Woman dies
A 23-year-old woman scheduled to face court this week after pleading guilty to assaulting a 75-year-old has unexpectedly died, a source close to her family has confirmed.
The Indy understands that Cori Glencross died after a seizure this week, with friends posting tributes asking for people to respect her grieving family.
New Cats
The Cats have added two 18-year-olds to their senior list with a pair of first-round selections in the 2019 AFL draft.
The club selected Geelong Falcon Cooper Stephens at pick 16 and Dandenong Stingray’s Sam De Koning at 19 during Wednesday’s draft.
Ciggies bust
Police have arrested a 46-year-old Albans Park woman after seizing 18,000 illegal cigarettes and tobacco in a raid at Newcomb.
The Thursday morning search also found “other items” used to make illegal cigarettes as well as “an amount of cash”, police said.
Clean-up timeline
Cleaning up an illegal 320,000 cubic metre pile of building waste at Lara will take three years, authorities have confirmed.
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) revealed the timeline this week while announcing that the clean-up project had begun four weeks of work removing contaminated soil from the Broderick Rd site.
Cliff collapses
A cliff collapse has prompted the Surf Coast’s foreshore manager to issue a safety warning ahead of summer.
The incident at Anglesea’s Demon Bluffs bluff highlighted the instability of cliffs along the Surf Coast as warmer weather led to dryer soils and cracking, said the Great Ocean Road Coast Committee.
Storages slip
Geelong’s water storages have slipped to 70.1 per cent of capacity after recording 3mm of rain in the seven days to Wednesday, according to official measurements.
Barwon Water reported the .9 per cent decrease after weekly consumption over 828 million litres over the week.
Pair wanted
A man “actively avoiding” arrest and a woman wanted for contravening an intervention order are among people on the run in Geelong, police have alleged.
Police said assault suspect Sam McNamara was using a “bike or scooters” to get around the Grovedale area while Jade Clarke, 30, was possibly somewhere in Norlane.
