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Fulham prison’s new graduates

Fulham Correctional Centre has expanded its workforce heading into the new year, with 24 new correctional officers joining the facility.

Longford Primary School to transform its hall

Longford Primary School will receive $20,000 to transform its multi-purpose hall into an effective learning space.

Branch kills driver

A driver has died after a tree branch fell onto a vehicle near Yarram on Saturday night.

Man charged over Seaspray hit-run

Police are appealing for witnesses following a hit-run collision in Seaspray which left a young girl with minor injuries.

Emergency continues

Out of control bushfires continue to sweep across neighbouring east Gippsland, burning towns twice in one week and causing destruction and harm to the region's people, animals and the environment.

Extent of damage

There are 31 fires active in Victoria, and more than 1.1 million hectares burnt (including more than 800,000 hectares in east Gippsland).

Man charged after starting small fire

Police arrested and charged a man on Wednesday night following reports he allegedly started a small fire in Johnsonville.

‘Grave fears’ for 28 people

Authorities now hold "grave fears" for 28 people not accounted for in Victoria.

Heyfield stabbing

Detectives are investigating and have arrested a man after two people were allegedly stabbed in Heyfield.

Boat sinks off Loch Sport

Quick-acting locals came to the rescue of four people trapped on a sinking vessel in Loch Sport.

Government is ‘hiding’ irrigation report – MLA

Gippsland South MLA Danny O'Brien has queried why the state government is "hiding" a report on potential irrigation expansion areas in central Gippsland.

Fire emergency

In anticipation of conditions fire authorities describe as the worst since Black Saturday, residents and holidayers across east Gippsland were asked to "get out now" on Sunday, in an unprecedented mass evacuation.

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