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Long-lost medal returns

By Luke Voogt THE 1931 premiership medal of late Geelong player Milton Lamb has finally returned to his family, after decades lost in Northern Ireland. Irishman...

Warming up in Geelong

A warmer-than-average December has completed a year .7C hotter than normal in Geelong. December finished around 1.1C above the monthly average temperature, with seven days...

Unique sculptures on show

Geelong Sculptors will hold their first ever Surf Coast exhibition - Summer Sculpture - in Anglesea this month. Anglesea husband and wife team Rowan...

Early morning crash

A MAN has died after his car struck a tree in Anakie early this morning Wednesday). Police believe the car, which was travelling north on...

Men in black cars force Geelong cops off road, hit officer, escape chase

Two men with allegedly stolen vehicles forced police into “evasive action” in northern Geelong on Monday morning. One of the vehicles also "clipped" an officer...

State unveils $52m fix-up plan as GOR reopens for Christmas

The State Government has announced $53 million for the Great Ocean Road, after landslides plagued the route over the past few months. Premier Daniel Andrews...

Visiting GPs ’set to slash service’

The loss of the Medicare rebate for in-home doctors could leave about 15,000 people in the Geelong region worse off, according to a national...

New app’s ‘for the birds’

By Luke Voogt Geelong’s tourism board hopes to reach millions of potential Chinese visitors with new app Birds of the Bay. Tourism Greater Geelong and the...

Geelong’s nurse on frontline of cancer fight

By Luke Voogt Michelle Edwards may be Geelong’s newest McGrath Foundation nurse but her dedication to local women with breast cancer spans more than two...

Shell buy fuels Viva hopes for Corio refinery

Viva Energy will purchase Shell’s aviation business for US$250 million to help secure 700 Geelong jobs, the company’s boss has said. “Jet fuel represents about...

Murderer on loose in Geelong

A murderer could be wandering Geelong after breaching parole, police have warned. Fugitive Taskforce detectives urged anyone who encountered John Douglas Hartwick to stay away...

Home’s door kicked in

Two men kicked down the front door of a Norlane home in a violent home invasion Sunday, putting a 50-year-old woman in hospital. Detective Senior...

Student dies in bus crash

A child has died, while more than a dozen people have been hospitalised with two in critical condition after a school bus tipped. The crash...