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Gianni Francis is a journalist for Leader and the Herald Sun covering courts, crime, council and community across Melbourne’s southeast.

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Logee Osias enjoyed spending time outdoors. Picture: Supplied

Brute murdered Bendigo mum in front of kids

The brutal killer of Bendigo mother-of-four Logee Osias has admitted to murdering her in front of her kids.

An iconic Bendigo CBD building that was the site of Good Loaf Bakery before it closed recently has hit the market for $5 million. Picture: Tweed Sutherland First National.

Iconic 1950s Bendigo building hits the market for $5m

A new food business could emerge from the ashes of The Good Loaf Sourdough Bakery, as the iconic CBD building hits the market. See the latest.

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Thumbnail for Bendigo Echo bikie raid, court appearances for Frank and Antonio Guarneri.

Bikie boss’s son to testify against dad over alleged Bendigo bashing

Son of ex-Rebels bikie president set to testify against fellow gang members, including his OMCG president father, over an alleged Bendigo gang bashing.

Jermaine Leigh Slater was sentenced at Bendigo Magistrates' Court to six months imprisonment for causing $94,000 in damages to parking meters across Bendigo. Picture: Victoria Police.

Bendigo parking meter punisher in wild vandalism rampage

A Bendigo man has gone on a wild citywide rampage causing $94,000 in damage to 24 machines.

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‘Beaten down’: Exhausted Bendigo publicans sell up en mass

Eleven pubs have gone under the hammer across Bendigo as pandemic-exhausted publicans sell up en mass. See what’s next for Bendigo’s pub scene.

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Historic Bendigo retail precinct under the hammer

A high profile retail precinct in Bendigo’s CBD that used to house the Plaza Theatre is under the hammer for the first time in 100 years.

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Bendigo thug’s Dahmer and Bundy threats to murder woman

A vindictive Bendigo thug likened himself to Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy while he tormented a woman, threatening to “take a hacksaw” to her head and “bury her body”.

Developer SIWAS Investments Pty Ltd has proposed to build a $1.8 million childcare centre on Bright St, Eaglehawk. Picture: GD Design.

Revealed: $1.8m childcare centre planned for Bendigo

A developer has proposed a $1.8m childcare centre for 110 kids nearby six Bendigo primary schools. See what’s planned.

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Sharni Beth Rowlands, 31, pleaded guilty to careless driving after she drove into a 70-year-old cycling in Bendigo on February 18, 2024. Pictured with her partner who supported her in court. His face has been pixelated.

Bendigo barista’s careless crash maims elderly cyclist

A Bendigo barista’s careless driving left a 70-year-old cyclist so severely injured his grandkids couldn’t look at him, a court has heard.

Two cars collided on View St, Bendigo on June 3, 2024, with firefighters forced to use the jaws of life to cut into the damaged car. Picture: Gianni Francis

Jaws of life used to rescue women in shocking Bendigo smash

Two people are in hospital after a nasty collision in the centre of Bendigo, involving a trailer full of chickens.

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