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Kids off their Facebook as cops probe drug page

By PAUL MILLAR POLICE are investigating a graphic Geelong Facebook account filled with vile images of local teenagers using drugs. The site details local drug culture,...

Trapped in aged care, Kirrily puts life on exhibition

By EMILY IANNELLO GEELONG’S Kirrily Haywood is one of many young Australians living with a disability in a nursing home. She simply has nowhere else to...

‘False documents’ link after city motel raided

By PAUL MILLAR TWO MEN faced Geelong Magistrates Court yesterday on a multitude of charges related to a police raid on an Aberdeen St motel. Lee...

Fast-track call to hatch farm plan, promising 800 jobs

A $4 MILLION free-range egg farm could become the first tenant of a new intensive farming precinct to deliver hundreds of jobs on Geelong’s...

EPA hits City with notices over methane leaks

THE STATE'S environmental watchdog has hit City Hall with two pollution abatement notices over methane leaks in a South Geelong industrial estate. The EPA said...

Sudden Impact as Ward at tipping point of victory

By EMILY IANNELLO IT'S A big weekend for Geelong businessman Mark Ward. The Amazing Mill Markets operator is showcasing a new company and could win...

Unionists maintain fair pay rage

By PAUL MILLAR IT WAS no revolution, more a prolonged push for a resolution as union diehards took to the streets this week, continuing decades...

Weather station BoMs out as region emerges from cold, dry winter

By LINDSAY SMAIL, of Geelong Weather Services ANOTHER month of questionable rain measurements has plagued the Bureau of Meteorology's Geelong automatic weather station at Breakwater....

Double Take

WHAT do you give a man who has everything? A laugh! Well, that was the rationale behind the Indy’s spoof front-page present for Mayor Darryn Lyons,...

Abbott-gaffe candidate seeks to bridge gap with voters

By PAUL MILLAR ADRIAN Schonfelder has burned a few bridges in the past but the byelection candidate for Geelong's Kildare ward has at least considered...

Magpies begin swoops across city

By PAUL MILLAR SWOOPING magpies defending nests are causing problems at Wallington, Moolap, Mt Duneed, Wandana Heights and central Geelong, according to website Magpiealert.com. Department of...

Cats confirm Stevie J’s last game for Geelong

STEVE Johnson will play his last game for Geelong at Simonds Stadium tomorrow, the Cats have confirmed. The mercurial star will line-up for his 253rd...

Avalon ready to take off

Melbourne Avalon Airport and its employment precinct are set to play a pivotal role in the future development of Wyndham and Geelong. Jaidyn Kennedy...