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Ararat principal welcomes mobile phone ban

Ararat principal welcomes mobile phone ban

JessieAnne Gartlan and Erin Witmitz
1hr ago

WELCOME HOME: Horsham siblings Alexis, 6, Dominic, 8, and Addison, 10, Walter, with their cat Rusty. Rusty went missing for nine months before being reunited. Picture: SAMANTHA CAMARRI

Horsham family reunited with cat after nine months

Jade Bate
1hr ago

Horsham woman pleads guilty to stealing $232,107 from employer

Horsham woman pleads guilty to stealing $232,107 from employer

Jade Bate
2hrs ago

Council's call to unite over rates review

Council's call to unite over rates review

JessieAnne Gartlan
2hrs ago

Stawell Primary School principal Robyn Jones. Picture: LACHLAN WILLIAMS

Stawell 502 principal left 'speechless' after receiving special award

Lachlan Williams

Jasmin and Charlie together with other students are producing a community cookbook. Picture: PETER PICKERING

Community cookbook in pipeline

Cassandra Langley

Murderer sentenced for 'depraved' letters to prison worker

Murderer sentenced for 'depraved' letters to prison worker

Alex Ford, Ashleigh McMillan

Ararat principal welcomes mobile phone ban

Ararat principal welcomes mobile phone ban

JessieAnne Gartlan and Erin Witmitz
1hr ago

WELCOME HOME: Horsham siblings Alexis, 6, Dominic, 8, and Addison, 10, Walter, with their cat Rusty. Rusty went missing for nine months before being reunited. Picture: SAMANTHA CAMARRI

Horsham family reunited with cat after nine months

Jade Bate
1hr ago

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Want to share sport results, draws or teams?

Want to share sport results, draws or teams?

'Rain, hail or shine': Warriors volunteer keeps busy

'Rain, hail or shine': Warriors volunteer keeps busy

Cassandra Langley

An aerial shot of City Oval before the 2014 Horsham District league grand final.

City Oval's ageing and insufficient infrastructure: report

Richard Crabtree

Want to share sport results, draws or teams?

Want to share sport results, draws or teams?

Kevin Sheedy with Simon Cook, Tyler Lehmann and Lachy Foott. Geoff Burdett's connection with Sheedy helped with the adoption of the Giants' name and colours. Picture: SAMANTHA CAMARRI

Two rivals' giant step forward | Merging Histories

Matt Currill

2018 Wimmera-Mallee academy players during a trial match. Picture: LACHLAN WILLIAMS

Final Wimmera-Mallee V/Line Cup squads announced

Lachlan Williams

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PICTURESQUE: Runners have the opportunity to run along the wall next to Lake Bellfield at this weekend's Run The Gap. Early registration numbers indicate a strong showing once again. Picture: RUN THE GAP

Run The Gap continues to grow ahead of eighth installment

Former resident returns to entertain | Photos, video

Former resident returns to entertain | Photos, video

Cassandra Langley

READY TO INSPIRE: Emmylou MacCarthy is one of the celebrity guests at the 2019 Grampians Grape Escape. Picture: CONTRIBUTED

Insta mum Emmylou_loves excited for Grampians Grape Escape | Video

Cassandra Langley

PICTURESQUE: Runners have the opportunity to run along the wall next to Lake Bellfield at this weekend's Run The Gap. Early registration numbers indicate a strong showing once again. Picture: RUN THE GAP

Run The Gap continues to grow ahead of eighth installment

Pat Calvird, Will Hudson and Marty Schoo. Picture: CONTRIBUTED

Paper Scissors Rock Brew Co. to open in Halls Gap after three years of planning

Lachlan Williams

Sharn Jenkins, Jade Smith, Judd Smith and Hannah Vaughan cheer on a Dane Smith runner.

Easter Sunday across the Wimmera | Rolling coverage

Lachlan Williams

From left to right, Josephina McDonald from Halls Gap Lakeside Tourist Park, David Hosking from Grampians Insurance Brokers and Rohan McDonald from Halls Gap Lakeside Tourist Park.

Insurance coverage without the catches

Vanessa Hayden, Advertiser content

Check out these beautiful local weddings | Your Wedding Planner magazine 2019

Check out these beautiful local weddings | Your Wedding Planner magazine 2019

LIGHT FANTASTIC: Chase the Northern Lights or the Auroroa Borealis with The Senior and Travelrite on this Nordic cruise in February 2020.

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From left to right, Josephina McDonald from Halls Gap Lakeside Tourist Park, David Hosking from Grampians Insurance Brokers and Rohan McDonald from Halls Gap Lakeside Tourist Park.

Insurance coverage without the catches

Explore Wimmera this winter | Out and About Winter 2019

Explore Wimmera this winter | Out and About Winter 2019

Ballarat man Lindsay, 69, has been delighted with the service Pennytel has delivered saying, "I won't go with anyone else 'cause I'm happy - you won't get better."

