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Sad to report that some ratbags decided to wreck the bus shelter on Dee Street, lets hope they get locked up!

Police can now release the name of the man who died in a crash on the Riverton-Wallcetown Highway, Oporo, yesterday morning. He was Conor Drake, 21, from Otautau. The Serious Crash Unit is investigating and the cause of the crash has not been established at this stage. Police extend their sympathies

Southern Police are attending a fatal crash on Riverton-Wallacetown Highway, Oporo, where a four-wheel drive and a tanker have collided. Emergency services were called at approximately 7:50am this morning, Sunday 16 April, 2017. The driver of the four-wheel drive died at the scene. There are no furt

Here we are heading for Easter with another peek-a-boo at some of the goings on in and around Invers over the past wee while. There was a yarn in the paper the other day about Invers gearing up to face the challenges of retail in the years ahead, and there are some pretty big and […]

Update: Police confirm a man has been found dead at the Gore address where the Armed Offenders Squad had been called too. Armed police have cordoned off a street in Gore where a man is believed to be armed with a gun. A southern police spokesman said police were called to the residential property in

Southern District Police are reminding motorists to continue to take care on the roads as the Easter Holiday period approaches. Police are expecting an increase of road users on the Southland highways during the holiday period, which runs from 4pm on Thursday 13 April to 6am Tuesday 18 April. The hi

The addition of 37 new police staff to the Southern District is welcome news for the people of Clutha-Southland and Invercargill, MPs Todd Barclay and Sarah Dowie say. Clutha-Southland MP Todd Barclay is particularly thrilled that the Balclutha community will have 24/7 patrolling police coverage as

Southern DHB has launched its flu campaign and is encouraging its staff to take up the offer of a free influenza vaccination to protect themselves, their patients their colleagues, their families and their friends. “The aim is to increase the update of the flu vaccination by our staff from 61 percen