KYNETON’S Sacred Heart College may one day have to add death metal to its music curriculum.

MACEDON Ranges youths who took part in a weekly automotive program called Pole Position have seen their hard work and dedication pay off.

SUNBURY’S Doug and Bibi Hagan have a personal reason for working with the Leukaemia Foundation during the World’s Greatest Shave campaign.

SUNBURY player Mark Cowan hopes his team’s star-studded opponent Moonee Ponds will have an off day when the two sides meet in round 13 of the Royal Victorian Bowls Association Henselite Premier Division on Saturday.

THE Ballarat Football League has themed its opening round fixtures for 2010 as the ‘blockbuster round’.

KYNETON will come alive with animal competitions, arts and craft, local food and wine, music and rides when the Kyneton Agricultural Society hosts its 149th Grand Annual Show.

See Leader’s full Spring Racing Carnival coverage.

The jobless rate may be better than expected, but some areas are doing it tough and the Federal Government wants to avoid a revolt, writes Mark Davis.

Home prices rose across Australia in the three months to September, as investors upgraded to more expensive properties.

AUSTRALIANS are working a collective 2 billion hours of unpaid overtime a year, an Australia Institute poll has found.

MACEDON Ranges Council has ratified a new contract for its chief executive, Peter Johnston, at a closed meeting.