Five people are arrested following a crash that left a man with serious injuries and two separate car chases across Adelaide.

A former Adelaide gymnastics coach convicted of child sex offences is given a good behaviour bond, with the judge ruling it is unlikely the man will offend again.

Those who blamed last week's blackout in South Australia on renewable energy are dead wrong, but that does not mean the state's renewable-heavy power mix is not posing problems as ABC political reporter Nick Harmsen explains.

A woman who starved her pet Chihuahua to death will only serve six weeks in custody after a magistrate suspends her prison sentence.

A high-profile critic of the SA Government's Transforming Health changes is suspended from duty at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, amid an investigation into his conduct.

A truck driver charged over a fatal crash at Murray Bridge in 2015 "made up" that he had a coughing fit and blacked out at the time of the collision, the prosecution alleges in the Adelaide District Court.

In an Australian first, a team of five people with disabilities has successfully completed an international volunteer mission.

Work is to start soon to give Adelaide's Festival Centre a north-facing main entrance onto the River Torrens and Elder Park.

Port Adelaide Enfield Mayor Gary Johanson accuses "a low-life" of planting asbestos pieces in a Kilburn park which contains a memorial to asbestos victims.

Changes to South Australia's earthquake monitoring services will leave hundreds of tremors a year potentially ignored by scientists, an amateur seismologist says.

South Australian grain producers are gearing up for one of the biggest harvests on record, with yields so good it is expected to boost the state's economy by about $3 billion.

A Port Adelaide football player who was involved in a five-car crash had been drinking with team-mates and driving recklessly in the lead-up to the incident and was uncontactable for several hours after, the club says.

A South Australian man who allegedly led police on a chase with a stolen front end loader before crashing it into a large tree, is charged with a number of offences including drink driving.

AFL player Jarman Impey was involved in two crashes at Norwood last night before fleeing the scene, the Port Adelaide Football Club confirms.

Irrigators and farmers are buying diesel generators to secure their power supply, as price and stability issues continue to plague South Australia's energy grid, industry experts say.

Adelaide might be fashionably late to the world of design and couture but with the power of the internet and social media those in the local industry say it is booming.

An Adelaide man who allegedly abused his power of attorney to steal more than $200,000 from an elderly couple, and tried to use a fake will to claim a 90-year-old woman's estate, is arrested and charged.

Howard Hendrick, 93, is still flying planes some 70 years after piloting Lancaster bombers across Europe in WWII.

Disability advocates, dressed purple as a sign of pride, march down King William Street in Adelaide to celebrate their differences and call for a more inclusive society.

Adelaide palaeontologist Professor John Long is travelling to Antarctica in search of fossils to prove humans evolved from fish.

A man who threatened police with a gun before fleeing on foot remains at large in rural South Australia.

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