Police nab 100 drivers
COLAC and district police have nabbed up to 100 motorists for safety and traffic offences in a bid to make the region’s roads safer.
Players ready for interleague clash
SIX months of work will come to fruition this weekend when Colac district footballers play interleague for the first time in more than a decade.
Train-travelling thief arrested
POLICE have arrested a brazen thief who stole a university student’s laptop computer and graphics tablet on a train at Winchelsea.
Injured teenager returns home
A COLAC district junior footballer is home from hospital after suffering spinal injuries in a match at the weekend.
Carjackers terrorise driver
POLICE are hunting two men who stole a Colac district man’s car after one of the offenders held a knife to the victim’s throat.
Driver escapes fiery crash, walks for help
A COBDEN man walked more than two kilometres for help after he was lucky to survive a car crash which incinerated his vehicle.
Stolen dogs spotted in Colac
POLICE say two $3000 dogs which thieves stole from the Gippsland area, could be in Colac.
Car burns in driveway
FIRE has damaged an elderly Colac man’s car in his driveway.
Punters pump less cash into pokies
COLAC multi-million-dollar poker machine habit is declining.