Tambellup secured back-to-back victories with a commanding 21-run win over Kojonup in the Great Southern Cricket Association’s fourth round of T20s on Saturday.
Harry Grigson
Tambellup-raised hockey star Penny Squibb has captained Perth Thundersticks women’s side to a Hockey One premiership and saluted a dominant undefeated season.
A huge part of WA’s southern coastal region has a dire bushfire risk this summer after a warmer than usual cool season left soil bone-dry, with widespread vegetation die-off creating a tinderbox scenario.
Rebecca Le May
The Advertiser takes a look at cricket stories from around the Great Southern and Upper Great Southern regions as the summer of cricket heats up in 2024-25.
The State Government is advertising the tender for the demolition of the Katanning Residential College - the site where one of WA’s worst paedophiles preyed on young boys over a 12-year period.
Georgia Campion
A former Australia Post employee in the small Great Southern town of Ongerup has been jailed after he was caught by auditors stealing nearly half a million dollars to pay his gambling debts.
A talented group of dirt kart competitors from the Great Southern have returned stellar results at the 2024 WA Dirt Kart Titles in Perth earlier this month.
Hannah Whitehead
WA’s top cop has praised the officer who shot a man while responding to a family violence incident in Dumbleyung as a ‘hero’, after body-worn camera footage resulted in shocking revelations.
Jessica Evensen
Reigning premiers Broomehill extended their lead at the top of the ladder after posting an enormous first innings total against Kendenup to register their seventh straight win in Broomehill on Saturday.
A Great Southern man who rammed a Katanning police car in February, threatened three people at knifepoint, and set his jail cell on fire, has been jailed.
Katanning Senior High School is seeking local business partnerships as part of its new traineeship program to give students studying a certificate practical career experience.
Southern Scorpions captain Holly Pearce said budding young players in the region are itching with excitement as they join Albany’s Southern Smash tournament, in a showpiece for women’s cricket next month.
One of the key asks is the installation of security cameras and gun safes at police homes in regional WA.
Dylan Caporn
The man was shot in the early hours of Saturday after he allegedly assaulted a police officer.
John Flint and Hannah Cross
The RAC rescue helicopter was sent to assist two injured hikers across WA’s south on Thursday, with the service diverted to assist a teenager in Broke hours after rescuing a man in the Stirling Range.
Melissa Sheil
A climber who fell while ascending the second highest peak in the Stirling Range National Park has been rescued by the RAC Rescue helicopter and is on his way to Albany Health Campus.
The man accused of fatally mowing down a beloved father during a terrifying rampage through Perth’s east has faced court charged with murder.
Emily Moulton
UPDATE: A 29-year-old man has been charged with murder over the death of a Perth father in a deadly machete-wielding rampage in Bayswater.
Caleb Runciman, Nick Overall & Jessica Evensen
Towns narrowly avoided defeat in a thrilling one-wicket win over Lake Grace, which came down to the final over in round four of the Upper Great Southern Cricket Association A-grade competition on Saturday.
Great Southern Cricket Association stars Liam Want and Flynn Cristinelli were part of the WA Invitational XI in the final two rounds of the Belt Up Country Cup at Forrest Park in Bunbury on Sunday.
WA truck drivers no longer have to abide by contentious safety signage laws which came into effect earlier this year, following the State Government’s revision of the rules.
Olivia Ford
A Great Southern graduate is set to leave her home in Ongerup for Sydney after Australia Wool Innovation elected her as their top contender.
Public sentiment towards the live export industry has grown despite the Albanese Government’s plan to ban the sheep shipping trade, according to a new independent report.
Former Melbourne Stars wrist spinner Clint Hinchliffe was taken by Arc Infrastructure Aces with the No.1 pick of the 2024 Southern Smash draft on Monday night. Find out where all 32 players landed here.
