Two Albany and Districts Cricket Association sides, one Great Southern Cricket Association outfit and two teams from Upper Great Southern Cricket Association are in junior country week grand finals on Friday.
Claire Middleton
No sooner had the keys changed hands than work started on revamping the Gnowangerup Hotel by the town’s GNP360 co-operative.
Environmentalists concerned with the impact of Ausgold’s proposed mine at Badgebup received a boost as the EPA ruled it would be opening a three-week public review for additional information.
A young man who broke into a Kojonup property and stole a $4000 motorbike after recently completing parole has avoided immediate jail.
Hannah Whitehead
A Nyabing man who shot a case of bullets in an emotional state and the shots hitting a grader operator’s vehicle, has avoided immediate jail time.
Max Clegg enjoyed a brilliant spell of bowling as the Great Southern Cricket Association’s under-16 side started their campaign at 2026 CSBP Junior Country Week in Perth.
A Katanning woman who obstructed police from arresting someone and possessed a large amount of cannabis, including a “communal bowl”, has been heavily fined.
A 59-year-old man died after his glider crashed on December 29, with police investigating the cause of the accident.
Jacki Elezovich
A principal at a WA primary school has been sentenced after admitting to the ‘predatory’ indecent assault of a 12-year-old girl.
Caleb Runciman
Western Australia’s 139 local governments are now under the watch of a powerful new watchdog, with the State’s first Local Government Inspector formally commencing his full powers.
Sophie Gannon
Wandering moved to the top of the Upper Great Southern Cricket Association A-grade standings after thumping Lake Grace ahead of the mid-season break.
Cameron Newbold
WA’s rodeo community has paid tribute to ‘cowboy’ bull rider Flynn McCullough who died in a car crash five days before Christmas, while his fellow competitor remains in hospital with severe injuries.
Georgia Campion
Teenager Beau Sobey produced a memorable hat-trick as his side Kendenup scored a T20 victory to close out 2025 in the Great Southern Cricket Association on Saturday, December 20.
Details have emerged about a man who attacked his ex-partner’s brother with a knife in broad daylight in the centre of Katanning.
A Broomehill East man who possessed nearly 200g of cannabis, drug paraphernalia, and a crossbow has been fined for the offences.
In a show of compassion and solidarity, the tight-knit Borden community banded together on Sunday to complete the Peakall family’s harvest after the loss of their son Jaxon in the Mindarabin fire.
Melissa Sheil
Tributes have poured in for the much-loved 34-year-old farmer and volunteer firefighter who tragically lost his life last week while helping firefighting efforts in the Shire of Gnowangerup.
A Katanning man who allegedly drove recklessly in the Katanning townsite and through roadworks to escape police will fight all charges laid against him.
Rangers from the Binalup Aboriginal Corporation played the role of Christmas elves last week, hand-delivering more than 100 Christmas hampers to Aboriginal elders in the Great Southern.
A Wagin farmer could feel the searing heat on his skin as the vehicle he was on sped through a wall of flames, but without his beloved wool hat he says his injuries would’ve been much more severe.
Claire Sadler
The Gnowangerup IGA store, which closed in March after a serious fire, is set to reopen on Monday, in time for those last-minute Christmas necessities.
A registered sex offender who sexually assaulted his son’s 16-year-old girlfriend while she was staying at his Great Southern home has been given a lengthy prison sentence.
The 34-year-old was patrolling the boundary of the blaze when a burnt tree fell on the cab of his vehicle just after 8pm.
Melissa Sheil and Claire Middleton
Two shires with histories of significant bushfires have each been awarded grants of more than $800,000 to help protect their communities.
