Police & Courts
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Police rounds
Petrol theft POLICE report a woman will be arrested after the theft of $75 worth of fuel from a Kerang service station. The woman drove…
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Engineering company fined over industrial site death
AN engineering company has been fined $25,000 after it failed to supervise a worker who was killed dismantling the former Leitchville cheese factory. Glen Parsons…
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Police rounds
Business targeted A LEITCHVILLE business was targeted by thieves last month. Police said offenders forced entry to the business in King Albert Street some time…
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Police round-up
POLICE are investigating an alleged trespass at a Kerang property. Offenders entered a shed at a Mourilyan Street address some time between April 8 and…
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Police Beat
Quad bike ridden and dumped A QUAD bike dumped in a Kerang paddock earlier this month after being stolen from a shed in White Lane.…
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Speed the majority
MORE than half of traffic offences recorded in the Gannawarra and Swan Hill regions during the Easter long weekend were for speeding. Police detected almost…
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Pants theft is a real bummer
FIREFIGHTING trousers were stolen from the Kerang Fire Station earlier this month. Police said the CFA protective pants were taken from the Fitzroy Street site…
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Police Beat
Damage at servo POLICE are investigating after a Cohuna service station was forcibly entered last month. Security vision captured alleged offenders inside the King George…
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Pokie winnings cashed out by other player
A PERSON is expected to be interviewed by police after allegedly stealing money from a gambling machine in Kerang. The victim was playing a pokies…
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Ex-Cohuna minister in not guilty plea to historic child sex abuse allegations
A FORMER Cohuna church minister plans to fight historic child sex abuse allegations. Christopher Francis Coleborn, 75, appeared via video link in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court…
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Speeding dominates breaches on roads
POLICE detected almost 100 speeding drivers in the Gannawarra and Swan Hill regions during a four-day statewide road policing operation over the Labour Day long…
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Medical evidence lacking in bus crash case, says defence
A MINIBUS driver who allegedly fell asleep at the wheel had no reason to believe he might be at risk of falling asleep while driving…