Demons Lakers have defeated top seed Hawks Magic and won a chance to play off for their third Colac men’s basketball championship in as many years. After downing the Magic by 31 points in round 12, a recharged Magic unit hit back against the Lakers in the A Grade preliminary final. [...]

A dying seconds lay-up from Sheryl Donne helped Rebels Rock Lobster upset league powerhouse Saints Tigers in Colac Basketball’s A Grade competition. In the final round of the season, the 33-31 win will boost the Lobsters’confidence ahead of next week’s elimination final against Demons. Rock Lobster [...]

Quitting smoking is not easy for many people. But there is a solution for Colac and district smokers. Colac’s Corangamite Clinic and Colac Area Health provide smoking cessation clinics to give quitters the support and education they need to give up their habit. [...]

A Colac hairdresser will step aside from his business after 40 years in the industry. Wayne Cahill of Cahill Clips has decided to step down today as one the town’s longest-serving hairdressers to begin a new life chapter. Mr Cahill said he felt it [...]

Colac school pupils are dressing up tonight to raise money and promote the city’s businesses. Colac’s St Mary’s Primary School will host a fashion parade to launch the school’s discount card at Trinity College Hall from 7.30pm. St Mary’s Primary School Parents [...]

Colac’s A Grade basketballers have proven themselves as some of the best in the region. Colac men’s and women’s senior representative sides came away undefeated after competing in a regional round robin tournament at Colac’s Bluewater Fitness Centre on Sunday. The women’s squad, made up predominantly of the [...]

A Colac community radio station has branched out into surrounding districts. OCR FM will broadcast from Apollo Bay thanks to new broadcasting equipment. Station president Tyson Graham said he looked forward to hearing what interested Apollo Bay presenters [...]

Seven Colac students will head the district’s music-based youth group. The Colac FReeZA committee has begun planning for the year after announcing its new leaders. Colac Secondary College Year 11 students Holly Smith and Riley Phillips will join the committee for the first time [...]

We asked people if they thought a near-crash involving Liberal leader Tony Abbott highlighted the need for duplication of the Princes Highway.

“It needs to be done. It’s just scary driving on it because it’s too dangerous.” [...]

A Colac man has received rave reviews on his completion of a Royal Australian Navy recruit school. Harrison Wallis, 20, graduated from the 11-week recruit school at HMAS Cerberus at Westernport with academic honours. Mr Wallis achieved an average score of 99.33 in his studies, the highest for [...]