Everyone Can Make A Difference
What can you do with 29,000 cans and bottles? Well, if you’re Paddy “The Can Man” Weber, you can carefully collect them and then make a big difference in the lives of people struggling at Christmas.
Nanango Driver Charged
A 50-year-old Nanango man has been charged with a high-range drink driving offence after being found in a stationary vehicle on the side of the Isis Highway.
Speed Limit Drops In Bunyas
The speed limit will be reduced to 40km/h along a 600m section of Bunya Mountains Road to improve safety in the Bunya Mountains township.
‘Missing Link’ Officially Opens
The “missing link” in a key back road linking Blackbutt to Crows Nest was officially opened in a small ceremony at Googa Creek on Friday morning.
Five Hurt In Coolabunia Crash
Five young people were injured – one seriously – when a Mitsubishi Pajero rolled on the D’Aguilar Highway at Coolabunia just after midnight on Thursday.
Women And Wildflowers At Wondai
Wondai Regional Art Gallery is hosting a special travelling exhibition which features “wildflowering” by some of Queensland’s top women artists.
Deter Thieves … Lock Up!
Police will be boosting patrols over the summer holidays as part of a statewide focus to prevent home break-ins.
Solar Farm Gets Green Light
A proposal to build a large solar farm near Blackbutt has been approved by the South Burnett Regional Council despite objections from Cr Kathy Duff.
Push To Accredit Rural Medical Skills
Medical groups are urging GPs and community members to have their say about a push to have “rural generalist medicine” recognised as a specialist field.
Boy, 12, Charged After Break-Ins
Police have arrested and charged a 12-year-old boy after multiple break-ins in Murgon between Sunday and Tuesday
Bus Destroyed By Fire
A bus being used as a residence at Booie was destroyed by fire in the early hours of Thursday.
Kingaroy Lights Up For Christmas
Feeling in need of some Christmas spirit? Then can we suggest you pop the kids in the car and take a look at the Christmas displays erected by the Freeman family in Kingaroy!
Carew Family Says ‘Thank You’
Members of the Carew family gathered in Kingaroy on Tuesday morning to thank the South Burnett Regional Council – and Cr Kirstie Schumacher – for recent upgrades to Carew Park.
Prices Rise At Murgon Sale
Numbers and prices were both on an upswing at the Murgon Saleyards on Tuesday.
Council Plea To Stop Abuse
Toowoomba Council workers are being harassed and abused by residents more often than at any time in the past.
Man Shot At Chinchilla
Police are investigating after a man was shot at Chinchilla on Tuesday afternoon
Banding Together Raises $11,000
South Burnett residents and visitors banded together in Blackbutt on Sunday to raise more than $11,000 for drought and bushfire victims.
Macfarlane Retires From QRC
Former Kingaroy farmer and Federal MP Ian Macfarlane will be retiring as CEO of the Queensland Resources Council (QRC) at the end of the year.
Urgent Callout For Baby Items
Donations are starting to roll in for annual Christmas Food Drive … but the organisers are a bit short on some special items.
Prison Chaplains Celebrate 50 Years
It takes a special sort of person to enter a jail to support prisoners but Blackbutt resident David Urquhart did it for a decade.
