8/07/2008 | SNOW-COVERED hills surrounding Ballarat were a welcoming sight for children on school holidays yesterday.
8/07/2008 | A FORMER Wendouree man who crashed into two parked cars after drinking bourbon, smoking cannabis and taking Valium was yesterday spared an immediate jail sentence.
8/07/2008 | THE price of petrol is changing our behaviour.
8/07/2008 | WAR and conflict.
It has played a role in human history and dedicated military historians and collectors seek to keep the many artefacts of war, including guns, medals, badges and uniforms, preserved.
8/07/2008 | POLICE were called to supervise the scene of a large oil slick in Magpie St yesterday afternoon.
8/07/2008 | RESIDENTS surrounding the proposed Lal Lal Windfarm have aired more concerns over the plan.
8/07/2008 | TWENTY-EIGHT Nepalese pilgrims who were to be hosted by Ballarat North families for World Youth Day have had their visa applications denied.
8/07/2008 | IRONIC is how it was described when a State Government minister visited a Ballarat school in the rain yesterday, armed with a $250,000 cheque for drought relief funding.
8/07/2008 | NEW laws that could see jail sentences of up to two years imposed for those who spike the food or drink of others have been welcomed in the city.
8/07/2008 | DAYLESFORD Football Club has suspended five players involved in a pub fight at the weekend.
8/07/2008 | Light snow has fallen across the Ballarat region overnight.
8/07/2008 | The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting the possibility of snow on Thursday.
8/07/2008 | In the wake of the popular children's book Possum Magic, by Mem Fox, the Possum Magic musical is hitting stage in Ballarat.
8/07/2008 | POLICE are investigating an "ugly" brawl between several players from the Daylesford football club at the weekend.
8/07/2008 | VOTING in Moorabool Shire Council's Bungal Ward by-election begins this week.
8/07/2008 | ALFREDTON'S new refuse transfer station should get the green light at tomorrow night's Ballarat City Council meeting.
8/07/2008 | THE State Government has increased its rebate for regional Victorian residents to switch to solar hot water.
8/07/2008 | A 17-YEAR-OLD youth who allegedly led police on a high-speed car chase during which he narrowly missed hitting Buninyong CFA members yesterday applied for bail.
8/07/2008 | FOR years moving to Melbourne, another Australian capital or even a city abroad was almost a rite of passage for many teenagers who had finished secondary school in regional Victoria.
8/07/2008 | CONCERNS accommodation providers, including bed and breakfasts, could be operating illegally without permits has prompted the Ballarat City Council to organise a workshop to inform owners of their legal responsibilities.