Last Top Stories: Ballarat man Jonathan Crowden killed by lightning strike at Grand Canyon

Ballarat man Jonathan Crowden killed by lightning strike at Grand Canyon

Twenty-one-year-old Jonathan Crowden, from Alfredton near Ballarat, was hiking along on the South Kaibab Trail when park officials received a call about 4pm Sunday about a man possibly hit by a lightning strike, The Ballarat Courier reports. A witness ... >> view original

Springbank death: Homicide squad called after man found dead, bound near Ballarat

DEVELOPING: THE homicide squad have been called to a property at Springbank, east of Ballarat, where an elderly man has been found dead. Emergency services were called to the farm house about 2pm. >> view original

Dead man found bound, bashed

Emergency services were called to the scene about 2pm. It is understood he was apparently bound and assaulted. Paramedics arrived at the address in Springbank, near Ballarat, this afternoon to find the man who appears to have been bashed. Police are ... >> view original

'Huge demand' for child abuse support after Ballarat royal commission hearings ...

Young people who are sexually abusive towards other children are being forced to wait months to get professional help, as the need for the service balloons in Ballarat. The Centre Against Sexual Assault said demand for all its programs had increased ... >> view original

Western Bulldogs seal government Ballarat deal

The Western Bulldogs have landed a multi-million-dollar sponsorship deal with the Victorian government that could lead to Ballarat hosting a home-and-away game as soon as 2017, and the Dogs play as many as three matches annually at transformed ... >> view original

Australia's Victorian Government presents new initiatives to boost Ballarat line

Australia's Victorian Government is planning to implement a series of initiatives to boost capacity and reliability of services on the Ballarat line, in the wake of significant patronage growth, and network changes. Announced by public transport ... >> view original

Rivers cuts 130 jobs as clothing retailer closes Ballarat retail warehouse

"The group looked at all options before it made this decision and concluded that Sydney is a better location to service its national business and that a warehouse in Ballarat is inefficient and not adequate to support the future of the business," he said. >> view original

Win a chance to visit the Art Gallery of Ballarat and view the Archibald Prize ...

The Art Gallery of Ballarat exhibition features Nigel Milsom's 2015 Archibald prize-winning portrait of barrister Charles Waterstreet, Bruno Jean Grasswill's Packing Room prize-winning portrait of actor Michael Caton, and a slew of celebrity sitters ... >> view original

Ballarat to plant hundreds of trees as part of project to create greener image

"Planting trees and changing the way the drainage system works here, providing real irrigation for these trees, will make a huge difference to the amenity of Ballarat, to the residents of Ballarat and also to this great main street of Ballarat in terms ... >> view original

iPhone 6s launch: Apple fudges all-important first weekend sales report

Apple says that advance orders of its new iPhones are "on pace" to beat the 10 million units the previous versions logged in their first weekend last year, a feat that analysts attributed to the inclusion of sales from China. But it was Apple's choice ... >> view original