Your fist clutches a golden pocket: a jumbo empanada packed with spiced beef mince, boiled egg and olives. Your lips trace the salty rim of a neat little Paloma. A scan of the room reveals a lively ...

It was the first time I’d ever had hearts of palm and it was a moment of magical newness, like discovering a colour you’ve ...

Get the Christmas lights out! It's that time of year where Ballarat residents get into the spirit and decorate their homes ahead of Santa's visit on December 25.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Firefighters have downgraded an out-of-control bushfire near Ballarat, as cooler conditions offer a reprieve from Melbourne’s ...

Fire crews are continuing to battle an out-of-control bushfire at Creswick, in central Victoria, after a day of extreme fire weather on Monday, but the threat appears to be easing. An emergency ...

On Revolution Day, 1976, then-president Luis Echevarría honored one of the revolution’s greatest heroes, Francisco “Pancho” Villa, bringing his remains from the Panteón de Dolores in ...

The demise of dictators is woven into the fabric of history. In his massive, exhaustive, definitive new biography of Pancho Villa, famed Mexican author, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, calls Porfirio Diaz ...

The hard work of hundreds of Ballarat's VCE students has come to fruition with students receiving their ATAR, or Australian Tertiary Admission Rank. The Courier spoke to the highest scorers from ...

Monday's trials at Ballarat will be streamed live on Racing.com from 8 am AEST. All trials can be watched live in the video player below, which will appear from 8 am AEST, with replays to follow ...

HOUSTON - Richard Reyes, beloved in Houston as the festive Pancho Claus, is currently bracing for a major heart surgery slated for Friday, putting his tradition of delivering holiday cheer to ...

Richard Reyes, better known as Pancho Claus during the holiday season, will be having open heart surgery in the next couple of weeks after his heart condition was found to be worse than expected.

A truck driver knew the trailers he was towing had faulty brakes but thought he’d “be alright”, before crashing into a bus carrying students from Loreto College Ballarat. The state’s big ...