Neighbour battles $80,000 house fire
A NORMANVILLE homeowner used a garden hose to battle a fire at his neighbour's property.
View ArticlePollies driven to churn and burn
A COUPLE of years ago in one of his excellent machine-gun sprays, Paul Keating lamented the emergence of a new class of political leaders who wouldn't get out of bed in the morning unless they had...
View ArticleGirl power gives Wong a big tick
POLITICAL heavyweights, business leaders and SA's most powerful union have thrown their support behind lord mayoral aspirant Francis Wong.
View ArticleDon't go crook - she's our lass too
RONNIE CAMPBELL admits the tears will be almost impossible to stop. The weathered Scot - a shepherd and crofter - from the west coast highlands is not one to make a fuss.
View ArticleComrades want new blood - now
THE head of the state's union movement wants Premier Mike Rann and Deputy Premier Kevin Foley to step down and allow Labor to return to its core values.
View ArticleHow they talk the talk
Homespun: How the Sunday Mail unravelled some of the work by the state's standing army of spin doctors
View ArticlePenola: God's own country
IT has been a quaint, unhurried pastoral town for more than 160 years, but tonight everything will change for Penola.
View ArticlePool fencing debacle
ALMOST eight years after the State Government announced pool fences would be mandatory, confusion still reigns over safety regulations.
View ArticleWest holds all the aces
GO WEST if you want an inner-city bargain buy, a new survey shows. Eight of the 10 best value-for-money suburbs - within 7km of the GPO - are in the city's west.
View ArticleBig surge in power bills
RESIDENTS in the Lower Lakes town of Meningie have been shocked by a mystery spike in their power bills of up to 100 per cent.
View ArticleBaby hospitalised with meningococcal
AN 11-month-old baby boy has been hospitalised with meningococcal.
View Article$2.5m for E-mergency training
SOUTH Australian emergency services will receive $2.53 million to develop an online training package.
View ArticleMurray plan stumbling block
THE Prime Minister has backed away from her election promise to do "what is necessary'' to restore the River Murray's health, saying it is premature to do so.
View ArticleChildren celebrate canonisation in costume
CHILDREN dressed in period costume have made their way through Penola as part of a parade to mark the canonisation of Mary MacKillop today.
View ArticleTeenage pedestrian killed, driver arrested
A TEENAGE girl has died after being struck by a car on North Terrace, with the driver now facing charges over her death.
View ArticleWoman's body found at Port Noarlunga
UPDATE: THE BODY of a woman in her 50s has has been found in a park at Port Noarlunga.
View ArticleAustralia welcomes St Mary
AUSTRALIA has welcomed the nation's first saint, Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop, with cheers, tears of joy and enthusiastic applause.
View ArticlePoverty at alarming levels
ONE in 10 Australians now live in poverty, as families skip meals and struggle to pay essential bills, a Salvation Army report says.
View ArticleNo cash to hire our new nurses
HUNDREDS of graduate nurses could be left without jobs, doctors and nurses have warned.
View ArticlePupils wait for super school
CEMENT mixers and diggers litter the new super school site at Playford North where students were due to start last week.
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