THE Hamilton Kangaroos made history on Saturday, winning their first ever Hampden Football Netball League round one game.

AFTER nearly 600 days, the Hamilton Kangaroos are set to take to Melville Oval for premiership points in today’s Hampden Football Netball League opening round against Port Fairy.

THE long-awaited official opening of the Hamilton Botanic Gardens aviary took place on Thursday morning with many excited onlookers.

AUTUMN means cooler weather and the opportunity for fire reduction burns and CFA District 5 leaders are actively working to ensure these are completed safely as restrictions ease.

COLERAINE’S landscape has been brightened up by 15 animal figurines that can be spotted down the main street and all around the town.

A HAMILTON man who threatened to kill his wife and children so police would shoot him has been jailed for two weeks.

SAM Kerber has taken the next step in his career, taking to the field for his Sheffield Shield debut.

SPEEDING was again the number one issue on the region’s roads as tourists flocked to the south-west to celebrate Easter.

RUBBISH dumped in Mount Napier State Park recently has outraged locals.

MACARTHUR war veteran and Cockatoo Rise Retreat owner, Greg Carter, recently travelled to Sydney for the launch of a new book, Reflections on Vietnam, which features accounts of his personal experiences and stories from Vietnam, along with chapters about 11 other veterans.