Man dies in Driffield crash
A BOOLARRA man involved in a fatal single-vehicle car crash in the early hours of Friday morning was believed to have lost control around a bend on the Strzelecki Highway.
Knowing your options
AS energy bills look set to soar with the introduction of the carbon tax, Latrobe Valley consumers are being urged to join "social revolutions" fighting for better deals.
Fatal near Driffield
A MAN was involved in a fatal car crash this morning near Driffield.
County Court upholds Stivic decision
THE County Court has upheld a Latrobe Valley magistrate's decision to sentence a Churchill mother-of-eight to three months' imprisonment after she was found guilty of obtaining emergency funds by deception.
School review ‘demoralising’
The principal of Morwell's Koorie College has expressed "disappointment" at a long awaited performance review, which has backed earlier assertions the school was a waste of government money.
Latrobe Valley reunion planned
Local soccer identities Jan Huizer and Gerry Clarke are organising a reunion of all players, officials, referees and supporters of the former Latrobe Valley/Gippsland men's soccer squads from the 1970s through to the early 2000s.
‘Unfair’ bowser prices
Extreme fuel price differences between metropolitan and Latrobe Valley petrol stations has led to calls for an investigation by the consumer watchdog.
Police bust meth supplier
A TRARALGON man believed to be one of eastern Victoria's main suppliers of amphetamines was arrested along with five others with a large quantity of methamphetamines with a street value in excess of $100,000.
Mum appeals sentence
A MOTHER of eight who was sentenced to three months' jail after she made false declarations to obtain $13,668 from a bushfire victims' emergency fund will appeal her sentence today in the County Court.
Latrobe is Aussie all the way
MORE residents in the Latrobe local government area were born in Australia and have both parents born in the country compared to the rest of the nation, in contrast to Melbourne where one in three residents were born overseas.
Giving back to SIDS
THE agony of losing their children led to a "period of blackness" for Churchill's Ellerington family after their infant triplets died last year.
Support for public housing tenants
MOE will house one of Victoria's five Work and Learn Centres, aimed to assist public housing residents to seek jobs and educational training.
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Machete ban sweeps Victoria
STAFFWRITERS
THE state government has used extraordinary powers to totally ban the sale of machetes.
Machete sale bans came into effect Wednesday, May 28.
Premier Jacinta Allan...
