PIVOTAL all-rounder Nathan Yates captured his second EJ Cleary Medal at Bray Raceway last night. This is the first time Yates has won the Ballarat Cricket Association club firsts’ top individual honour. The East Ballarat captain...

TWO elderly Maryborough business partners who admitted to swindling investors out of $45,000 last year were yesterday given suspended jail terms after failing to comply with court orders. Laurence Hann, 69, of Henty, and Vicki...

Ballarat-based Hakubaku production manager Akira Asai’s parents escaped the initial devastation of last Friday’s Japan earthquake and tsunami, but they could still face danger. Kenzo and TamikoAsai live in Tochigi...

A TEENAGER who, as part of a group, allegedly bashed and robbed a fast food employee as he walked to work late at night was yesterday refused bail. A Children’s Court heard the 17-year-old was on three sets of bail when he...

FOUR people ‘‘died’’ and another 20 were ‘‘seriously injured’’ in a simulated two-car collision in Ballarat. The training exercise was conducted at Ballarat Airport on Tuesday, providing emergency services with a real-life...