ALL outdoor swimming pools across the Southern Grampians Shire officially opened for summer on Saturday.

NOW there are only four teams that can reach the Hamilton and District Cricket Association A grade One Day Final after all but one of the Hamilton based teams were knocked out of contention as round nine of the 2023-24 season was run and won.

POLICE caught 59 drivers across just two days last week for a range of driving offences, targeting dangerous and reckless drivers travelling on major highways between Victoria and South Australia.

THE people of the Coleraine community have enjoyed an early Christmas present as work on the new lighting project at Silvester Oval has begun with the installation of the bases for four new floodlight towers at the venue.

THE mother-daughter duo found guilty of two counts each of obtaining financial advantage from South West TAFE by deception have been sentenced with the mother being immediately jailed for eight months.

STUDENTS and teachers from St. Mary’s Primary School Hamilton join in the Christmas festivities in Hamilton’s CBD on Friday night at the St. Mary’s Christmas Parade.

A TERRIFIC turnout of 95 motorbikes attended the 30th annual Portland Toy Run on Saturday, and the ride inspired a hefty number of gifts donations for a good cause.

MILLY Tapper is in pursuit of a spot on Australia’s Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic teams, in what shapes to be her final year of international competition.

GUN offences in the Southern Grampians Shire have climbed more than five times in the twelve months to the end of June, jumping from 24.4 per 100,000 in 2022 to 140.9 in 2023.

MANY dairy farmers have felt there is little bang for their buck as a member of the Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF).