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...
Servos ‘gouging drivers’ wallets’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Service stations are unfairly charging up to $1.38 a litre in Geelong’s outlying towns, according to RACV fuel spokesperson Michael Case.
While...
Tenants out as builders move in
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Tenants of buildings on the site of a WorkSafe office to be built in Geelong have been told to vacate by...
Crash course
Geelong is a hotspot for university students crashing cars, according to RACV figures.
Geelong was eighth on a list of the top 15 municipalities for...
New program eases children with autism into school
By ALANA MITCHELSON
Children with autism will have more therapy options with additional services to be offered in Geelong next month.
School readiness programs, social skills...
February drives up the heat
Under the Weather, by Lindsay Smail
A warmer than normal February has completed Geelong’s warmest summer since 1981.
Daily minimums in February averaged 14.9C, which was...
Challenging prostate cancer
The Geelong Independent looks back on our best Friday features for 2025.
Barwon Heads’ Paul Saunders is stepping out to raise money for prostate...
