Ward 7 News Today

The Newton Park Library has been caught short, with the facility resorting to closing its doors due to a lack of toilet paper.

Big shot gospel singer Butho Vuthela has made the cut as the only Eastern Cape-based artist in the running for the biggest award of the night in the upcoming Crown Gospel Music Awards.

When circumstances at home become unbearable, the streets where you grew up are taken over by gangsters and you see your friends gunned down in cold blood, where can you go to find a safe place to stay?

A spike in crime has spurred Newton Park residents to band together and throw their weight behind the newly established neighbourhood watch.

Almost a year after the municipality installed 25 high-mast lights in wards 6 and 7 in Middelburg as part of a R13m project, the lights are yet to be switched on.

It came down to the wire for the ANC in Dr Beyers Naudé where the party fell short of 50% of the vote, while KouKamma looks set for a coalition government and Kouga is retained by the DA.

Transportation was provided to help seniors, the disabled and others get to the clinic and back. “It was more convenient for me to get there and come back transportation-wise. And I feel good,” Lanita Graham said.  This was the first in a series of efforts to reach underserved communities in wards 5, 7 and 8. “You have District agencies collaborating with Johns Hopkins and [Sibley Memorial Hospital] to bring the vaccinations to the community directly versus having the community trying to...

The five candidates running to represent Ward 7 on the Bloomington City Council, clockwise from top left: Kelby Cumpston, Mollie Ward, June Peterson-Middlebrooks, Daniel Freburg, and Coretta Jackson. Photos Courtesy Facebook / Kelby for Ward 7, Mollie Ward For Bloomington City Council Ward 7, June Peterson-Middlebrooks, Coretta Jackson for Ward 7, Daniel Freburg Five candidates are vying for the Ward 7 seat on the Bloomington City Council. But only two will appear on the ballot in the April 6...

Keener launches Alton council bid Ron DeBrock, ronald.debrock@thetelegraph.com FacebookTwitterEmail ALTON — Nate Keener on Thursday officially announced his run for Alderman Ward 7 in Alton. Keener said he is running for alderman because he believes the people of Ward 7 deserve to have a voice in city government, to be regularly updated on issues impacting them, to be treated with respect and given honest answers, and deserve an alderman who will fight for them. “The people frequently poin...

With the Norman City Council election campaigns in full swing and less than a month out, the Ward 7 seat is up for grabs between one veteran council member and