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Isaac Selby is a reporter for the Messenger based in the Upper Spencer Gulf.

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Minister for Regional Roads and Stuart MP Geoff Brock said the Augusta Highway is a vital route for both travellers and freight. Picture: Supplied

Vital SA highway to be upgraded in wake of horror triple fatality

A notorious stretch of highway in SA’s north is set to be upgraded in the wake of a horror triple fatality crash. See where the improvements will occur.

Upper Spencer Gulf

40 degree temperatures were not enough to prevent the Port Augusta goat from hitting the concrete streets. Picture: Ned Davies

Baaaad to the bone: Brazen outlaw goat outruns SA police

An escaped goat has made life difficult for SA police after braving scorching temperatures for a frolic around a South Australian town. See the footage here.

Upper Spencer Gulf

A street sweeper has disrupted a funeral in Port Pirie

‘Disrespectful’: Funeral drowned out by rowdy street sweeper

Attendees at a funeral in a regional SA city have been left upset after a noisy street sweeper completely drowned out part of the ceremony.

Upper Spencer Gulf

Ty Robertson didn't hesitate to act in the crucial seconds after a young boy broke free from his mother and ran into oncoming traffic. Picture: Supplied.

‘Instinct took over’: Young hero on lunch break risks life to save child

A 20-year-old man has been praised for his quick thinking after he prevented a potentially tragic road incident involving a four-year-old boy – before heading back to work moments later.

Upper Spencer Gulf

The lifetime ban of former Jamestown vet Geoffrey Warren continues to divide the community.

Country vet practice closes over backlash from rival’s lifetime ban

Vet services in a Mid North town are being cut off after a practice was forced to close following a barrage of unwarranted negative community sentiment over a rival vet’s lifetime ban.

Upper Spencer Gulf

Venus Bay residents were shocked by Hillier's murder, many of whom he had socialised with during the month before his death. Picture: Luke Zanker

Travelling companion pleads not guilty to alleged Venus Bay killing

A NSW man accused of murdering his travelling companion following an attack at an art gallery near a coastal SA town has pleaded not guilty in court.

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DTR914 Young female with long hair wearing jeans, hand on head in despair, sitting in darkness by a window at home. Side viewpoint.

Backpacker sex-pest forced victim to suffer ‘degrading’ acts

A man on a working holiday visa has been found guilty of raping another backpacker, only letting his victim leave her bedroom to make him food.

Port Lincoln

Coffin Bay oyster farmers checking their nets. Picture: SATC

SA seafood titan booms from oyster outbreak nightmare

Following oyster bans and ensuing acquisitions, a staple of the seafood export market is set to expand its seafood empire. See what’s in store.

Upper Spencer Gulf

Jaxson Montague and Ashanti Lee Smith visit Santa before they tragicallydied in a car accident at Lochiel. Picture: Facebook

‘So many broken hearts’: Friends rally to help teen couple’s families

Thousands of dollars have been raised in less than 24 hours for the families of Ashanti Lee Smith and Jaxson Montague after they died in a horror crash on Tuesday.

Port Lincoln

Flinders MP Sam Telfer and Eyre Peninsula Seafood's Andrew Puglisi consulting over proposed desalination sites. Picture: supplied.

‘Running out of water’: Fishing town’s water crisis continues

Water supply to the Eyre Peninsula could dry up in a few years, but attempts to solve the crisis with a desalination plant have become bogged down in bickering.

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