You know the feeling. You've walked out of the hairdressers with a new look, new outlook - and had the chance to chat with someone who genuinely wants to listen.

Border Collies and kites are making Christmas a bit merrier for needy people in the Hepburn Shire.

A country church that has been fighting to stave off closure is going full party-mode this Saturday, December 16.

A grassfire near the Midland Highway has prompted a warning to Meredith Music Festival-goers with lightning and damaging north winds predicted overnight on Friday and Saturday.

A Winter Valley family who have lost their home less than three weeks before Christmas say they are grateful for the community's outpouring of love and practical support.

Two men are expected to be charged after one allegedly exposed himself during an attack on security staff at a Ballarat licenced venue.

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Smythesdale locals are pleading for drivers to be careful after two crashes, three hours apart, at the same Glenelg Highway intersection.

Ballarat firefighters have worked quickly to extinguish a burning pile of household items at a property in Humffray Street North.

Moorabool will hold its first emergency services expo in living memory ahead of a forecast high-risk fire season.

Ballarat and Moorabool police have joined forces to run Operation Squidgy - a day-long blitz on the region's biggest fattest trucks, buses and other vehicles.

Hepburn Council says a report will be prepared for consideration "on options to further improve safety" near the deadly corner of Vincent and Albert streets Daylesford.

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Ballarat line train commuters have just over a week to seek alternative arrangements, as workers plan to strike on Wednesday December 13.

A popular shortcut between the Western and Midland highways is getting a much-needed revamp in the Golden Plains.

Detectives from the major Crime Squad have arrested eight people and seized more than 1.4 tonnes of cannabis after raids on Maryborough, Dunluce, Kamarooka and Deer Park.

Police have charged a man after an alleged armed robbery at a Ballarat supermarket.

Expect to see more police around Ballarat and along the Western Freeway this weekend - with the rollout of Operation Duncan.

\A woman in her 20s has been taken to hospital after a white Chery SUV hit a large gumtree at the far western end of Greenhalghs Road in Bunkers Hill.

A teenager has been hospitalised after rolling the sedan he was driving, north west of Ballarat.