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Sex abuse accused pleads guilty

A 21 year-old Morwell man has pleaded guilty to eight sexual offence charges involving five different children.

Car careers off bridge

A Morwell man is in a critical but stable condition in the Alfred Hospital, after his car left the McDonald Street bridge, and landed beside the railway tracks.

Covert operation nabs drivers

A FIVE-month covert police operation has nabbed 178 people travelling between 10 and 20 kilometres an hour over the speed limit on the region's back-roads.

Long-awaited funds allocated

Recreational funding in the Latrobe City budget has been welcomed as a reprieve for sporting groups like the Latrobe Valley Hockey Association, which has been campaigning for the past three years for a pavilion at its new synthetic pitch in Churchill.

Digging in for a long ride

Locked out Yallourn operators are preparing themselves for a long drawn out period of financial hardship, despite the recommencement of enterprise bargaining negotiations next week.

Gibson defends rate increase

Latrobe City Council has touted its proposed budget for the next finanical year as "prudent", while maintaining services and boosting funding for major projects.

Rejoice over major projects

Funding earmarked for the Moe railway revitalisation project has emerged as a major highlight for community and business groups in the draft Latrobe City Council budget.

Focusing on planning permits

Latrobe City has reiterated its focus to cut down the time it takes to process planning permits, which was highlighted in a recently-launched online index.

Rankings highlight need for support

WITH just six weeks to go until the Federal Government enters 'caretaker mode', rendering it unable to fund new projects, it is under renewed pressure to focus on the Latrobe Valley.

Sudan tragedy saddens refugees

It's the call nobody ever wants to receive - news of a loved one passing. It comes as a devastating shock to most, but to refugees, it can be all too familiar.

Sawing to success

LOWANNA College students stepped out of the classroom and into the workshop this week as part of a hands-on learning program.

Raising Gld’s profile

REGIONAL leaders returned to Canberra last week to raise the profile of Gippsland's key infrastructure proposals.

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