TWO major fundraising events have been organised for a Tullibody man battling a brain tumour.

TILLICOULTRY Farmers' Market looks to have reached an end after traders decided that the ground rent at Sterling Mills was not viable.

FORMER depute council leader Bobby McGill was accused of trying to use the council to subsidise his "persecution complex".

THE Alloa town centre toilets have been saved from demolition.

THE new leader of Clackmannanshire Council is promising to deliver "more for less" as the SNP prepare to set out their budget for the coming year.

A Dollar Academy pupil has returned triumphant from the 2012 World Schools Debating Championships.

THE public loos in Alloa town centre could be reopened.

FORMER Woolworths staff in Alloa could lose out on pay-outs despite the shopworkers union Usdaw winning compensation worth up to £67.8 million for thousands of former employees made redundant when the firm collapsed at the end of 2008.

MORE than 100 jobs have been created through the opening of a luxury new care home in Alloa Park Drive on Friday.

KILNCRAIGS could become the official headquarters of Clackmannanshire Council as early as Spring next year.

A TEENAGER knocked out a man with a piece of wood after he didn't get in to a birthday party, Alloa Sheriff Court heard.

VICTIMS of road traffic collisions and the families affected by them will be joining emergency service personnel to take part in a hard hitting road safety event next week.