DRIVERS were lucky to walk away with no injuries after a car crash at the intersection of Bree Road and King Street on Wednesday afternoon left one vehicle seriously damaged.

THE typical Casterton is a 58-year-old woman of Australian birth and English ancestry - but that's only part of the picture of a town which is slowly growing, ageing and becoming more culturally diverse.

A GROWING number of MPs have joined Wannon MP Dan Tehan who called on the Federal Government to consider closing its international border with Indonesia, if that is the expert advice they have been given to halt the spread of foot and mouth disease (FMD).

IT’S third time lucky for the 1990 premiership Cats as they prepare to celebrate their ‘30-plus-two-year’ reunion, this weekend.

LAX border restrictions have been widely panned as the threat of foot-and-mouth disease arriving from Indonesia continues to loom.

INFORMAL seating and bollards will be installed and new trees planted at Port Fairy’s Railway Place to further enhance the popular meeting space, while improving safety for users.

THE supply of gas for Western Victoria has been secured following a decision by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) on Tuesday night to guarantee supplies due to high demand.

FROM light chortles to belly laughs, the Casterton Community Centre’s latest community health initiative has participants rolling in the aisles.

THERE was cause for celebration at Standing Tall in Hamilton (STiH) and Good Shepherd College’s Junior Campus after they were announced as recipients of the annual Wannon Water Ripple Effect community grants program.

THE counting of 101,101 votes, including a full distribution of preferences from 94 polling booths from the Federal Election on May 21, 2022, has finalised the tally for Wannon and changed the status of the traditionally Liberal held ‘Blue Ribbon’ seat to officially marginal.