A man who died yesterday from gas inhalation in a hotel cellar had cared for his partner for the past 13 months after a car accident. Birregurra’s Xavier “Snow” Carey, 54, died after a suspected carbon dioxide leak in the cellar of  his workplace, Birregurra’s Royal Mail Hotel, yesterday. [...]

A 54-year-old Birregurra man has died after collapsing in the cellar of a hotel in Main Street, Birregurra, this morning.
A 45-year-old Corio man who was delivering supplies to the hotel discovered the man just after 7.30am.
Firefighters were at the scene to attend to a gas leak.
Work Safe is investigating the incident.
Police will prepare a [...]

Colac district farmers were singing in the rain after almost 80 millimetres fell across the region. The district is exper- iencing its wettest start to the year since 1996 when more than 200mm of rain fell in Colac during the first three months of the year. [...]

Colac and district community leaders have praised Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott’s claim he will consider duplicating the Princes Highway through to Colac. Mr Abbott says in an opinion piece in today’s Colac Herald that he will consider the duplication as part of his forthcoming election commitments. Colac Otway Shire [...]

Colac and district community leaders have praised Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott’s claim he will consider duplicating the Princes Highway through to Colac. Mr Abbott says in an opinion piece in today’s Colac Herald that he will consider the duplication as part of his forthcoming election commitments. Colac Otway Shire [...]

Colac medical executives will meet Member for Corangamite Darren Cheeseman today to push the city’s case for more doctors. Colac’s doctors continue to struggle with their workloads while patients are left to wait for appointments or travel to see a doctor. But the Federal Government fails to recognise Colac as [...]

Colac and district’s wettest start to the year in three years is a bitter-sweet result for the region. While the rain has recharged water supplies and brought hope to struggling farmers, it has meant an end to financial assistance that kept many rural households afloat. [...]

A motorcyclist died yesterday when his motorcycle and a four-wheel drive towing a caravan collided on a Colac district road. The man died in the same week police caught one rider travelling at 169kmh and another at 153kmh. A Geelong man, 34, died [...]

Police say hoon driving is increasing in Colac and district, as motorists risk their lives speeding and doing burn outs. A Warrnambool man died when his car hit a tree, ripped the tree out of the ground and cut the car in half at Cressy. [...]

The children of a Colac man who died in a house fire need Colac and district’s help. Rod Wintle’s children – Brandon, Brodie, Tianna and Joshua – need money, food and clothes following their father’s death. The 37-year-old father of four died on Saturday [...]