Ararat, Australia News

OUT: St Brigid's College senior boys football team captain Charles Gabbe won the AFL Victoria medal at the Wimmera Division of the Coles Country Cup on Tuesday.

Former Ararat and District Cycling Club president Graham Bull has been named the Victorian Olympic Council's Julius L Patching Sport Official of the Year.

High-risk sex offenders on parole from Australia's state of Victoria will be fitted with GPS-enabled bracelets to allow police authorities track their every move.

WIMMERA residents will vote on local government recognition in the Australian Constitution when they go to the polls on September 14.

NORTHERN Grampians Shire Council will advocate for more police resources in response to community concern about a lack of officers.

MAGIC MAKOVEC: Ararat cross country runner Nathan Makovec overcame injury to win the Lindsay Kent Memorial Handicap on Sunday.

The Ararat Advertiser's Sands of Gallipoli Anzac Day competition has been won by Bruce Conboy, whose story focused on his grandfather who fought at the Battle of Lone Pine at Gallipoli.

A primary health care organisation established by the federal government to co-ordinate healthcare, ensuring it is more responsive to local community needs, was launched in Ararat last week.

Severn Road, trained by the in-form stable of Jamie Edwards and Bruce Elkington, saluted in the $10,000 T.M 'Murray' Slattery Willaura Cup at NMIT Ararat Park on Sunday.

Champion cyclist, Shane Kelly has returned to his birthplace town of Ararat as part of a dedicated campaign to promote regional Victoria to Melburnians.

STAWELL coach Tim Seymour has copped a one-week ban in his side's 42-point loss to arch-rivals Ararat at Alexandra Oval yesterday.

FORMER North Ballarat Rebels skipper David Morris heads an exciting list of ins for Stawell against arch-rival Ararat on Sunday.

Vatmi Recycling has vowed it will continue operating its Stawell plant, despite missing out on the contract for Northern Grampians, Pyrenees and Ararat councils.