Olympic dream for Carrie
Sleeping in the bow of a Sabre yacht as a five-year-old on the Pirie River, Carrie Smith would have had little inkling that she would...
Premier’s spin on a football
Voters are are used to their political leaders putting “spin” on announcements, but Jay Weatherill grabbed a special moment with a football in Port...
Premier pops in
Premier Jay Weatherill’s fortunes will come full circle with a visit to Port Pirie today and tomorrow.He will travel from Adelaide, where he has...
Forum’s negative nuclear tone
Speakers at an Indigenous forum in Port Pirie questioned the merits of proposals for a nuclear waste dump in South Australia.The forum was hosted...
Regional artists set to colour Pirie prize
A stroke of history is set to be made this year with the 20th installment of the Port Pirie Art Prize primed and ready to...
Ebony Lethbridge
NAME: Ebony LethbridgeAGE: 9SPORT: NetballCLUB: Central Risdon Netball ClubTEAM: Under 11sCOACH: Jess SeidelEbony Lethbridge plays all over the court in the under 11s for...
Get ready to register for the relay in 2017
With less than a year to go, it is time for teams to start registering for the Port Pirie Relay For Life in 2017....
College to move Year 7s to Bosco
Year seven students will be welcomed into St Mark’s College’s Bosco campus from 2018.The Catholic college has been working towards the transition for the last...
Nosey Parker: From the 1959 archives
Dutch housewife Dolly Smits won the Miss Picnic contest from 13 other girls, 2nd was Joan Siviour and third was Marsha Kinnear. The sportswear...
Relay and raise money for Cancer Council
You’ll struggle to find someone, or a family, that has not been affected by this insidious disease.I’m talking about that dreaded ‘C’ word – cancer. The...















