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Police launch Eyewatch
By Jessica Howard
A new Facebook page has been created to help connect local police with the community.
Eyewatch provides updates from the Moorabool policing...
Heartless theft
By Jessica Howard
Callous thieves have stolen a life-saving heart machine from the Bacchus Marsh Soccer Club.
The defibrillator was stolen from the Scorpion’s clubrooms...
Hoon drivers in Ballan
By Jessica Howard
Ballan Police are urging residents to report hoon drivers in the area, after a number of reports of reckless behaviour on the...
Conmen on the prowl; beware
By Jessica Howard
Bogus tradesmen are targeting Bacchus Marsh properties by offering dodgy asphalt laying services at a discounted rate.
The posing tradesmen are believed...
More time for crime
By Jessica Howard
The man who murdered Springbank war veteran Ken Handford has had eight years
added to his sentence by Victoria’s Court of Appeal.
Jonathon Jeffrey...
Lerderderg vandals leave behind clues at scene of crime
By Jessica Howard
Vandals who damaged several large trees at the Lerderderg State Park have left behind identifying evidence.
Brandon Traynor, an avid camper who runs...
8-years jail for drunk driver
By Jessica Howard
The Kuranjang man who was three times (0.20 per cent) over the legal alcohol limit (0.05 per cent) when his car spun...
Teenager pleads guilty over police chase crash that killed Ballarat girl
By Erin Williams - The Ballarat Courier
A teenage boy has pleaded guilty to culpable driving causing death over a horror crash during a...
Deadly drink-driver nearly four times over legal limit
By Jessica Howard
The driver accused of killing 22-year-old Gisborne man Hayden Kloppers was nearly four times over the legal blood alcohol limit, a...
Bacchus Marsh teacher accused of sexual assault in court
A Bacchus Marsh College teacher accused of sexually assaulting two students has appeared in Ballarat Magistrate’s Court, supported by family and staff members of...
