Katanning officially welcomed three new citizens into the community following a citizenship ceremony held by the shire.
Amy Towers
A WA man who ‘had a tantrum’ and smashed a small-town ATM that was ‘making fun’ of him after his card was declined has been fined.
Hannah Whitehead
In the darkness before dawn, thousands made their way up Mt Clarence gathering in silence as Albany once again marked one of the nations most significant Anzac Day commemorations.
Glitz and glamour was on show at North Albany Senior High School’s Year 12 ball that lit up the Albany Entertainment Centre, with a celestial dream theme giving a night full of sparkle, style and celebration
Timm House was unstoppable, grabbing a seven-goal haul as defending premiers Gnowangerup notched their second win from three outings and saw off Boxwood Hill by 20 points in the Ongerup Football Association.
Claire Middleton
A Katanning woman who physically attacked her pregnant friend and dragged her out of a doctor’s surgery, supposedly in retaliation for ransacking her home, has avoided immediate jail time.
Hundreds of people gathered at Katanning’s war memorial in the early hours of Anzac Day, with a strong community turnout honouring those who have served in the armed forces.
An Albany woman has been handed a community-based order, along with a fine and multi-year licence suspension, for a string of offending in both Albany and Perth over the past two years.
Jacki Elezovich
Police are appealing for public assistance to help find the father, who was last seen in the Great Southern city’s suburb of McKail.
The Albany Sinfonia are setting about probably their most ambitious project ever – they are going to roll over Beethoven.
The State Government is providing $10.8m to aid Albany’s transition away from mains gas, with most of the cash going towards converting the city’s social housing
Reigning premiers Railways stuck their teeth into the 2026 Great Southern Football League campaign on Saturday, delivering a 61-point win over a young North Albany side.
Melissa Sheil
A two-storey home in Kronkup, west of Albany, has been completely destroyed after a fire, sparked by a towel left on a chimney flue, ripped through the residence last week.
Jordan Clark, whose journey has taken him from junior footy at Railways to the Fremantle Dockers’ midfield, was named Wellington and Reeves Albany sportsperson of the year at the awards night on Thursday.
Royals made a flying start to their 2026 Great Southern Football League campaign, to give new coach James Culleton a stylish victory and revenge over a club which had put them to the sword last season.
Calls are growing for the WA Government to establish a 20 million litre diesel reserve in Albany, with local leaders saying the Great Southern has been overlooked in the State’s fuel security strategy.
A magical commemoration at dawn was followed by Saturday’s Anzac Day service at Anzac Peace Park with crowds lining York Street for the traditional march on a beautiful Albany morning.
The future of Albany’s only alternative urgent-care medical service hangs in the balance, as its funding stream ends on June 30 and the Federal Government considers shifting funding focus elsewhere.
A “mum-and-dad” Albany business has been fined more than $21,000 for failing to back-pay its long-serving graphic designer, with the judge saying the company and its director “prioritised their own interests”.
It’s a story that has been 100 years in the making as a century of farming by the Hawley family of Millbrook was celebrated in style with a gathering of friends, relatives and neighbours at the King River Hall.
Prize recruit Addison Dew will run out for his debut for Albany colours in the opening of the 2026 Great Southern Football League season on Saturday, as Morgan Davies tackles his first game as player-coach.
A sea of silhouettes stood quietly against the first light of dawn as about 5000 people gathered in Albany for one of Australia’s most honoured Anzac Day commemorations.
It’s not only the coach who will be making his Royals debut as the Great Southern Football League gets under way on Saturday.
Railways will field even more youth this season in the Great Southern Football League, but player-coach Bodhi Stubber says the club will still be out to defend last year’s hard-earned flag.
