Lucky escape after crash
A driver was lucky to escape with only minor injuries after a car and truck collided on the Augusta Highway near Warnertown last monthThe...
Council defends wage bill increase
Council’s wages bill jumped by a million dollars last financial year.But Port Pirie Regional Council management defended the situation, saying the amount was back...
‘Someone could die in streets mix-up’
A resident could die as a result of Port Pirie’s mixed-up, doubled-up street names, a councillor says.Cr Neville Wilson said the problem also existed...
$10,000 for tennis club
Junior tennis has been given a shot in the arm with a new $10,000 grant by Port Pirie Regional Council.The grant was awarded on...
Our schools yield brilliant results
And the results are in … Year 12 exam grades became known on Tuesday and Port Pirie’s three high schools are the “winners”.Every school was...
Paramedic Kim on the crash frontline
A simple, quiet knock on the door could shatter your Christmas.It could be the police calling to tell you that a loved one has...
Nosey Parker: From the 1945 archives
New fish depot at Solomontown, capable of handling 5600 lbs daily. Mr Stuart Loughhead, proprietor of Boat Fittings, has demolished his old wood and...
Driver Reviver to operate Christmas stop
The Combined Services Clubs of Port Pirie will be operating the Driver Reviver Rest Stop on Highway One at Warnertown over the Christmas period...
Students help chemo unit
Pirie West students have splashed their cash and colours for a good cause.They raised $760 for the hospital’s chemotherapy unit by staging an “awareness...
Christmas, one page at a time
Never fear, the Christmas Assistance Committee is here.The aptly-named group with UnitingCare Wesley is leaping into action to ensure needy children have Christmas books...
Two-wheel farm tour a stand-out
REGION - South Australia’s regions came alive this year as the grains industry’s pioneering spring motorcycle crop trials tour hit the national stage, attracting...
