31/01/2005 | A CHAMPAGNE innings of 66 by Jayden Hicks and a cavalier 55-run partnership between Matt Douglass and James Winnard got Central Highlands agonisingly close to a historic first WJ Dowling Shield at Albert Park Oval in Melbourne yesterday.
31/01/2005 | QUEENSLAND seven-year-old Flashing Red finally shed his big race bridesmaid tag by winning the $105,000 Cadbury Ballarat Pacing Cup, 2710 metres, on Saturday night.
31/01/2005 | BALLARAT hairdressers raised more than $3000 for the Burrell and Wright families yesterday.
31/01/2005 | CELEBRITIES, sports stars and Ballarat golfers combined to raise money for grief-stricken communities in South Asia devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami.
31/01/2005 | BALLARAT'S age-old sporting tradition of rowing may not see another decade.
Rowing clubs have conceded the city's rowing future is doomed unless the water returns to Lake Wendouree.
31/01/2005 | TELSTRA will continue to provide Ballarat with services at a competitive price, according to Telstra Country Wide south-west Victoria general manager Grant Wiltshire.
31/01/2005 | BALLARAT'S Rachel Butler is living every parent's nightmare.
Doctors have told her she will outlive her two-year-old daughter Kaitlyn, who was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition on December 13.
31/01/2005 | A 15-YEAR-OLD driver rammed two police cars during an hour-long pursuit in Ballarat yesterday morning.
29/01/2005 | A WENDOUREE man who threw a homemade bomb at a man he believed had made a pass at his partner was jailed for at least six months yesterday.
29/01/2005 | EMPLOYERS face fines of $920,000 and five-year jail terms under tough new occupational health and safety laws.
29/01/2005 | MELBOURNE'S south eastern and bayside residents are among the prime movers relocating to Ballarat.
29/01/2005 | BALLARAT will soon have its own telecommunications company that will invest 60 per cent of profits back into the community.
29/01/2005 | THREE-TIME Olympian Anthony Edwards has warned Ballarat's rowing future is doomed unless water returns to Lake Wendouree.
29/01/2005 | TWINS are multiplying at Myrniong Primary School.
29/01/2005 | GOOD batting conditions should greet the Central Highlands Dowling Shield side at Albert Park tomorrow when it plays for grand final glory against Southern Rangers.
29/01/2005 | SOKYOLA, Young Rufus, Mister DG. It is difficult to go past the big three in the group one $105,000 Cadbury Ballarat Pacing Cup, 2570m, tonight.
27/01/2005 | THE black and white blur of sheepdogs has raced around the Northern Oval at the Ballarat Sheepdog Trials.
27/01/2005 | A $25 MILLION residential development is being touted for Ballarat's former army oval in Newington.
27/01/2005 | BALLARAT will have a belated Australia Day fireworks show next month.
Organisers of the 3BA FM Skyworks Spectacular have vowed the show will go on in a partnership with the City of Ballarat at Lake Wendouree on February 11 at 9.30pm.