Deanmill have won their first Lower South West Football League premiership in a decade, overcoming Southerners to claim a 38-point grand final victory in wet conditions at Manjimup Recreation Ground.
Josh Kempton
Wickepin premiership coach Dion Anthony won the 2025 Leo Graham Medal as Upper Great Southern Football League’s best and fairest player, part of a wonderful season in red and white.
Hannah Whitehead
Flares and air guitars will be the order of the day as the 1970s roar back to life in Katanning with an AC/DC tribute on the 50th anniversary of the band’s concert in the town hall.
Claire Middleton
March is set to be a vibrant month in Albany next year, with the date of the Great Southern’s premier food and wine festival shifted to coincide with an influx of tourists expected for a 2026 flagship event
Melissa Sheil
The State’s biggest grain handler is refusing to back down despite a big setback in a knotty $22 million contract quarrel over the build of a rapid loading station in the Great Southern.
Simone Grogan
GNP360, the co-operative behind an ambitious project to renovate and repurpose the Gnowangerup Hotel, has launched a share drive it hopes will raise $100,000 towards the cost.
Jerramungup, Newdegate and Lake Grace-Pingrup all scored grand final wins in Gnowangerup on September 6 as Ongerup’s sporting associations met for a day of grand final clashes.
Jacki Elezovich
Claremont have kept their hopes of an incredible colts three-peat alive with a 15-point victory over East Fremantle in the preliminary final on Sunday.
Mitchell Woodcock
West Australians will get two extra days off a year as part of a major shakeup to WA’s public holiday calendar.
Joe Spagnolo
Emergency services rushed to the scene of the crash in Newdegate this morning.
Hannah Cross
It is a tough job policing the single largest police jurisdiction in the world but Assistant Commissioner Paul Coombes is ready to take it on as the boss of regional WA.
Jessica Evensen
Directed by Breaksea’s Matt Reuben James Ward, Aliwah Bardinar! is a new children’s production by the celebrated composers of Koolbardi wer Wardong and Wundig wer Wilura, Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse.
Tanya MacNaughton
Lake Grace-Pingrup’s reserves team staged a grand final upset in the Ongerup Football Association, beating Gnowangerup on their home turf on September 6 by 18 points.
A powerful seven-goal second half lifted Wagin to deserved premiership success in the Upper Great Southern Football League reserves competition, beating Williams by 28 points in Sunday’s grand final.
Supporters of clubs from all corners of Ongerup sport competitions gathered at the Gnowangerup Sporting Complex on Saturday to cheer on their teams in netball, hockey and football grand finals.
Katanning Wanderers got their grand final revenge in the Upper Great Southern Football League colts competition, with a goal in the final minute securing a famous flag triumph over Narrogin on Sunday.
Wagin have capped an outstanding finish to the Upper Great Southern Football League fourths competition, rising to premiership glory over Wickepin in Katanning on Sunday.
Current shire president Kristy D’Aprile will fight for her seat against five other candidates in the Shire of Katanning’s council elections.
Wickepin ended years of grand final pain, as they broke through for a long-awaited Upper Great Southern Football League premiership on Sunday.
Hannah Whitehead and Cameron Newbold
A hiking group have been rescued from Stirling Range National Park after spending the night in freezing conditions, with one of their party injured and unable to walk out.
Hannah Whitehead and Jacki Elezovich
Bridgetown’s Josh Power was rewarded for a brilliant Lower South West Football League season with his first Tyrepower Medal, denying Boyup Brook’s David Cowan his third consecutive best and fairest award.
Hundreds of spirited football fans rugged up in their team colours and braved the rain to cheer on their teams at the Upper Great Southern Football League 2025 grand final in Katanning on Sunday.
The official opening of Palmerston’s Katanning office will provide accessible and fundamental services for residents struggling with substance abuse, violence, homelessness and mental health issues.
After years of coming close to the honour, Boxwood Hill’s Hayden Richter has finally broken through to claim his first Les Ganzer Medal as the Ongerup Football Association’s best and fairest player.
