Police and Emergencies

  • Compost bursts into flames

    A COMPOST heap which spontaneously caught fire kept Birregurra firefighters busy at the weekend.

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  • Police plea for safe celebrations

    POLICE want Colac and district residents to enjoy safe and trouble-free Christmas celebrations with their families.

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  • More calls for Otways phone signal

    THE start of bushfire season has prompted Otways residents to step up a campaign to eliminate mobile phone black spots.

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  • Woman charged after Colac attack

    POLICE have charged a Geelong woman in relation to a group attack on a Colac man walking home after a night out.

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  • Three hurt in head-on smash

    POLICE are amazed nobody died in a head-on collision on the Princes Highway between Colac and Winchelsea.

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  • Man on attempted murder charge

    A SOUTH Australian man is in custody facing charges over the attempted murder of a man at a Great Ocean Road property at the weekend.

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  • Man stabbed in bizarre attack

    APOLLO Bay police say the family of a man stabbed at an Otways holiday house are “traumatised and in shock”.

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  • Jewellery stolen, house trashed

    AN Apollo Bay woman says thieves stole her jewellery and trashed her home during parties while a “trusted friend” looked after her property.

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