19+ hour, 4+ min ago   (914+ words) A new report proves the state government knowingly underfunded regional roads while Melbourne megaprojects blew out by billions. It's enough to drive you mad. Regional Victorians have been paying the price for crumbling roads for years. Vehicle maintenance bills for…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1100+ words) At a quiet midweek training session, nearby cattle provide the soundtrack as a country footy side aims to bring home a historic feat nearly three decades in the making. For a town boasting a population of barely 250, Saturday - and the…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (513+ words) Young North Ballarat and GWV Rebels star Michael Hughes is a confirmed starter for Saturday's BFNL preliminary final, giving coach Clinton Proctor one last selection headache before the do-or-die clash with Sebastopol. While a little more cagey than usual when…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (776+ words) Dogs falling out of a bath, delivery drivers asking for help leaving food, and people phoning police for a lift home from a night out are just some of the nuisance calls Ballarat's Triple Zero operators receive. For call-takers and…...

4+ day, 9+ 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, 10+ 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, 14+ 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, 12+ hour ago   (316+ words) Learmonth had its senior football coaching position locked in for season 2027, but a change of plans will see a new face installed at the helm next year. Following the Lakies' one-point Central Highlands Football League elimination final exit at the…...

5+ day, 19+ 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, 15+ 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…...