Police say they arrested the man last Tuesday night after finding his DNA during a forensic examination of the scene after the burglary.
Michael Traill
The Shire is adopting an educational-based approach to stopping people from “decimating” local reserves by taking firewood, according to Shire regulatory service manager Shane Chambers.
Wickepin will be out to complete a perfect season and win their first Upper Great Southern Football League premiership since 2008 when they clash with Williams in the grand final on Saturday.
Taj Stubber
Williams secured their first league grand final appearance since the club’s 2016 premiership success, proving far too strong for Narrogin in the preliminary final
Cameron Newbold
After their ball was called off in March at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in WA, Katanning Senior High School students finally got their special night on August 29.
Sarah Makse
Katanning Police Station said goodbye to its officer-in-charge last week when Senior Sergeant Brett Pengilly departed for his new posting in Kununurra.
Cranbrook resident Mark Adams took out the 36 hole nett competition at the 2020 Aglime State Sand Green Championships at the Riverview Golf Club, near Albany last week.
Katanning Wanderers will be up for back-to-back flags in the Upper Great Southern Football League D-grade grand final against Narrogin at Pingelly on Sunday.
Farmers have slammed a State Government incentive campaign to lure young WA workers out to agricultural jobs, saying they need skilled labour from interstate for this year’s harvest.
Emma Taylor
The prosecution said the cow was “covered in meat ants”, and distressed as she could not rise.
Cally Dupe
A 32-year-old woman has been ordered to pay $800 to a 14-year-old girl she punched in the head during a fight at a Katanning supermarket.
The only other life member in Albany is the sub-branch president, Special Air Service Regiment veteran Laurie Fraser.
Narrogin held Wagin scoreless in the final quarter to secure a place in this Sunday’s Upper Great Southern Football League preliminary final
A looming shortage of truck drivers ahead of a busy time of year, combined with a rise in registration fees of 2.5 per cent in July, is causing tensions in the local industry.
Shannon Smith
Hometown hero Timm House says he lived out a childhood dream after his wonderful 10-goal grand final performance guided Gnowangerup to premiership in the Ongerup Football Association on Saturday.
Change is coming to recycling across WA next month, when the State’s container deposit scheme finally opens for business.
How can we expect addicts to get clean when our pollies won’t give them a fighting a chance?
Williams’ gun recruit Lewis Davis capped off a stellar debut year in the Upper Great Southern Football League by winning the 2020 Leo Graham Medal.
The region’s leaders filled Katanning’s Premier Mill Hotel last Thursday night when Leadership WA brought its metropolitan program participants to the Great Southern.
Gnowangerup won their third Ongerup Football Association premiership in the past six years defeating Boxwood Hill by 55 points on Saturday at Gnowangerup.
Marshall Bowey got the surprise of his life on the weekend while he was moving a mob of sheep across his farm.
WA scientist Kit Prendergast wants to undertake “crucial” research into the impact of bushfires on native bees in the Stirling Range National Park.
Kellie Balaam
The end of Piesse Park’s transformation is in sight, with the Shire of Katanning to fund the completion of several major projects over the next financial year.
The Perth Royal Show might be cancelled this year, but that will not stop the Katanning Agricultural Show from delivering some much-needed positivity to families across the Great Southern.
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