Marking the one-year anniversary of her disappearance, detectives from the Missing Persons Squad have reaffirmed their commitment to finding the body of missing Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy.
Those early pioneers must have been avid gardeners judging by the selection of beautiful century-old trees and shrubs and traces of rock walls they left for us to build upon.
In late January 2017 an insignificant US Republican Party dogsbody named Kellyanne Conway earned long-lasting infamy and ridicule when she told television interviewer Chuck Todd on the Meet The Press program that clearly false claims made by newly elected president Donald Trump's press secretary, Sean Spicer, were not lies, or "falsehoods", but "alternative facts".
The Festival of Small Halls Autumn Tour 2025 starts at the Ballan Neighbourhood Centre on March 5 before heading to 16 other communities across Victoria including the Bullarto Hall on March 26.
A partnership of Ballarat’s leading organisations is calling for major investment in infrastructure that supports growth ahead of this year's federal election.
Detectives from the Financial Crime Squad have charged five people and seized four luxury vehicles worth over $600,000 as part of an investigation into fraudulent loan applications allegedly submitted to obtain the vehicles.
Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating following a fatal collision that happened in the Ballarat suburb of Wendouree last week.
The Glenlyon Progress Association will present the first in its Music at the Hall series with UK duo Dan Webster and Emily Lawler performing on Saturday, February 8.
The Art Gallery of Ballarat will close in March to prepare for extensive interior upgrades that will enable the gallery to display more works from its permanent collection and secure international exhibitions.
Highway Patrol officers have charged a man after a woman was left with life-threatening injuries following a crash that happened in Kilmore on Wednesday, 22 January.
Talented Clunes creative Christine Lethlean is looking forward to exhibiting work as part of 'Threaded' showing at the Caelene Nee Glen Gallery in Brighton from February 20.
This year's Australian Open will officially go down as the biggest ever, drawing a record crowd of more than 1.2 million tennis fans passing through the gates during an exhilarating three weeks of competition in the state's capital.
As part of Hepburn Shire Council's budget savings measures, Trentham and Clunes libraries will no longer open to the public on Saturday mornings from March.
A farm dam in Central Victoria is playing a leading role in the restoration of a critically endangered fish considered a canary in the climate change coal mine.
GDTA track builder, life member and naturalist, Richard Piesse, died peacefully at Peter Mac Hospital on December 28, 2024, after a long battle with melanoma, aged 82.
Police are keen to hear from anyone with information relating to a crash that happened in the Ballarat suburb of Wendouree earlier this month - and claimed the life of a Ballarat man who later died in hospital.
