Diver hospitalised
By Luke Voogt
A 44-year-old woman has suffered decompression sickness following a rapid ascent during a dive off Barwon Heads on Monday.
Bellarine Sergeant Mark Gray...
Leg injuries after car hits tree
By Luke Voogt
A 44-year-old Clifton Springs woman has narrowly avoided death after rolling her car on the Portarlington Highway at Moolap on Saturday afternoon.
The...
Police on station after car park smash raids
Police have ramped up their surveillance of Marshall Station after brazen thieves smashed 22 car windows in 30 minutes this weekend.
The thieves smashed the...
High rise accommodation for students
Work began on Deakin University’s $50 million accommodation project on Friday 9 December, and is expected to house 410 new student residents in 2018.
The...
Geelong clicks as high-tech haven
Global tech company Tribal Group has announced a $1.17 million investment to establish its Asia Pacific headquarters in Geelong, which will create 50 new...
Racists chased me out of town
By Cam Lucadou-Wells
Racists forced an unlicensed Dandenong man to drink-drive his way out of Geelong, a court has heard.
Eric Kanyi fled a night out...
Double take
And who’s the self-important lady about town who tried jumping a queue at Ocean Grove’s post office?
She might hold a high opinion of herself...
Top Cat ‘positive’ on stadium fight
By Luke Voogt
The dispute between Kane Constructions and the CMFEU is unlikely to affect Geelong’s first home game, according to Cats chief executive officer...
Waurn Ponds’ cut hours ‘work for police patrols’
By Luke Voogt
Waurn Ponds residents have likely failed to secure extended counter hours at their police station following a public forum on Wednesday night.
“It’s...
Get out of gaol for $1
By Luke Voogt
City Hall should sell Geelong Gaol for $1 after Barwon Health abandoned plans to buy the site, according to ex-mayor Darryn Lyons.
The...
Clash of emotions after paralympic lane clash
Grovedale’s Jemima Moore has reached Australian Paralympic Awards’ Team of the Year finals in Sydney.
“I didn’t even know it was a category,” the 24-year-old...
Family violence soars
Reported family violence incidents in Geelong have increased by more than half in the last five years, according to the latest data from Crime...
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...
