh and Birregurra.

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  • Drug-affected client shuts down hospital

    A DRUG-AFFECTED man forced Colac’s hospital into lockdown after threatening violence against staff.

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  • One dead in bus crash

    A woman in her 30s died after a tourist bus with seven people on board crashed on the Great Ocean Road at Gellibrand Lower yesterday.

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  • Mother fights for cannabis law change

    A COLAC district mother is campaigning for the Federal Government to consider legalising cannabis for medical purposes including relieving epilepsy seizures.

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  • Colac Herald Sports Mash

    Colac Herald sports journalists Ben Martin and Alex Baird cover the latest action of football and netball in the Colac district.

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