FORMER Cavendish local, Emma Kearney is going into her fifth season at the helm of North Melbourne’s AFL Women’s (AFLW) team, but her determination to lead her team to a premiership has not wavered.

REVELATIONS this week that the State Government attempted to cover up an earlier assurance about keeping QR code contact tracing personal information private and safe have been met with sharp criticism by a local member of parliament.

National cabinet agreed on a nationwide definition of a close contact of a COVID-19 case on Thursday – under the new definition a close contact must have spent over four hours with a positive case in a household or household-like setting.

RESIDENTS in the Southern Grampians are being urged to stay away from unauthorised fireworks displays this summer, with Hamilton Police warning they can cause injury and unintentionally start bushfires.

THE Local Government sector and community members have been invited to have their say on the Local Government Culture Project Discussion Paper.

This weekend, Hamilton Racecourse will become the backdrop for the music and arts festival, Tabula Rasa 2020 (TR2020), as hordes of New Year's Eve revelers make their way into town for the three-day festival.

POLICE are currently investigating an alleged hit and run at Penshurst last week, where a white ute failed to give way and collided with a Nissan Navara before fleeing the scene.

THE Coleraine RSL Subbranch Driver Reviver stop has been set up as Victorians hit the road for the summer holidays.

A FIRE at Henty has prompted another plea from the CFA, for farmers, contractors and workers to be wary of weather conditions when operating machinery – regardless of the day’s official fire danger status.

DETECTIVES are investigating if the theft of hundreds of sheep from a property in Chatsworth on December 17, are linked to the 1100 Merino sheep stolen between October 18 and December 20, this year.