Missing Girl, Toowoomba
Police are appealing for public help to help locate a 14-year-old girl missing from Toowoomba.
Police are appealing for public help to help locate a 14-year-old girl missing from Toowoomba.
A group of South Burnett residents is getting the opportunity to learn more about their digital devices
Mayor Wayne Kratzmann has spoken out against a recent agreement amongst most of Australia’s State Premiers and Chief Ministers to reignite discussions about making the nation a republic.
At a special meeting of the South Burnett Regional Council called on Thursday, January 21 to discuss the future of the South Burnett Private Hospital, Councillors voted 5 to 2 to take over the hospital’s licence.
A memorial service will be held in Mundubbera on Friday for well-known local bookmaker Dan Whelan, husband of North Burnett Deputy Mayor Faye Whelan.
Futsal is returning to Kingaroy this week with games resuming on Thursday (January 28).
Gympie Regional Council announced its 2016 Community Australia Day Awards winners on Tuesday at the Gympie Civic Centre.
Hot summer weather and seasonal storms have kept a lot of bowlers off the greens this past week.
The South Burnett marked Australia Day with bush poetry, live music, plenty of wacky events and lots and lots of Australian flags.
Jason Black, the man who started ute musters at South Burnett agricultural shows and grew them to become an integral part of the region’s show circuit, was named the South Burnett’s Citizen Of The Year on Monday night.
Seventeen year old Becky Miller was named Young Citizen Of The Year at Monday night’s 2016 South Burnett Australia Day Awards ceremony.
Local Achiever Awards recognise individuals, of any age, who have made an outstanding achievement in their local community.
A young musician who has often represented Murgon State High School and has twice won the school’s Music Award has also won this year’s South Burnett Junior Cultural Award.
Two Nanango women who toiled for more than six years to produce the “Every Many Remembered – South Burnett Heroes” database have jointly received this year’s Senior Cultural Award.
A 14-year-old cricketer who routinely plays against much older opponents is the South Burnett’s Junior Sports Award winner for 2016.
Alicia Pidgeon, who has looked after the South Burnett Senior Rep rugby league side for the past six years and travelled with the Wide Bay Country side for the past four has been recognised as the South Burnett Sportsperson (Coach/Official or Administrator) for 2016.
The South Burnett’s annual Relay For Life, which celebrated its tenth outing in 2015, has won this year’s award for the South Burnett’s Community Organisation Of The Year.
Helen Young is the South Burnett’s Volunteer Of The Year for 2016.
Former Nanango Race Club president and long-serving Nanango Shire Councillor John Lee is the winner of the South Burnett’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2016.
A highlight of this year’s South Burnett Australia Day Awards ceremony at Proston was the welcome received by a new Australian citizen into the local community.