IN a normal year, local communities would be rallying for the culmination of the football and netball seasons, however this is far from a normal year and in September 2020 the roar of the crowd, the cheers and the tears, are sadly missing.

FARMERS across the Southern Grampians Shire are campaigning for a “fairer rates system” under the shire’s new council.

THE Greater Hamilton region is being showcased in all its glory in homes across Victoria and South Australia with the launch of the new ‘Inspired by Locals’ campaign earlier this month.

HAMILTON locals will now be able to get all their Indian spice needs locally, with the opening of Singh Spice Hut on Gray Street.

VICTORIA could see its path out of COVID-19 brought forward, after restrictions in Melbourne were eased yesterday.

THE Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels will go into the 2021 NAB League season with a new coach after Marc Greig stepped down from the role last week.

LAST week’s report ended with a hope that we would see both reducing COVID-19 infection rates and declining scores off the stick at Parklands.

TWELVE months after beginning his riding career at Coleraine, gun apprentice Will Price returned on Saturday to claim the club’s feature event.

VICTORIA recorded five new COVD-19 cases and three deaths overnight, taking the state’s death toll to 787.

AFTER a 2019-20 season that didn’t go to plan for the Demons, they will be hoping to bounce back during the 2020-21 season and return to finals action.