Fuel competition heating up
CONSUMERS buying fuel in Mount Gambier may be getting a good deal, but those in more regional towns are paying up to 15 cents...
Lifeline South East in need of volunteers
LIFELINE South East needs more volunteers to become crisis supporters, answering calls that are made to the crisis hotline.
Jeff Hodge, the centre supervisor and...
Tenison Librarian enjoying retirement
"IT'S really odd," said Tory Brett of the first time in decades she has not had to get organised for the return to work...
Locals push for cancer fundraiser
THE wheels will turn for a Mount Gambier man who will travel the 450km trip to Adelaide in a wheelchair.
Cancer survivor Alec Hamilton...
Mount Gambier Citizen of the Year
ADAM Smith will receive Mount Gambier City Council's Citizen of the Year award during Australia Day celebrations this year.
Mr Smith is a well...
Being the ‘fun police’ at a wedding
THE Apple Farm has hosted many a wedding, but owner Kelsie Prowse feels her job is becoming less about helping people celebrate, and more...
Australia Day to be celebrated privately
AUSTRALIA Day is next week, but locals will be hard pressed to find a public event to attend.
Wattle Range Council breakfasts at Millicent, Beachport,...
Wishing well thieves
THIEVES were seen turning themselves upside down this week as they dove into charity money from a wishing well in Mount Gambier's Cave Gardens.
A...
Students split in back to school plan
SCHOOL will be back by the end of the month but with a twist due to Covid-19.
Last week, Premier Steven Marshall announced pre-school,...
Covid wave peak due in the next week
THE Limestone Coast Local Health Network (LCLHN) is hopeful the current wave of Covid-19 infections will peak in the next week.
LCLHN executive director of...
Bad bushfire conditions on the way
REINFORCEMENTS have been brought in to help keep a bushfire in Coles, south of Lucindale, from flaring up ahead of tough weather conditions.
Country...
Labor’s $24m health pledge
AN upgrade to the emergency department, doubling of mental health beds and two additional drug and alcohol detox beds at the Mount Gambier hospital...
Territorial battle captured at Lake McIntyre
Regular visitors to Lake McIntyre, Jasper Hammat and Michelle Thomas, like to visit the site to spot and photograph the birdlife.
But recently they captured...
