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Nurses ramp up action
NURSES will stop admissions to some beds at Mount Gambier Hospital amid fresh warnings the staff shortage is a "ticking time bomb" for patients.
In...
RSL lives to fight another day
THE Mount Gambier Community Returned and Service League has overcome its short-term financial woes thanks to a mammoth fundraising effort by the community.
Ready to...
Locals prepare to Light the Night
LIMESTONE Coast residents will carry lanterns to light the night this October to raise money for the Leukaemia Foundation and reflect on the devastating...
Liberal hopeful on attack over health
LIBERAL candidate for MacKillop Nick McBride has labelled the shock pre-election resignation of cabinet ministers Jack Snelling and Leesa Vlahos as a calculated move...
Charity checks in
AROUND 50 locals garbed in bright yellow marched along Commercial Street last week to promote R U OK? Day.
R U OK? Day is a...
1985 Holden VK Commodore
PETER Roulston's 1985 VK Holden Commodore played a vital role in the Great Escape Cystic Fibrosis Car Bash fundraiser last week, raising money for...
Success off the court
MOUNT Gambier's Pioneers basketball club enjoyed major success in the 2017 South East Australian Basketball League season, but success off the court was just...
WBFL: East claim grand final berth
EAST Gambier has claimed a Western Border football grand final berth with a decisive victory over Casterton Sandford at Millicent on Saturday.
It was a...
Lions District Governor pays a visit
TOURING the Blue Lake city last week, Lions Australia district governor Judy Glastonbury explored an array of projects undertaken by the hardworking Lions Club...
Drink drivers nabbed
A THREE hour statewide blitz to catch people drink or drug driving by police on Friday has only seen one driver caught in the Limestone Coast region. [...]
MSEFL: Grand final success
MOUNT Burr secured its third consecutive Mid South East Football League premiership win at Nangwarry on Saturday.
The Mozzies win over Hatherleigh was the club's...
MSENA: Premiership winners
THIS year's Mid South East Netball Association grand finals resulted in a mixed bag of winners across all grades.
The experienced and unstoppable Kalangadoo A...
Another time-honoured memorial win
MARGIN-WISE, there was not much to spare in the Sims Family Memorial final over 512 metres at Tara Raceway's January 11 meeting.
However, the...
