Health

Lynda’s Legacy Will Live On

Lynda’s Legacy Will Live On

Friends and family of Kingaroy’s Geiger family gathered at the Town Common Hall on Saturday night to “Celebrate Lynda” and launch a new cancer awareness program.

Challenges Aren’t All Fun And Games

Challenges Aren’t All Fun And Games

“All Walks And Wheels” event in Kingaroy raises awareness about disabilities

Meet A Fair Dinkum Champion

Meet A Fair Dinkum Champion

The Kingaroy Town Hall Forecourt will come alive on Monday afternoon (September 14) with a special “All Walks And Wheels” event featuring gold-medal winning Paralympian Jodi Elkington-Jones.

A Question For Every Day … RU OK?

A Question For Every Day … RU OK?

It’s just three little words … but it could save a life: Are you okay? The South Burnett threw its weight behind RU OK? Day again this year with yellow balloons springing up in shops, cups of coffee on offer and free breakfasts in Nanango and Kingaroy.

Free Breakfasts For RU OK? Day

Free Breakfasts For RU OK? Day

The annual RU OK? Day is being marked in the South Burnett on Thursday with two free events

Funding Available For Men’s Sheds

Funding Available For Men’s Sheds

The Federal Government’s latest round of funding for Men’s Sheds is now open.

Health Expo Seeks Exhibitors

Health Expo Seeks Exhibitors

A group of Nanango health workers is seeking expressions of interest from businesses interested in taking part in a Health & Well-Being Expo next year.

Gift To Cherbourg Will Save Lives

Gift To Cherbourg Will Save Lives

St John Ambulance have an ambitious goal: they want to have a first responder on every street in every Aboriginal community in Queensland to help save lives.

Flu Epidemic No Threat In SB

Flu Epidemic No Threat In SB

A disease strain that was removed from the annual Australian influenza vaccine three years ago is contributing to Queensland’s worst flu outbreak on record.

Suicide Prevention Fuels Visit

Suicide Prevention Fuels Visit

The South Burnett played host to some unusual visitors for a short time on Friday night.

Meals On Wheels Thanks Volunteers

Meals On Wheels Thanks Volunteers

The efforts and dedication of Meals on Wheels volunteers throughout Australia will be celebrated as part of National Meals on Wheels Day on Wednesday (August 26).

Measles Alert In Toowoomba

Measles Alert In Toowoomba

The Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service says there has been a confirmed case of measles in Toowoomba.

New Sign Honours Christine

New Sign Honours Christine

There’s a beautiful new sign on the building Community Health Building at Cherbourg to greet visitors

Big Roll-Up For Seniors Lunch

Big Roll-Up For Seniors Lunch

Seniors Week was celebrated in style by SBcare on Thursday with a special rock’n’roll lunch in Kingaroy

Work Starts On $250,000 Expansion

Work Starts On $250,000 Expansion

Work started last Friday on the expansion of SBcare’s Lakeview Friendship Centre in Kingaroy.

Surgeons Call For Action On Quad Bikes

Surgeons Call For Action On Quad Bikes

Surgeons have called on the State Government to act swiftly on the recommendations handed down by a Coronial inquest into quad bike deaths.

Brown Responds To SB Mayor

Brown Responds To SB Mayor

Mayoral candidate Michael Brown says some recent assertions by South Burnett mayor Wayne Kratzmann are “transparently false”.

Talk Of ‘Plan B’ Angers Mayor

Talk Of ‘Plan B’ Angers Mayor

South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann has not given up hope of finding an operator to take over the South Burnett Private Hospital so premature talk of a “Plan B” for the building has made him mad.