Police News

SAPOL delivers ‘sweet’ and simple Easter road safety message

South Australia police are urging everyone to ‘keep it sweet on the road’ and do their part to ensure a fatality-free Easter long weekend. Over the past five years, seven lives have been lost and 43 people have been seriously injured over the...

Giorgina McKay

28 Mar 2024

Police News

Cars stolen from Murray Bridge

Police are investigating the theft of two unique cars from Murray Bridge over the weekend. Between Saturday and Sunday, both vehicles – a blue 1978 Ford XC Falcon with registration XCGXL5 and a 2009 black Holden Commodore ute with registration...

Southern Argus

21 Mar 2024

Police News

Vehicle fire at Langhorne Creek

Emergency services responded to a vehicle fire on the corner of Chaunceys Line and Kangaroo roads, Langhorne Creek, on March 7, just after 10pm. Woodchester and Langhorne Creek CFS both responded and extinguished it quickly with two trucks each and...

Southern Argus

14 Mar 2024

Police News

Structure fire at Strathalbyn causes significant damage

Two vehicles and a shed which caught alight at Strathalbyn in the early hours of Saturday morning have caused an estimated $100,000 in losses. At about 2am, approximately 24 Country Fire Service (CFS) firefighters, including those from Strathalbyn...

Southern Argus

29 Feb 2024

Police News

Local cow statue butchered by red paint

An iconic Mount Compass statue was defaced on Friday in a “disgusting” act of vandalism, creating a challenging clean-up and repair job for local community members. The town’s cow and calf statues were installed in the 1990s as part of...

Giorgina McKay

01 Feb 2024

Emergency Services

Car takes out Telstra junction at Strathalbyn

A car took out a Telstra junction when it left the road at Strathalbyn on Sunday. Just before 5.30pm, emergency services were called to the intersection of Nine Mile Road and Rankine Road after a car left the road, taking out a Telstra junction in...

Southern Argus

25 Jan 2024

Police News

Nutcracker returns to Mount Barker

In a turn of events, a giant stolen nutcracker was returned under the cover of darkness to its home in Mount Barker. Mount Barker Shopping Centre staff reported the 1.9m nutcracker stolen on December 30 from the shopping centre. The nutcracker was...

Southern Argus

11 Jan 2024

Police News

Trailor stolen from Littlehampton home

A Littlehampton family has been left devastated after a custom-made trailer containing dirt karts was stolen in the early hours of Sunday morning. Between approximately 12.30am and 5am, a trailer was stolen from the front of a Hallett Road home...

Giorgina McKay

19 Oct 2023

Police News

Dark web trafficker arrested

A 25-year-old Adelaide Hills man was arrested last month for dark web drug trafficking and money laundering involving cryptocurrency. In early 2023, Cybercrime Investigation Section commenced Operation Reveal, targeting the activity of an online...

Southern Argus

12 Oct 2023

Police News

Driver collides with parked car

A Yundi woman received an expiation notice after colliding with a parked vehicle at Strathalbyn last Friday. At about 2.30pm on August 25, Strathalbyn State Emergency Service and Country Fire Service crews, SA Police and SA Ambulance Service were...

Giorgina McKay

31 Aug 2023

Community News

Ashbourne CFS stage Open Day to bolster membership

Ashbourne CFS welcomed the community into its station on Sunday, in a bid to increase its profile in the region. The brigade’s training officer Ben Van Iersel, who co-ordinated the day, said the event was both a publicity and recruitment drive to...

Deirdre Graham

31 Aug 2023

Police News

Car crashes into embankment at Finniss

A Goolwa man was taken to a local hospital after driving his vehicle into an embankment at Finniss last Wednesday. Just before 10.30am on August 9, State Emergency Service and Country Fire Service crews, SA Ambulance Service, and SA Police were...

Giorgina McKay

17 Aug 2023

Police News

Car smashes into guard rail at Sandergrove

A Goolwa man escaped injury after colliding with a guard rail at Sandergrove last Thursday. Just before 2pm on July 6, Strathalbyn Country Fire Service (CFS) and State Emergency Service (SES) crews, and SA Police were called to Alexandrina Road...

Giorgina McKay

13 Jul 2023