Twisted flight path for death plane
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A map released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has revealed the twisting flight path of a plane that crashed...
Cold case rape charges laid
A 53 year-old Bell Post Hill man has been charged in relation to a sexual assault alleged to have occurred in Lorne in 1986.
Cold...
Schools miss out on $30m
Geelong schools would be short-changed almost $30 million if the Federal Government failed to commit to its promised Gonski funding, according to the state...
Move bus stop, says accident victim’s father
The father of a boy hit by a car on Portarlington Rd while running for a bus has lashed out at authorities over the...
Another eastern suburbs armed robbery
Armed Crime Squad detectives have released images of a couple wanted for questioning over an armed robbery at Buckley’s Entertainment Centre last night.
Police have...
Boy critical after peak hour car accident
A teenager was airlifted to hospital with critical injuries after being hit by a car in Portarlington Rd Leopold about 8am this morning.
The accident...
Lara shooting victim airlifted to hospital
A Lara man was airlifted to hospital last night with gunshot wounds after he approached a man outside his Alison St property.
Armed Crime Squad...
First-up trial offers elderly some artificial intelligence
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
An Australian-first six-week Geelong pilot program will aim to see if smart home technology can help the elderly to stay in...
Geelong tops up on desal water
Geelong will be drinking water from Victoria’s expensive desalination plant next summer, state government has announced.
Premier Daniel Andrews said an order of 50 gigalitres...
Healthy turnout for open house
Dozens of community members took the opportunity to view the newly renovated and extended Drysdale Community Health Centre at an Open House last week.
Up...
Crash agony for elderly victim
By ALANA MITCHELSON
A man seriously injured a 90-year-old woman and her middle-aged daughter when he crashed into a Norlane home while fleeing police, a...
Glassing thug in jail ‘default’ call
By ALANA MITCHELSON
A Geelong magistrate has stressed the danger of glassing incidents after a man pleaded guilty on Thursday to assaulting a hotel patron...
Big fines for illegal dump and burn
Victoria’s environmental protection watchdog has handed a hefty fine to a demolition company for an illegal burn-off in Charlemont.
High Tech Demolition Pty Ltd received...
