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The Miners Tavern in Ballarat has gone into voluntary administration. A meeting with creditors to due to be held on February 19. However the venue is still believed to be operating as normal. Image: Google Street View 

A Damascus student will represent Victoria in cricket nationals. Year 10 student Tahlia Meier has recently been selected to represent Victoria in the U15 National Girls Cricket Championship, to be played in Canberra on 18th February...

Police are appealing for help to find a missing 14-year-old boy. Brandon Jewell was last seen in Sebastopol on February 6th at 3pm. He was wearing a school uniform described as a white shirt and grey shorts...

Three Ballarat organisations are set to benefit from the Andrews Government’s Renewable Communities Program. Labor Member for Wendouree, Juliana Addison, today visited McCallum Disability Services in Alfredton to announce a $49,500 grant to install a 40-kilowatt...

The installation of a new traffic light pole is expected to cause delays along Ballarat’s Gillies Street tomorrow. Contractors will be on-site to install a replacement pole at the intersection of Gillies Street and Lake Gardens...

The City of Ballarat has welcomed the State Government's announcement of further planned works to upgrade the Midland Highway between Buninyong and Clarendon. Ballarat Mayor Samantha McIntosh said the safety improvements on the road would improve...

Fire crews were called out to a fire at a laundromat in the Ballarat CBD last night. Crews were called to the blaze on Sturt Street around 11:30pm. The fire was brought under control by 12.47am. No one...

The City of Ballarat has revamped its proposals for paid parking - reducing the area where you'll have to pay. But CBD workers and shoppers will face a bill of $42 a day or $210 a...

Preparations are underway for the 2019 Ballarat Polocrosse Tournament this weekend. Hundreds of competitors and spectators are expected to converge on Ballarat for the two day event which will be held at the Ballarat Polocrosse Grounds,...

One person has been taken to hospital in a stable condition after a multi vehicle collision in Hepburn Springs. Emergency services were called just before 7am this morning to Back Hepburn Road. A woman in her forties...