Burnt Pole Causes Blackout
About 400 Ergon Energy customers in the Memerambi, Gordonbrook, Durong, Proston and Boondooma areas lost power on Tuesday morning after a power pole was damaged by fire.
Have You Seen This Guitar?
Have you seen this vintage electric guitar? Has anyone offered to sell it to you? Have you seen it on a buy-swap-sell page?
Single Point Separates Premiers
Barambah and Wests have taken out this year’s local football premierships after both teams narrowly won Saturday’s Grand Finals.
Applications Open For Women’s Award
Emerging female leaders who want to “create impact, innovate and make a difference” to rural and regional Australia have been encouraged to apply to the 2019 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award.
QDO Calls For 10c Milk Levy
The Queensland Dairyfarmers Organisation is calling for a 10 cents per litre “drought levy” to be added to the price of milk at supermarkets.
End ‘Tick Line Charade’: MP
The LNP has accused the State Government of “sitting on its hands” despite more than 180 properties in the tick-free zone now tick-infested.
Councils Back Push For Road Upgrades
The Mundubbera to Jandowae Roads Working Group – a lobby group formed to push for critical road improvements – has received support from local councils in its campaign to have a major transport route in the western South Burnett upgraded.
Labor Wants All Live Exports Banned: MP
Federal Agriculture Minister and Member for Maranoa David Littleproud says Labor’s true colours have been exposed by its State Conference voting at the weekend to ban all live exports.
Kingaroy Wins Right To Challenge Stags
Kingaroy will take on Nanango in the South Burnett Rugby League A Grade grand final next Saturday following a keenly fought Preliminary Final played at T.J. O’Neill Oval on Saturday night
Guitar Stolen In Break-In
Police are investigating the theft of a guitar from an address in Kimlin Street, Nanango.
Injured Man Flown Out
An elderly man has been airlifted to PA Hospital in a critical condition after he fell into a rocky gully on Monday morning.
Coins To Get Royal Update
Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove has unveiled the new portrait of the Queen which will feature on all Australian coins from next year.
United Secure Grand Final Berth
South Burnett United will play in next week’s Toowoomba Football League Grand Final after triumphing over the University of Southern Queensland on Sunday.
Murgon Farewell For Irma
A funeral service will be held in Murgon next Monday (September 10) for well-known and well-loved former Proston, Kingaroy and Murgon resident Irma Close.
Season Builds To An Exciting Climax
South Burnett rugby league is reaching a crescendo after a huge weekend of Major and Minor Semi-Finals played at Cherbourg last Saturday, plus success for the South Burnett Eagles U16s women’s team at Maroochydore.
Running Course Ready For New Intake
A 16-strong team from Go Getta Girls Running Group travelled to Brisbane recently to compete in the McDonalds Brisbane Marathon.
Surviving Another Season
The month of August ushered in the new racing year. It also marked the fifth anniversary of the death of Brian Ogilvie, one of last century’s foremost bookmakers.
Historic Thresher Goes On Show
Visitors to Wooroolin now have the opportunity to see a piece of the South Burnett’s peanut farming industry up close following the installation of an historic Stolzenberg thresher next to the South Burnett Rail Trail.
QFES Warns Of Weekend Fire Risk
Queenslanders are being urged to be bushfire ready after Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) warned of an increased fire threat this weekend.
Councils Get Help With Waste Levy Costs
The South Burnett, Gympie and Toowoomba Regional Councils will get some financial assistance to help prepare for Queensland’s new waste levy … providing they apply for it.
