Pet snakes set loose at city lakes
EXCLUSIVE
WHILE the great Centenary Tower python mystery has yet to be officially solved, a veteran snake catcher believes he may have the answer.
Three pythons...
Time to get ball rolling
THE region's grassroots sporting fraternity remains on the sidelines awaiting COVID-19 restrictions to ease.
Regional sport has been laying dormant for weeks following the sweeping...
Anzac Day pride rings out across Mount Gambier
A STIRRING rendition of the Last Post by world-renowned jazz musician James Morrison echoed throughout Mount Gambier on Anzac Day.
With his brand new bugle,...
Families across region quietly honour military service and sacrifice in private dawn services
DOZENS of Millicent and district families marked Anzac Day on Saturday with private ceremonies to honour wartime service and sacrifice.
With the COVID-19 pandemic protocols...
Activity returns to Coonawarra strip as closure directive is revoked
BUSINESSES along the Coonawarra strip have started to reopen after Police Commissioner Grant Stevens revoked a direction which shut down South Australia's wineries.
Earlier this...
New era dawns on Anzac Day services
THE Anzac Day spirit remained alive and well in Mount Gambier this year as the community banded together to honour veterans and the fallen...
“I’m surprised there was not a fatality” eyewitness says of CBD crash
AN eyewitness who was among the first to help victims of today's dramatic high speed crash at Mount Gambier's main corner says it was...
Rehearsal moves online
A LIMESTONE Coast choir group is not letting COVID-19 restrictions derail its rehearsals, joining a growing number of performing arts groups using video conferencing...
‘Care package’ introduced
GRANT District Council has swept in a myriad of measures for its community in response to COVID-19 health and economic crisis.
The community-entrenched "care package"...
Foodbank in demand
FOODBANK Mount Gambier has felt the impact of high community demand for essential household items and has recorded an alarming jump in output last...
Anzacs to be honoured from home as result of virus social-distancing protocols
THERE will be no large crowd at the Penola Memorial Park this Anzac Day as COVID-19 restrictions remain tight.
State and Federal Government restrictions have...
Police concerned by ‘reckless’ driving behaviour
A MAN who reversed his car into a police patrol vehicle yesterday morning is still at large as police continue to combat concerning driving...
New roads gazetted for heavy vehicles
A number of roads within the Tatiara would become gazetted for heavy vehicle use, subject to Department of Infrastructure and Transport approvals.
The Tatiara...
