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Pangman School students rehearse a scene from the play, "Alice in Wonderland", before performing it on Mar. 8 for a sellout crowd.

The new owner and management from Parrish and Heimbecker were in Weyburn on Thursday and Friday to tour the Weyburn Inland Terminal and meet the staff, after the sale of the Terminal received approval in Court of Queen's Bench on Wednesday.

A 17-year-old male youth has been charged by members of the Estevan Police Service with uttering threats. The charges stem from an incident in or around March 4.

Darren Alipio and Jimuel Belarmino launch a marshmallow into the air, while experimenting with a projectile motion project at the Weyburn Comp on Thursday.

City taxpayers will see a 3.5 per cent increase in taxes, or a hike of $40 on the base tax applied to all single-family homes and condos, after council passed their 2014 operating budget on Monday evening.

There is an abundance of cats and canines at the Estevan Humane Society's animal shelter heading into what is expected to be a busy spring season.

ACTRA is shining the spotlight on Jean Freeman, their 2014 Woman of the Year. Jean was born and raised in Weyburn, and recently was the keynote speaker during Tommy Douglas Day in Weyburn in October.

Pat Anderson-McKnight, secretary of the Weyburn Humane Society, at right, demonstrates the benefits of a shopping spree, as she is supervised by Jerry Ponto, member relations manager for the Prairie Sky Co-op.

Pleas were entered in a fraud matter during Monday's provincial court proceedings in Estevan, but sentencing won't be finalized until the end of April.

The Southeast Regional College's quest to create an affordable housing complex in Estevan is one step closer to reality.