Old-fashioned service brings satisfaction with a smile

Quality homestead on 140 acres

Quality homestead on 140 acres

House of the week

Try this five bedroom home for size

Try this five bedroom home for size

House of the week

Central, classic brick veneer home

Central, classic brick veneer home

House of the week

WELCOME HOME: Horsham siblings Alexis, 6, Dominic, 8, and Addison, 10, Walter, with their cat Rusty. Rusty went missing for nine months before being reunited. Picture: SAMANTHA CAMARRI

Horsham family reunited with cat after nine months

Jade Bate
1hr ago

'Rain, hail or shine': Warriors volunteer keeps busy

'Rain, hail or shine': Warriors volunteer keeps busy

Cassandra Langley

Stawell Primary School principal Robyn Jones. Picture: LACHLAN WILLIAMS

Stawell 502 principal left 'speechless' after receiving special award

Lachlan Williams

WELCOME HOME: Horsham siblings Alexis, 6, Dominic, 8, and Addison, 10, Walter, with their cat Rusty. Rusty went missing for nine months before being reunited. Picture: SAMANTHA CAMARRI

Horsham family reunited with cat after nine months

1hr ago

Jasmin and Charlie together with other students are producing a community cookbook. Picture: PETER PICKERING

Community cookbook in pipeline

Cassandra Langley

TOGETHER: Nathan, Preston, Tiffany and Jade Green travelled from Boston, United States for Mrs Green's grandmother Irene Young's 100th Birthday. Picture: CASSANDRA LANGLEY

Irene Young celebrates birthday with special guests

Cassandra Langley

WELCOME HOME: Horsham siblings Alexis, 6, Dominic, 8, and Addison, 10, Walter, with their cat Rusty. Rusty went missing for nine months before being reunited. Picture: SAMANTHA CAMARRI

Horsham family reunited with cat after nine months

1hr ago

Cold snap continues across region, Ararat among state's coldest | Photos

Cold snap continues across region, Ararat among state's coldest | Photos

True warriors of the bush unveiled in new podcast

True warriors of the bush unveiled in new podcast

BIG PLANS: Apsley's Border Inn manager Amanda Williams. Amanda has nominated the pub for an AirBnb competition worth $50,000. Picture: SAMANTHA CAMARRI

What makes a great country pub?

Liz Stevenson and Ron Martin with Shiloh the four-month-old Australian mini pig.

Meet the pig that graduated from puppy pre-school

Alex Crowe

CLOSE ENCOUNTER: A humpback whale breaches spectacularly in front of Dean Sorley's kayak in Fingal Bay last week. Picture: Dean Sorley

Imagine being in this kayak

Phoebe Moloney

Australian captain Sam Kerr wrote a letter to her former coach Aaron Holt for saving her football career. Picture: Karleen Minney

Meet the man who saved Sam Kerr's football career

Lucie Bertoldo

DIRECTING TRAFFIC: A safety-conscious Lela is having fun while learning all about road safety. Picture: PETER PICKERING

Learning about road rules and safety | Photos

Cassandra Langley

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OVER THE WATER: Lake Lonsdale looking very thirsty as a storm rolls in over the Grampians. Picture: Blake Clark

Letters to the editor

NO GOING BACK: Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong shortly before the launch on July 16, 1969. Pictures: NASA

Endless preparations herald big event

Helen Sim

"Continence Queen" Bev Killick.

When the drip goes beyond a joke

REPUTATION: CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope has made its mark on space exploration. Picture: CSIRO/A Cherney.

Parkes telescope helped open universe up to the world

Helen Sim

The auditor general wants the Farm Management Deposits Scheme to be improved.

Farmer deposits could be improved: report

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The federal government is looking to follow Victoria's lead and ban mobile phones in school hours.

Push for Australia-wide school phone ban

42m ago

Three children have died in a house fire in the NSW Hunter Valley town of Singleton.

Three siblings die in NSW house fire

58m ago

Australian Education Union President Howard Spreadbury says public school teachers will strike.

SA public school teachers to strike

1hr ago

Women drivers: Shebah driver Kirsty Hinton with her daughter Jessie Hinton-Moore. The all-women rideshare service has started in the Illawarra. Picture: Sylvia Liber

Move over Uber there's a new rideshare app in town for women and kids

Glen Humphries
1hr ago

Media bosses including ABC managing director David Anderson came together to push for press freedom.

Media bosses lay out press freedom demands

Marnie Banger
1hr ago

Ex-defence minister Christopher Pyne has taken an advisory role with professional services giant EY.

Pyne picks up EY job focused on defence

Marnie Banger
1hr ago

Livingston Chee Kam has escaped conviction over the assault matter for which his brother was fined.

NRL player's brother escapes conviction

Luke Costin
1hr ago

CONSULTATION: AWI chief executive Stuart McCullough says consultation, traceability and evaluation and measurement are key to its new strategy.

AWI delays tenure vote for another year and revamps consultation

Marian Macdonald

INTEREST: Several parties are interested in buying the Fonterra site, the milk processor has confirmed. Photo by Morgan Hancock.

Several buyers interested in purchasing Fonterra's Dennington factory

Jackson Graham

SALE: Richard Wynne, Paull & Scollard/Landmark, Corowa, NSW, with Kevin Wolter, Rand, NSW, who sold 125 lambs to $246 at Corowa, and Terry Scholz, Howlong, NSW.

Lamb producers being paid in premiums

Leann Dax

Salwater crocodile spotting is a major part of the Yellow Waters Cruise.

Wildlife abounds on billabong adventures in Kakadu

Vanessa Hayden

Lying down on the job? Just part of the entertainment at the Cunnamulla Fella Festival.

Inspiration for your next holiday

John Rozentals

Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Holidays with the 'host factor'

Research shows most fatalities happen when the victims are working under a vehicle and using equipment incorrectly, with many of the fatalities involving the use of vehicle jacks.

Think twice before repairing your car at home

EXTRA CARE: Belinda Scougall has made sure Marshall knows his way around her home and has a ramp leading up to her bed.

Living with a blind dog is a lesson in love

Linley Wilkie

These kids are addicted to [screens] and the behavioural aggression is often a response to having the addiction withdrawal when time's up.

Your kid's tantrum might actually be screen time withdrawal

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