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Charity auction to support vulnerable children
A CHARITY auction fundraising to support vulnerable Limestone Coast children will launch on Friday 16 October with 14 Pioneers Basketball Club playing jerseys up...
Penola’s watershed moment
STORM water flooding across Penola’s city business district is expected to be a thing of the past in coming weeks with major upgrades to...
‘Tuff’ experience for Mount Gambier students
NORTH Primary School recently had an exclusive visit of thanks from South Australia Police and Australian Defence Force.
Before the holiday break, students wrote...
Push for more breast cancer awareness across Limestone Coast
ALTHOUGH October is marked as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it is an every day discussion point for Mount Gambier resident Sharon Tuffnell during her...
Victorian border closure forces young Naracoorte family to pack bags and form new life...
South Australia’s favourite seaside town has become home for the McLachlan family after they were forced to flee their rural property just hours before...
Foreign worker shearing industry shortage a concern for Limestone Coast peak season
A NATIONAL shearer shortage caused by border shutdowns and travel restrictions is creating unprecedented pressure this spring season across the Limestone Coast’s agricultural sector.
Tough...
Drastic Robe greenery slash
ROBE’S city business district has been temporarily stripped bare of greenery with several ageing trees uprooted from pavement after being declared hazardous to the...
Millicent man proud to turn his life around after tragic life-changing accident
When Millicent resident Trevor Palmer was told he was never going to walk again, he, somehow, found solace, not sadness.
Over 15 years ago on...
Mount Gambier racing at standstill as redeveloped course problem emerges
THOROUGHBRED racing at the Allan Scott Glenburnie Racecourse has been suspended indefinitely due to an unwanted grass growing in the multi-million dollar redeveloped track.
Revealing...
Mount Gambier women one of ‘lucky seven’ lotto winners
A MOUNT Gambier woman has confessed she has already been shopping for a new block of land after scoring division one in Saturday's X...
STAFF PROFILE: John “Fred” Luckhurst Smith – Journalist
With an involvement in The South Eastern Times newspaper in Millicent dating back to the early 1980s, John “Fred” Luckhurst Smith would be among...
Drink and drugs keep police busy overnight
Mount Gamber police have detected a woman driving under the influence of drugs and arrested a man following a disturbance at a local hotel overnight.[...]