Warriors win first NPL match 2-1
By JOSIP ZILIC
NORTH Geelong Warriors has opened its 2014 National Premier League campaign with a gritty 2-1 win against Dandenong City.
North Geelong lost young...
Ripping kingfish action continues
ANGLERS landed some quality captures in unfavourable weather over the past week.
Once the wind settled many chased kingfish around The Rip area, with sizes...
Surf Coast ‘disappointed’ as Guy opens Spring Creek to developers
TORQUAY’S Spring Creek will be opened to developers following State Government’s approval of the controversial C66 planning scheme rezoning.
Planning Minister Matthew Guy said the...
Exclusive: Bodies of work
Few people really know what their bodies are capable of until put to the test.
JOHN VAN KLAVEREN meets some Geelong men and women who...
Crash charges
Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a 24-year-old Norlane man in relation to a serious collision on December 14, 2012.
The smash left three...
Moorabool raid smokes out 35,000 illegal tobacco plants
By PAUL MILLAR
A notorious Lebanese crime clan is believed linked to a massive illegal tobacco plantation discovered on the outskirts of Geelong during a...
Police plea on soccer fan brawl
POLICE have released images of five men they want to speak to after an alleged brawl between opposing soccer fans in Melbourne’s CBD last...
Bag-snatcher robs 82yo pensioner at Newtown supermarket
GEELONG CIU detectives are appealing for witnesses after an 82-year-old woman was robbed of her pension cash at a Newtown supermarket car park yesterday.
The...
Bartel out of Cats’ leadership group
JIMMY Bartel has stepped out of the Geelong Cats' leadership group to make way for “fresh faces”, according to the club.
Coach Chris Scott thanked...
Man drowns at Bells Beach
A SURFER has drowned at Bells Beach.
Other surfers helped the man to shore on Thursday morning but air ambulance paramedics were unable to revive...
Our forgotten mines, Chinese footballers rediscovered
By NOEL MURPHY
GOLD fever in the 19th Century led to the sinking of mines in leafy Newtown right beside present-day Geelong College.
But the Mercer...
Canberra wrangling stalls $100 million project
By NOEL MURPHY
A $100 MILLION waterfront student housing project and 1000 jobs for Geelong are on hold as Federal Government wrangles with a controversial...
Person in custody following house fire
A person is in police custody following a house fire at Armstrong Creek this morning.
Emergency services were called to an Abode...
