Illegal immigrants detained
PORT Augusta Police detected and detained four illegal immigrants early Tuesday morning.Police received information that the men were travelling to South Australia from Perth...
Man, 20, stabbed
A man was taken to hospital after being stabbed in Port Augusta West.Police and ambulance crews attended a home where they found a 20-year-old...
Leonie’s national nod
CARLTON School Principal Leonie Falland received a national teaching award recently recognising decades of quality leadership in rural communities.The John Laing Award for Professional...
Uncovering long-lost evidence of local UFOs
A RECENTLY released book sheds light on a reported UFO sighting in Port Augusta during the late 1940s.Return to Magonia : Investigating UFOs in...
Coles trio celebrate a special birthday
WHILE Coles celebrates its 20th birthday in Port Augusta, it’s also a milestone for three team members.Alison Kenny, Shirley Bennetts and Lyn Hooper have...
Our claim to VC hero
ON September 8, 1916 the official London Gazette announced that an Australian infantryman, Private Martin O’Meara of the 16th Battalion, had been awarded the Victoria...
Our House gets experts’ thumbs up
ACADEMIC and mental health experts were in Port Augusta recently to launch an evaluation of the Our House drop in centre on Edinburgh Terrace.Guests included members...
Global climate protest reaches home
THE INTERNATIONAL People’s March had movements all over the world last weekend, including support from people in Port Augusta.A group of Port Augusta locals...
City’s carer crisis
LOCAL children are being relocated to Adelaide because of a dire lack of foster carers in Port Augusta.According to Families SA, foster carer households in Port...
Cherishing children
TEN years and ten children, that’s the legacy of dedicated foster carer Diane Buckley.Over a decade ago she looked into becoming a family day care...
Hawker memorial to star
HAWKER - The Hawker War Memorial is set to feature as part of the Australian War Memorial’s Southern Entrance upgrade and will feature on...
