31/01/2006 | THERE'LL be no nerves in the Chaffey household when twins Keira and Brylee start Prep on Thursday.
31/01/2006 | BRUCE Stafford dreamt of a world class cancer research centre for Ballarat.
31/01/2006 | A RED Country Fire Authority captain's hat belonging to Trevor Day and a bunch of roses sat on top of the pale blue casket as the volunteer firefighter was laid to rest yesterday in central Victoria.
31/01/2006 | THE start of term one will be delayed at four primary schools in the Grampians region because of bushfires.
31/01/2006 | LAST week the Grampians bushfire rolled through the hills and farms of Moyston and beyond.
31/01/2006 | TWO prisoners who stole a car from Alfredton after escaping from Langi Kal Kal Prison while drunk were sentenced to extra time in jail yesterday.
31/01/2006 | SEVERAL thousand football fanatics are expected to converge on the "green oasis" of Learmonth Oval for a full-scale AFL Richmond intraclub practice match on Wednesday, February 8.
31/01/2006 | BALLARAT world champion swimmer Shayne Reese will turn her attention to the 100-metre freestyle today in her bid to qualify for the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.
30/01/2006 | BERYL Breen has a new car after a lit cigarette butt blew through the window of her Ford Laser and set it on fire.
30/01/2006 | LEARMONTH Environment Action Group will call for a deferment of the panel hearing into the controversial Learmonth saleyards and abattoir proposal.
30/01/2006 | A BALLARAT business owner has called on city supermarkets to adopt a user-pays trolley policy after suffering her fourth vandalism attack in two months.
30/01/2006 | THE first of eight Commonwealth Games job expos being held around the state will take place in Ballarat today.
30/01/2006 | THE fate of the Commonwealth Bank building in central Ballarat could be known soon, with a hearing into the dispute expected to start today.
30/01/2006 | FOUR Grampians councils joined forces yesterday to plan an appeal to support hundreds of residents and businesses affected by bushfires.
30/01/2006 | ROBIN Hood became the first Ballarat-trained winner of the Ballarat Pacing Cup when he stormed to victory on Saturday night.
30/01/2006 | ROGER Federer's seemingly inevitable journey to tennis immortality continued last night when he conquered Cypriot sensation Marcos Baghdatis to win the Australian Open.
28/01/2006 | A $270,000 purchase at the Australian Easter yearling sales will make his debut for Flemington trainer Graeme Rogerson in Ballarat tomorrow.
28/01/2006 | ROBIN Hood and Sting Lika Bee can earn outright favouritism for the A.G. Hunter Cup with victory in the group one $125,000 Cadbury Ballarat Pacing Cup, 2710 metres, tonight.
28/01/2006 | ANDREW Mildenhall doesn't have much in common with the character Elwood Blues from "The Blues Brothers" - that is apart from his sideburns and height.
28/01/2006 | A HISTORY of violent behaviour on Australia Day continued with a spate of small fights at View Point on Thursday night.