Laura Mayers

Emergency services are at the scene of plane crash at the Bacchus Marsh Aerodrome today. Authorities say rescue teams are on-scene at Aerodrome Road in Parwan, south west of Melbourne.

Police say a 30-year-old Mooroopna man is in police custody and is yet to be questioned after the body of a 56-year-old was discovered in his Echuca home last night.

Victorian authorities brace for difficult fire conditions with high temperatures and storms with dry lightning forecast this week.

A 23-year-old man accused of the high-profile murder of Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy has pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Leading Senior Constable Clare Kane watches as a cohort of teenage boys at St Patrick's College in Ballarat run and play on a football field.

Five sporting clubs are the latest victims of the rising crime of copper theft, with the removal of 400 metres of copper wiring destroying a popular recreation reserve's power supply.

A fire near Creswick, north of Ballarat, remains under advice level today after ripping through nearly 200 hectares of state forest yesterday.

Water-bombing aircraft have been called in to fight two out-of control bushfires, with a leave now message issued for nearby communities.

Properties have come under threat near Victoria's Grampians National Park after a bushfire ripped through more than 5,000 hectares of land in just 24 hours.

Bushfires prompt tourist cancellations for Victoria's Grampians National Park as people abandon Christmas holiday plans.