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The McDonald’s Ballarat Football and Netball League has confirmed it won't be going ahead with its senior competitions this year. The league released this statement on their website: “The McDonalds Ballarat Football and Netball League has confirmed...

Central Goldfields Shire Council has announced plans for a Small Business Friendly Charter to help local business during the coronavirus pandemic recovery. It aims to create a fair and competitive trading environment for small businesses and...

Police investigating an assault on a driver in Ballarat's CBD are after public information. They've been told up to 20 teenagers circled a Ford Territory on Curtis Street on the afternoon of June 9, with the...

Police have fired shots at a vehicle as it allegedly drove at them at Elphinstone. Officers noticed a speeding SUV on the Calder Freeway around four yesterday afternoon, saying it stopped to let out a passenger at...

Hundreds of health department staff are door-knocking homes in Victoria's coronavirus hotspot areas to make sure restriction rules are clear to everyone.They're also urging people to get themselves tested even if they're showing only the...

  Country Victorians are starting to push back against coronavirus restrictions. Some towns already struggling from drought and bushfire are being forced to comply with crowd limits even though they haven't recorded a single case. Jenny O'Connor is...

Trains have hit the punctuality and reliability targets on the Ballarat line for the month of May. V/Line figures show nearly 94 per cent of trains ran on time, while allowing for up to six minutes...

The Central Highlands Football League has drawn a line in the sand and set a date to make a decision on season 2020. Board members say June 29 is the latest they can wait to see...

The former Ballarat orphanage site has again been targeted by vandals. This time a swastika has been sprayed on a building.   The Victoria Street site is still waiting development with previous plans indicating a child care facility...

The scheme to roll out wire barriers along Victorian Highways and Freeways looks set to blow out by as much as $100 million according to the state opposition. Brad Battin the Shadow Minister for Road safety...