State, council put in $1m
Port Pirie will receive $446,010 towards the continuing city-centre upgrade and the City Park project. Independent Frome MP and Cabinet MInister Geoff Brock told of...
Having a wail of a time
The raucous and yet graceful strains of the saxophone date back 171 years.The instrument was patented on June 28, 1846, by Belgian musician Antoine...
Cultures celebrated
As Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags fluttered in the breeze, the sound of hundreds of feet echoed throughout Port Pirie Central Business District...
Sport clubs combat drugs
Our talented sportspeople will be encouraged to stare down illegal drug use.This comes after a campaign was launched in Port Pirie by the Drug...
Power shock for hotelier
The world’s highest electricity prices have come to the doorstep of a Port Pirie hotel.Portside Tavern is among many businesses around the Mid North...
Drink driver reported following crash
A man has been reported for drink driving following a crash at Port Pirie last night.Just before midnight on Thursday July 6, police were...
Couple etched in Pirie history
History buff Julie van de Water remembers Anzac Day, 1974, like no other date. Her father Norm Doyle died during the ex-servicemen’s march in Port...
‘Biggest crowd’ so far at sport hub tour
The evolving construction site at Memorial Oval hosted its biggest “crowd” so far when about 60 people toured the sport hub on Tuesday.In fading...
‘I’ll sea you in court’
Port Pirie’s rescue boat, the Sea Angel, is embroiled in a legal dispute over its seaworthiness.The boat and its trailer, belonging to the local...
The ‘Beeman’s’ legacy
As bees migrate across Nelshaby each morning in soft morning light, the memory of Graham Clarence Lines is carried into a new day.The 66-year-old...
From the editor’s desk
With an expected hot summer ahead, the threat of bushfires is a reality that demands immediate and proactive preparation.
It’s not enough to simply...
