Items filtered by date: August 2020
Our View (25-8-2020): Border Watch closure
SOUTH Australia’s oldest and largest country newspaper, The Border Watch at Mount Gambier, printed its last edition on Friday.
Entertain Us (25-8-2020): Best TV episodes of the decade
YORKE Peninsula Country Times journalists continue looking back at the best of entertainment in the 2010s, and this week Nick Perry has shared his top five television episodes of the decade.
NOT GUILTY OF MURDER
• He killed his wife • Buried her in their backyard • Lied about it for almost 45 years
But a jury has found Geoffrey Adams not guilty
GEOFFREY Adams, 72, has been acquitted of the 1973 murder of wife, Colleen.
Fire rips through Moonta cottage
A FIRE destroyed a cottage at Moonta Mines early this morning (Tuesday, August 25).
SA Power Networks “not at fault” for SYP bushfire
AN inquiry has concluded the Yorketown bushfire was ignited by SA Power Networks equipment — but the company was not at fault.
Wild weather damages jetty
STRONG winds and heavy swell have damaged the Port Hughes Jetty.
Rural ambulance plan released
THE state government has unveiled a plan to improve the SA Ambulance Service and recruit more rural ambulance officers.
Gum Flat election
GUM Flat ward encompasses the central part of the Yorke Peninsula Council district from just above Port Victoria to just below Minlaton.
Police News... DNA hit leads to arrest
Kadina police arrested a 36-year-old Wallaroo male on August 19 in relation to a DNA hit from a theft at Kadina Freight on June 14.
Final stage of strategic management plan for YP
YORKE Peninsula Council has started the final stage of consultation on its draft 2021-2025 strategic management plan.
