100 years for a Geelong sporting tragic
With four brothers who played for the Geelong Football Club, including a two-time premiership player, it’s no wonder Betty Courtney loves the Cats.
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‘Shut up and listen’: Drama erupts inside Geelong courtroom
Dramatic scenes erupted inside a Geelong courtroom when a man told the magistrate to shut up before storming out.
Colourful ex-mayor invited back to City Hall
Former high-profile Geelong identity Darryn Lyons and current mayor Stretch Kontelj caught up recently, with talks centred on making the Geelong “the Christmas capital of Australia”.
‘Powerless’: Inverleigh kids kicked off bus
A group of Inverleigh parents are up in arms after being told their children will not have a seat on the regional school bus to Geelong this year.
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Top 100: Best GCA cricketers of 2024-25 ranked in order
Who has shone in the Geelong Cricket Association up to the Christmas break? See the top 100 batters and bowlers from the men’s and women’s competitions and all the numbers that matter.
‘Devastated’: Geelong family of 13 mourn son, brother
A 22-year-old former St Joseph’s College Geelong student has been remembered as a “caring, community minded“ person, after he died in his sleep on New Year’s Eve from a suspected seizure.
WTF: Controversy over Geelong council’s community calendar
The lateness of an annually released calendar has sparked backlash, a reader has put forward proof of alien life, and another has claimed a one-way street is an accident waiting to happen.
Pill-testing trial outside Geelong a success, says government
The state government has deemed Victoria’s first pill-testing trial a success, after testing more than 600 samples at a popular New Year’s music festival outside Geelong.
The mid-season verdict on Geelong United’s first WNBL season
Geelong United has officially hit the halfway mark of its maiden WNBL campaign. We take a look at what’s gone right, what’s gone wrong, the best and worst performances and where to from here.
Firefighters battle grass fire west of Geelong
A message from the Country Fire Authority told residents of an area that encompasses parts of Irrewarra and Warncourt to “stay informed”.
Delivery driver kicks magpie in Grovedale
Grovedale residents captured footage of a driver delivering a package and kicking a magpie on their front porch.
Two women hospitalised after multi-car crash in Mount Duneed
Two women have been rushed to hospital following a collision in Mount Duneed on Thursday morning, involving up to four cars.
Two childcare centres proposed for Grovedale
Developers have come back from the drawing board with changes for a proposed Grovedale childcare centre, more than five years after VCAT approved a plan for the site.
RIP Redders: Call that nearly made Aussie Test great a Cat
Test great Ian Redpath was honoured at a funeral service, where it was revealed he passed up the chance to play for his beloved Geelong Cats. See the heartfelt tributes to the man known as ‘Redders’.
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