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  • Rotary Club of Alloa host events on World Polio Day

    THE Rotary Club of Alloa will be taking action this weekend to raise awareness and funds on World Polio Day. The vaccine-preventable disease still threatens children in parts of the world with Wee County Rotarians set to take forward a number of

  • Sauchie man is jailed for assaulting police officers

    A SAUCHIE man who punched two police officers after a noise complaint was made about him has been jailed. Sandy Paterson, 30, of Park Crescent, appeared at Alloa Sheriff Court on Thursday, October 14. He admitted that on April 18 last year

  • Hillfoots secure victory over Aberdeen Wanderers

    HILLFOOTS first XV secured a victory against Aberdeen Wanderers when they travelled north at the weekend for a perfect day of rugby. The home side, who were sitting second in the league, took an early lead with less than five minutes on the clock

  • Tullibody shop worker racially abused and assaulted

    A TULLIBODY man who attacked a shop worker in a racist incident has been given extra jail time. Daniel Hutchison, of The Orchard, appeared at Alloa Sheriff Court via video-link from prison to be sentenced on Thursday, October 14. The 30-year-old

  • Robertson calls for end to indiscipline at Alloa

    JON ROBERTSON said that Alloa can't keep "shooting ourselves in the foot" as another early sending off leads to a frustrating loss at home. Alloa were defeated 4-2 by Peterhead and had to play the majority of the game with ten men, for the third

  • Paddy: We have to stop giving ourselves 'an uphill task'

    ALLOA assistant manager Paddy Connolly insists the team can't keep going down to 10 men and giving themselves "an uphill task". For the second league match in a row Alloa had a man dismissed. This time goalkeeper David Hutton was sent off as Peterhead

  • Wee County man earns recognition for athletics officiating

    A TULLIBODY man recently won a prestigious award for officiating in athletics. Richard O'Grady was one of the winners at the Scottish Athletics 4J Annual Awards Dinner in Glasgow on Saturday, October 9. The qualified Scottish Athletics Official

  • Celebration to mark 50 years of ELC in Sauchie

    A CLACKS nursery has marked 50 years of early education for children with a week of celebratory events. Many things have changed since Sauchie Nursery School first opened its doors to the first cohort on October 6 in 1971. However, Sauchie

  • Dollar man admits pursuing women on Clacks footpaths

    A CLACKS man is facing jail after concealing himself in bushes, hiding alongside country lanes and beside footpaths and cycle tracks, and jumping out and following women. Several of his victims were out taking their coronavirus daily exercise during