31 Jan 10 | FOR some parents it's a relief, while for others yesterday marked a tearful milestone as thousands of children in the region returned to school.
31 Jan 10 | PLANS for a Wendouree materials recycling depot have been rejected by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
But the 18-month community battle over the proposal is far from over, with the company behind the project saying it plans to submit a revised application for the same site.
31 Jan 10 | LATE night liquor licence applications would need the approval of Ballarat City Council, if a new proposal is approved by councillors.
31 Jan 10 | BALLARAT police are continuing to talk to spectators who witnessed the death of a toddler at Redline Speedway on Saturday, which they say was a tragic accident.
31 Jan 10 | A WENDOUREE man stole almost $13,000 worth of computer and electrical equipment from a rural primary school to support a drug addiction, a court was told yesterday.
31 Jan 10 | LOCAL fire authorities have stressed the need for people in high-bushfire-risk areas to leave early on code red days, after a survey found that almost one in three people planned to stay at home.
31 Jan 10 | A 17-YEAR-OLD girl who invaded and burgled a Sebastopol home, and reoffended while awaiting sentence, has been released on probation without conviction.
31 Jan 10 | POLICE are on the hunt for a Clunes man who breached his parole conditions after being released from jail last year.
31 Jan 10 | TEACHERS at Mt Clear College were seeing double yesterday as eight sets of twins started Year 7 at the school.
31 Jan 10 | Ballarat Regional Bowls Association bowls ladders after round 15
31 Jan 10 | CINCINNATI Kid discarded his bridesmaid tag by taking out the group one $125,000 Ballarat Pacing Cup on Saturday night.
31 Jan 10 | A two-year-old boy was killed yesterday when a car rolled on him at Red Line Speedway near Buninyong.
31 Jan 10 | Police investigate theory that Herman Rockefeller was murdered after a sexual liaison gone wrong.
31 Jan 10 | ENGAGING young people in their own communities is the idea behind YHQ on Tour.
The free event put on by City of Ballarat Youth Services kicked off at the Wendouree West Youth Centre on Saturday.
31 Jan 10 | TWO vehicles were destroyed early yesterday morning in a shed fire in Wendouree.
Police believe the fire was lit between 4am and 4.15am. No surrounding properties were damaged by the blaze.
31 Jan 10 | TWO Delacombe men have been charged with a range of offences after a car was stolen and set alight in Sebastopol early on Saturday morning.
It is alleged the two men, aged 32 and 29, stole the Kia sedan from Grant St, Sebastopol, around 4am on Saturday.
31 Jan 10 | SARAH Orr is happy to be back at school, this time as a teacher.
The new teaching graduate will spend her first year out of university in charge of a grade prep/one class at St Thomas Moore Primary School in Alfredton.
31 Jan 10 | TWINS Jayden and Kyle Bickley can't wait to start school.
The five-year-old boys are all set to walk through the gates at Black Hill Primary School this morning, where they will be one of four sets of twins in prep.
31 Jan 10 | FOR NOW, Claire Baxter is taking life three months at a time.
That is the period between the tests to see if cancer has returned to her body.
31 Jan 10 | LIGHTNING strikes sparked fires east of Daylesford late yesterday.
The fires started in Department of Sustainability and Environment land near Denver just before 5pm.
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