Samuel White

There is a new sheriff in town.

Former Otago rugby captain and Otago Country rugby coach David Latta is taking his bike for a spin this week as part of the Southland Cycle Ride.

An alcohol ban in the main streets and central business area of Balclutha has reduced the amount of disorderly behaviour, police say.

Milton went into lockdown yesterday as a police dog unit was sent to the town to deal to a man brandishing knives in the main street.

South Otago Theatrical Society Jubilee Show director Robyn Gardner is calling for more school children to fill the costumes and chorus in the upcoming celebratory musical show.

The Clutha district could be bucking the rural decline trend as the district's population of permanent residents and new citizens keeps rising.

Barry Bruwer is one of the people who recently gained his citizenship in Balclutha after moving to the district for work and the appealing nature of its small, rural environment.

A former Olympic competitor will be one of hundreds of people competing in a special Mother's Day fun run in Balclutha.

For the second year in a row, the streets of Tapanui were invaded by a fright of scarecrows which converged at the town country club yesterday.

Catlins resident Helen-May Burgess discovered on her way home on Tuesday night that the two concreted-in fences around the Purakaunui Falls car park had been knocked over.

Greater urgency is needed to deal with a build-up of gravel in the Clutha River underneath the Balclutha Bridge before the town itself gets ''wet feet'', an Owaka resident says.

A house being built on a recently developed subdivision in Tapanui is a sign of growth for the Clutha district, local councillors and council staff say.

The Lawrence-Tuapeka Community Board has clarified its intentions after receiving a scathing letter criticising its plans to deal with heavy-traffic parking in Lawrence.

A group of primary school pupils have proved big things can come from small packages.