Scout leader jailed for child sex offences
Former Gisborne Scouts leader Michael Schultz has been sentenced to 10 years, four months' jail for child sex offences relating to a young female...
An ale tale fit for fans
What better way to spend International Beer Day than brewing up 600 litres - or thereabouts - of chocolaty ale made with Fantales.
That's exactly...
Gisborne SES wants you
Gisborne SES is calling for daytime responders to keep up with demand across the region.
Gisborne SES deputy controller of operations Di Dale said the...
Local brigades step up
Local firefighters are stepping up to to fight depression, PTSD and suicide in this year's Melbourne Firefighter Stair Climb.
Each participant will race up 28...
Fire exercise hones skills
With a high number of well-publicised serious house fires in the Macedon Ranges and surrounding areas this winter alone, it is important local CFA...
Frightening near miss
The Victorian Goldfields Railway Murder on the Orient Express movie train gave passengers more than they bargained for when the train was involved in...
On the write track
Preparing for this month's Bendigo Writers Festival, Barkers Creek-based festival founder Rosemary Sorensen has cause to celebrate.
After working on some of the nation's leading...
Highbank hopes
Watching your home go up in flames is dreadful. Watching it burn after having spent years meticulously restoring and renovating it is utterly heartbreaking.
But...
Luke’s legacy
Since Luke Brown's tragic and sudden death in April, life for his family has been unbearably tough. But amid the darkness of their grief,...
Woodend win-win – Neighbours back developer’s new plans
Objectors to a proposed housing development in Woodend have become its biggest supporters in a rare turn of events.
Thompson Builders' Ian Thompson scrapped his...
War on fruit fly
Efforts to avert the threat of fruit fly before it impacts on local fruit and veg producers have been ramped up at Harcourt with...
TRACK DEATH TRAP
Commuters are risking their lives to catch the train because of a move designed to reduce delays for morning peak services on the Bendigo...
