Baby girl in induced coma after car crashes into Geelong home and other top stories

Baby girl in induced coma after car crashes into Geelong home

A family continues to hold a bedside vigil for a baby girl who suffered life-threatening head injuries when a car ploughed through her family's Geelong home on Sunday night. Four-month-old Isabelle was sleeping with her parents, Natalie and Dylan ... >> view original

Geelong's Jimmy Bartel needs surgery, will miss two months

Geelong's star midfielder Jimmy Bartel will be sidelined for at least two months through injury after scans showed a tear in the medial ligament of his left knee. Bartel, 31, requires surgery to repair the damage and will have the operation on Thursday. >> view original

Baby fighting for life after car crashes into Geelong home

A four-month-old girl is fighting for her life in hospital after a car slammed into her family's Geelong home. It is understood the baby girl was sleeping with her parents when a car ploughed through their fence and into the bedroom about 8.30pm on Sunday. >> view original

Trawler backer lashes out at 'naive' opponents rallying against Geelong Star

Protesters turning up for rallies and barbecues to fight the use of factory trawlers are naive and ill-informed, an industry spokesman says. The 95-metre Geelong Star has been given Commonwealth approval to take more than 16,500 small pelagic fish from ... >> view original

2015 AFL season: Geelong defeats Gold Coast by nine points at Simonds Stadium

But when he burst away at the three-minute mark of the third quarter on Sunday, it was eye-opening simply for the fact that Geelong hadn't looked anything like doing that for the previous two quarters. Gold Coast had smashed the Cats around the ball ... >> view original

Geelong skipper Joel Selwood carrying too much of the burden

The Geelong warrior has long been acknowledged as one of the finest skippers in the competition, and Sunday's incredible effort, in which Selwood finished with 38 disposals, 23 contested possessions, eight centre clearances and a goal, was among the ... >> view original

Police seek man after fatal hit-run

A picture of Mark Sheen — who is believed to go to the Geelong and Corio areas — has been released by police in the hope someone will recognise him and tell detectives of his whereabouts. Mr Sheen is described as caucasian, 162cm tall, thin build ... >> view original

'Supertrawler' Geelong Star sighted off Eden

Brian Schofield, a former president of the Eden Sport and Game Fishing Club sighted the Geelong Star on Friday, off Mowarry Point near Eden, in about 130m of water. Mr Schofield said the ship didn't have its nets out but was circling around with its ... >> view original

Maribyrnong Council planting 146 trees along Geelong Rd as part of Anzac ...

Maribyrnong Council is planting 146 gum trees along Geelong Rd, between Ballarat Rd and Gordon St, under a $140,000 project commemorating the Anzac centenary. The council has also applied for federal money to restore the cenotaph at the Ballarat Rd ... >> view original

Geelong star sidelined

Geelong midfielder Jimmy Bartel will be out of action for at least two months after scans reveal a tear in the medial ligament of his left knee. 21/04/15. Ultimate fantasy footy weekly update (Video Thumbnail). Up next... Fantasy footy weekly update ... >> view original