01 Oct 09 | ALL bets are off in Cobden with the closure of the town's only betting agency.
01 Oct 09 | EXPLOSIONS followed by flashes of blue light may sound like a scene from the popular Harry Potter children's book series.
30 Sep 09 | TWO Portland men are expected to be charged with offences after a man received knife wounds to his upper body during a brawl last night.
30 Sep 09 | A NEW wave of international migrants is on its way to Warrnambool and could double the city’s population within 40 years, according to a city academic.
30 Sep 09 | AN elderly Warrnambool woman involved in an extremely slow police chase has had her driver’s licence cancelled.
Nadja Savin, 73, of Morriss Road, did not appear in Warrnambool Magistrates Court but pleaded guilty to failing to stop when directed by police.
30 Sep 09 | SHOPPERS in small towns are paying 20 per cent more for the same groceries than their big-city counterparts.
In an extensive survey of the region’s supermarkets, The Standard found that Warrnambool was the cheapest city to shop in the south-west, followed by towns with two supermarkets such as Terang, Portland and Camperdown.
30 Sep 09 | A HABITUAL Nirranda drug user copped one of the biggest financial penalties ever in the south-west when his home valued at up to $400,000 was forfeited this week.
30 Sep 09 | SOUTH-WEST residents will have to wait a little longer before they can get access to the swine flu vaccine which is set to be rolled out across the state today.
A DHS spokesman said while distribution had begun, it might take a few more days before the vaccine arrived in regional areas.
30 Sep 09 | CAMPERDOWN’S favourite footballing son, Ken Hinkley, will help shape a new era of the game after signing to the AFL’s new Gold Coast club.
30 Sep 09 | Rotarian MICHAEL BOYD has a tale to tell from his recent cricket tour of England but also from his role in the horrific Black Saturday bushfires.
30 Sep 09 | THERE will more at stake than just winning or losing when the Warrnambool and District Cricket Association season starts this weekend.
Relegation and promotion are also on the agenda this season, meaning that the teams finishing last in division one and first in division two could end up swapping grades for the 2010-2011 season.
30 Sep 09 | A SOUTH-WEST MP hopes the State Government will stand firm on a move to give homeowners more powers to defend themselves against another horror fire season.
The Government is overriding council permit requirements in bushfire-prone areas to ensure property owners can clean up their land before summer.
30 Sep 09 | THE second man involved in a Warrnambool street robbery has been ordered to do 80 hours’ community work.
Justin Millet, 20, of Beachnut Place, Warrnambool pleaded guilty this week to theft, handling stolen goods, possessing cannabis and two counts of using cannabis.
30 Sep 09 | A REVAMP of Mortlake’s township costing more than $1.5 million has been proposed to give the town its first major facelift in 25 years.
Release of the masterplan draft comes amid an economic and population resurgence triggered by a new gas-fired power station employing hundreds of construction workers.
30 Sep 09 | TWO albino kangaroos have visitors hopping to Portland’s Graham Husson Fauna Park in the hope of catching a glimpse of the marsupials.
The unusual western grey kangaroos were purchased as part of the refurbishment of the park, in the hope their rare colouring would attract visitors.
30 Sep 09 | THE fledgling Warrnambool Touch Football Association returns with another season of fun and fitness this week.
Two come-and-try nights will be held tomorrow and on October 8 from 5.45pm at Friendly Societies’ Oval in Warrnambool.
30 Sep 09 | SOME spring sunshine welcomed the first round of the Warrnambool and District Ladies Bowling Association pennant season yesterday.
29 Sep 09 | BUSINESSES in the south-west have experienced a ‘‘recession-like’’ environment this year with the region’s unemployment rate almost doubling since 2008.
The region is going through a ‘‘technical recession’’ according to the ANZ Regional and Rural Quarterly after the jobless rate jumped sharply over the past financial year.
29 Sep 09 | ANOTHER Hamilton chemist shop has been broken into with thieves targeting the James Dean Pharmacy early yesterday.
29 Sep 09 | WARRNAMBOOL’S ‘ring of steel’ has been declared a success by police who say the CBD exclusion notices have rid the city’s streets of troublemakers.
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