Bending to new ‘steel’ ideas
Arrium’s saving grace may lay in diversification of its steel production.Director of Flinders University’s Industrial Transformation Institute John Spoehr said a national steel industry master plan which...
Closure impact a grim possibility
If a new collection of staggering statistics is anything to go by, closure of the Whyalla steelworks is certainly not an option.An impact assessment has...
Motorist tries to evade police
A motorist failed in a bid to escape when pulled over for a breath-test in Whyalla Playford on Saturday night.Patrols stopped the man as he was driving along Lacey...
The seven-year switch
Samaritan College will be the first school in Whyalla to have its Year 7 students moved to a higher education campus.The students will now be...
Screening shock as 50 referred
In a shock result, about 50 people have been referred to a doctor after having free skin-cancer screenings at a unit available recently on a Wednesday and...
Funds may keep Lions on the move
The Whyalla Mount Laura Lions Club received a volunteer grant of $5000 as part of a federal funding program – and it may keep the...
“Queen” graces Whyalla
30 years after the Queen first made the trip to Whyalla, she has (apparently) graced our city with her presence again.The “Queen” visited the...
Chloe dancing to the top
ONE of Whyalla’s most talented and hard-working dancers will have the chance to show her skills in the hit touring production Hairspray.Eleven-year-old Chloe Seeley has...
Kindergarten hold fundraiser
The Whyalla Stuart Early Childhood Centre are hoping to raise funds to restore its outdoor play area to its former glory.The kindergarten’s cubbyhouse was removed...
Thank you Mayor Pollock
Important Whyalla figures have memorialised Jim Pollock with a number of heartfelt tributes.Whyalla Chamber of Commerce president Ron Hay said retiring mayor Jim Pollock had...