Sam is a News Reporter at ABC Riverland
Cody James Edwards pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of mother-of-three Synamin Bell, after attacking her while he was in drug-induced paranoid psychosis. The state government is looking to close a loophole around the defence he used.
Mother of three Synamin Bell was killed by her former partner Cody James Edwards in her Millicent home while he was in a drug-induced psychosis in 2022.
Stuart Harris was one of the first people on the scene of his 17-year-old daughter's fatal car crash. Advocates say it's all too common in regional areas.
A review of catch limits for four popular fish species is underway in South Australia as the peak body for recreational anglers accuses the commercial sector of overfishing.
The owner of a major timber mill in regional South Australia says it will be shut until Monday while authorities investigate the death of a long-time worker at the site.
Despite finding an online audience, the Mount Gambier rapper says finding somewhere to play live in regional South Australia has been a battle. He hopes new local music initiatives will change that.
In a time well before instant communication in 1859, it took days for word of the Admella shipwreck to reach authorities, during which survivors were stranded with no food and water.
The 72-year-old man has been transferred from Mount Gambier to Adelaide with injuries including a punctured lung, a broken collarbone and three fractured ribs.
Locals advocating for a radiation treatment centre in Mount Gambier vow to keep fighting after a study finds it would not be "clinically safe", despite similar centres operating in other regional Australian towns.
Most of us feel good when we drop off a bag of clothing at an op shop, but stores are receiving so much stock they may have to send some to landfill.
Richard Harris, who is also the state's Lieutenant Governor, says the futures of the internationally recognised Ewens and Piccaninnie Ponds could be in jeopardy, amid falling water levels and diving closures.
Saving South Australia's iconic Robe Obelisk from worsening coastal erosion could cost $1.5 million, but locals say it's worth the money and effort.
Four-wheel driving is getting more popular, but some in the industry say inexperienced drivers may be putting themselves in danger.
A study finds local sporting clubs are taking steps to improve their members' mental health, but some need support to implement "best practice" initiatives.
Pole dancing has a raunchy reputation, but fitness instructor Stacey Windsor says its physical and mental health benefits can transform lives — and she's starting with her small home town.
The lawyer for a South Australian man accused of killing his partner in 2022 says it was done in self-defence, with a witness saying she was told the pair had taken drugs before the woman was repeatedly struck in the head with a metal weapon.
Mount Gambier has one of the quickest-growing housing markets in Australia, but concerns over water and sewerage infrastructure bring new home builds to a standstill.
Have you changed your coffee habits? One market expert says while the morning cafe cuppa continues, those on tight budgets are adding instant options to the mix later in the day.
As an "over-allocated" groundwater plan review begins, a decades-old drain gone empty has a farming family in South Australia worried about the future of the Limestone Coast's water resources.
Five years after her daughter was murdered at the hands of her partner, Tammy Simpson is using her grief to call for lasting change.
Two greyhounds have died in 10 days at the same regional SA race track, prompting calls for action.
A Broken Hill woman running a support group for people affected by sexual violence says talking about the problem can help remove the shame and stigma for victim-survivors in small towns.
Mount Gambier woman Anelia Blackie has for the past three years had to make an uncomfortable five-hour car trip to Adelaide for treatment of the cancer in her spine.
An Kingston SE man in his 80s will likely die in prison after he was sentenced for sexually abusing children across 30 years.
More than 16,000 Chinese gold prospectors landed in Robe in the 1850s and 1860s on the way to the Victorian gold fields, but records are scarce on what really happened.