Fire in Memorial Park an early warning
A fire was quickly extinguished in Memorial Park Thursday afternoon.At about 1:20pm, a fire began near a park bench on the northern side of...
War graves care concerns
The state of the war graves at Port Pirie Cemetery has come under attack for the second time in 12 months – this time...
Big night in ‘the den’
The mud, sweat, smiles and tears of another season are over for the Lions Football Club, but the heroes have not been forgotten. Trophies were...
Christmas – a time to give
As shops begin to stock their shelves with Christmas cheer, Port Pirie Regional Library has launched their 2016 ‘Give the Gift of Reading’ campaign.The...
Remembrance Day: Pirie ‘never forgets’
As the Last Post rang through the large, silent crowd gathered at Memorial Drive on Friday morning, the sacrifices of servicemen and women throughout...
Premium crops ruined by ‘mini-tornado’
“You start to break down every now and again”. An emotional Wandearah farmer, Kym Reid, described the tragic aftermath of Friday’s freak “mini-tornado” storm cell which destroyed...
A ‘McHappy’ Day all round
Port Pirie’s McDonald’s Restaurant was overrun by some of kids’ most-loved fictional characters on Saturday as the food venue took part in the nation-wide...
Talent set to entertain
As the lights fade on the 2016 Music Excellence Program, the next five acts to take the Port Pirie musical world by storm have been...
A brush with catastrophe
The Yorke and Mid North fire danger seasons had not officially begun, but an “act of god” had farmer Philip Johns and the Pirie East...
Lifetime of sorrow for Kym
Dust and debris – and a deathly silence – littered Kym Zubrinich’s Christmas 14 years ago.The impact between a truck and his parents’ car at...















