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Pair off to hot air balloon champs
MILDURA’s ballooning community will be proudly represented on the national stage next month, with pilots Ben Gowers and Kerry Frankel set to compete at the…
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The books stop with Suzy
SUZY Buck, from Suzy’s Books in Merbein, said her son thinks she’s running a library, not a business, as all of her second-hand books are…
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Global group backs cuts, rate rises
GOVERMENTS are being urged to cut unnecessary spending and avoid indiscriminately spraying cost-of-living support as oil prices surge. In a snap report prompted by the…
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Hats off to graduates
WHEN La Trobe University’s head of campus, Dr Sandy O’Connor, graduated alongside fellow students at Friday’s 2026 graduation ceremony, it proves that anyone can undertake…
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Trio of juniors honoured with SACA Team of the Year selections
FROM the SACA Country Cricket Championships held during late January three teenage cricketing talents from the competition won selections in the respective “Team of the…
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Metaphorical melee over ratepayer funds for FNC
THE allocation of ratepayers’ became the focus of heated debate at Thursday’s Mildura Rural City Council regular meeting. At the meeting, councillors agreed to give…
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Partnership plants new era for SFNL
THE Sunraysia Football Netball League has landed a major sponsorship boost, announcing Barry Plant as its new naming rights partner in a landmark three-year agreement.…
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Guilty plea for bar brawl
A MELBOURNE man has been sentenced to a community corrections order following a 2023 incident where he was involved in a brawl outside the then-Sandbar…
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Bail refused for second time in hit-and-run, stabbing
A PIANGIL man alleged to have deliberately ran over another man in a 4WD before stabbing a woman in February this year has been refused…
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Wade in heaven
GOL Gol skipper Wade Hancock’s stellar season has been crowned with the Sunraysia Cricket Association’s highest individual honour, taking out the 2025/26 Les Innes Medal…
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Commerce chamber commences
DOZENS from the region’s business community were welcomed to the relaunch of the Mildura-Wentworth Chamber of Commerce and Industry, all eager to hear what the…
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Leaders eye fuel shortage talks as impacts loom
Australia’s fuel crisis will be the subject of emergency talks between state and federal leaders next week, with a range of rationing measures potentially being…













