3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (426+ words) A Bacchus Marsh College staff member convicted of sexually assaulting an autistic student was allowed to remain on campus for nearly a week after allegations were made, and was later invited back to work the following year. Brodie Fergusson was…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (389+ words) Shocking footage showing the moment an 18-year-old spectator was hit and killed at a Stawell burnout event has been shown to a jury on the opening day of a Ballarat driver's culpable driving trial. Bryce Dridan, 29, was behind the wheel…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (154+ words) The Courier | Ballarat, VIC Operation Talladega: police impound cars, fine dozens in Ballarat crackdown Four drivers have had their cars impounded and almost 30 drivers were detected doing the wrong thing during an overnight police blitz on intentional high-risk driving in…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (150+ words) A ute has been destroyed by an early-morning fire in Wendouree, with detectives from the Ballarat Criminal Investigation Unit investigating the "suspicious" incident. Emergency services, including CFA crews, were called to the scene on Waratah Grove about 1.24am on Wednesday, September…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (385+ words) A magistrate has slammed the "insulting" excuse given by a drug trafficker who claimed he was on his way to hand in a loaded homemade gun when police caught him with a "mini pharmacy" in his bag. Tyler Simpson, 27, fronted…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (164+ words) A P-plate driver clocked allegedly travelling 106kmh along Sturt Street on Friday night has had his car impounded for 30 days. The 19-year-old man, driving a Toyota Kluger, caught the attention of Ballarat Highway Patrol officers speeding along Sturt Street near Drummond…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (463+ words) A woman who was allegedly hit in the head about seven times by a tradie later coughed up blood and felt her eye socket break when she blew her nose, a court has heard. Zachary Blight, 34, faced the Ballarat Magistrates…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (399+ words) A man has fronted court after bombarding his ex-partner with more than 600 texts and calls, including making suicide threats and saying that "she would be the reason he did it", in what a magistrate described as "insidious" family violence. The…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (486+ words) A father of three who led police on a 45-minute chase through Ballarat, hitting 170kmh, before fleeing on foot and hiding under an "astronomical number of pillows" has had his prison sentence cut in half. Adam Gorman, 38, was sentenced to prison…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (304+ words) The second of two brothers charged with possessing child abuse material has pleaded guilty in the Ballarat Magistrates' Court, a month after his brother. Christopher Goodluck, 38, pleaded guilty on September 1, 2026, at Ballarat Magistrates' Court to possessing child abuse material and…...