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Ballarat's Selkirk Stadium is set to host some of Australia’s most promising basketballers during the Under 20 and the Ivor Burge National Championships.

Whitehorse Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance to help identify a group of people who have been allegedly scamming victims out of cash and valuables in Box Hill.

About 650 rowers will take to Ballarat's Lake Wendouree for the Ballarat Regatta this Saturday, January 18, with school and club crews from across Victoria competing.

The Macedon Ranges Shire Council is hosting a range of fun activities for children and young people throughout the summer school holidays including an intensive learn to swim program.

Shepparton Police are investigating after 150 collectable Barbie dolls were stolen from their Tatura dream home last month.

The Macedon Ranges Shire Council is hosting a range of fun activities for children and young people throughout the summer school holidays, including Inflatable Fun @ aquatic centres.

CFA crews have been working at the Beyond the Valley Music Festival recently helping to keep festivalgoers safe while they celebrated the start of the new year.

Two men have been charged after a large cannabis crop was located by police inside a Braeside factory on December 31, Victoria Police have reported in recent days.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal fire which occurred in Boort last week.

The Australian Underwater Hockey National Championships will take place in Ballarat over seven days starting this Sunday.

Ballarat is hosting the Disc Golf – Golden City Classic this weekend, January 11-12.

A 38-year-old Mount Waverley man was expected to be charged on summons with traffic related offences following an incident in Gardenvale last week.

Police are investigating after a fatal crash in Ripplebrook on New Year’s Day.

The Victorian state government says it's giving busy families more fun and free activities to do this summer – from wildlife experiences to galleries and other chances to explore the great outdoors.

Melbourne Divisional Response Unit detectives last week charged a man following an attempted armed robbery that happened in Southbank, Melbourne, in late November.

The city of Ballarat is currently hosting Australia's Under 16 female's Cricket Championship.

Police will prepare a report for the Coroner following the death of a boy in Cobbannah late last week.

Starting from tomorrow and rolling through to this Sunday, the City of Ballarat is hosting the Bowls Victoria Region Sides Bowls Championships.

Road safety will remain a key priority for Victoria Police throughout 2025 in the wake of a devastating year on the state’s roads.

After three weeks, the bushfire in the Grampians (Gariwerd) National Park is now contained, the CFA has reported this week.

Goldfields Libraries and Eaglehawk Festivals are calling for entries from writers all over Australia for the annual Mulga Bill Writing Award, a celebration of creativity at the Eaglehawk Dahlia & Arts Festival.

In a new initiative for this year's CresFest, festival-goers will have a chance to win an attractive prize by capturing photographic images from the April event.

Organisers of this year's upcoming CresFest folk and roots music festival are keen to hear from Creswick locals who think they may be able to host a muso - or maybe even a group of performers - over the weekend of the festival in early April.

Local kinders and early childhood services in Daylesford and Hepburn Springs are among those to share in $1.4 million in state grants to upgrade IT equipment, the local MP for Macedon says.