🚨 Crime and Fire
Fire destroys shed on Hill Street
A Murray Bridge family has escaped a blaze which broke out behind their home on Monday.
Peri Strathearn
I'm an award-winning, community-minded journalist who has lived and worked in South Australia's Murraylands since 2012.
Less crime and sport, more local voices wanted in rural news, study shows
A report, Engaged Journalism in the Heartland, has suggested a way forward for local news in regional Australia.
📷 Social Photos
Social photos: Spring racing business lunch 2025
See who has been seen out and about in the Murraylands this week.
🏗️ Growth
Gifford Hill development progresses: ‘We’re going as fast as we can’
Exclusive: Here’s what the proponents behind one of the biggest land developments in SA’s history have accomplished in the past year.
Not just meth, and not just Murray Bridge: Drug use is a problem everywhere
A counselling service provider has confirmed what wastewater testing suggests: illicit and legal drugs are an issue all over regional Australia.
🙂 Good News
Show and shine at Palmer raises $2400 for disability charity
The event, one of the biggest for the Skulls Social Crew in South Australia, has netted a generous sum for Riding for the Disabled.
Tailem Bend ferry will be out of service for a day next week
The state Department for Infrastructure and Transport urges motorists to plan ahead.
🙂 Good News
Pay it forward at Mojos cafe
A Murray Bridge business has introduced a scheme which allows customers to shout coffees or food to locals doing it tough.
Pioneering female pilot retires to Sunnyside
Georgina Sutton has had a career like no-one else in Australian aviation, and now has the freedom to reflect on it after 40 years.
Ethan Klemm documents chrome culture, one analogue photo at a time
Meet the Murraylands photographer who has made it his mission to snap South Australia’s classic cars and the people who love them.
🏗️ Growth
Moorundi health centre’s opening fulfils a 23-year-old dream
The Moorundi Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service has moved into a multi-million dollar clinic in Murray Bridge.
Murraylands community mourns Dawn Matthews, Maori leader
The church leader, rugby club matriarch and op shop operator will be farewelled in Murray Bridge this Saturday.