Tech-ready for future?
In its eleventh year, the Port Pirie Science and Engineering Challenge has been deemed a success once again.About 200 open-minded Year 10 students from the...
Lions hunt down high-flying Hawks
Prop/Risdon 14.12 (96) d West Augusta 10.6 (66)The Lions celebrated Tom Harmer's 200th game with a comfortable 30-point win that was set up by brilliant...
Marshall-ing rural troops
Reshaping rural health policy in South Australia was not the only thing on the agenda when Liberal Party and state opposition leader Steven Marshall visited...
Thieves roam farmlands
Police are calling for public vigilance after a spike in the number of rural property thefts and break-ins reported in the past three weeks...
More calls on Dr’s contract
Several sport identities have joined calls for council chief Andrew Johnson to be offered an extended contract.This comes after several community leaders pleaded with...
Demand for mouse bait
OVERWHELMING demand for mouse bait has resulted in extra shipments of zinc phosphide tech Last Supper being freighted from India into the state.Wilhelm Rural owner...
Mayor takes heart from steel deal
Upper Spencer Gulf mayors welcomed the announcement of a South Korean consortium as the final preferred bidder for Arrium.And Port Pirie Regional Council mayor...
800 join battle in foothills
A group of Mid North residents delivered an 800-signature petition, seeking to change state government development guidelines, to Independent Frome MP Geoff Brock recently.The petition...
Freedom is precious
Last Saturday I attended the annual Port Pirie Christmas Pageant and it still remains as a major regional drawcard and the sense of occasion...
