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Kingaroy SES Wants YOU!

Kingaroy SES Wants YOU!

The New Year has started off well for Kingaroy SES with a large number of members and potential members attending this week.

Work To Start Soon On Highway

Work To Start Soon On Highway

High pressure water blasting will begin soon on the D’Aguilar Highway to help improve the safety of the northern entrance into Yarraman.

Touch Comp To Kick Off In Blackbutt

Touch Comp To Kick Off In Blackbutt

The Blackbutt-Yarraman Rugby League Club’s touch football competition – which they will be running this year instead of having teams in the South Burnett league competition – will get underway next Monday (February 9).

KCCI Targets Small Business Skills

KCCI Targets Small Business Skills

Sunshine Coast-based small business consultant Rod Richards will be the guest speaker at the next Kingaroy Chamber of Commerce and Industry Meet’n’Greet.

Yarraman Plans A Better Future

Yarraman Plans A Better Future

A public meeting held at the Yarraman Memorial Hall on Tuesday night was told it seemed ironic that a town which had built itself on the timber industry had almost no trees lining its streets.

Builder ‘Conducting Illegal Work’

Builder ‘Conducting Illegal Work’

The Queensland Building and Construction Commission has urged consumers, contractors and suppliers to be cautious in their dealings with Grant Laurence Brydon who trades as Kingaroy Sheds.

Man Faces Siege Charges

Man Faces Siege Charges

A man charged following last month’s siege in Kingaroy appeared in the Kingaroy Magistrates Court via videolink on Monday.

Drivers Toast The Good Times

Drivers Toast The Good Times

A very special get-together was held in Yarraman at the weekend … a send-off for truck drivers who lost their jobs in December in controversial circumstances after a change in contractors at Tarong Power Station.

Blood Trail Leads To Injured Man

Blood Trail Leads To Injured Man

Ambulance workers called to a car crash on Saturday night near Booie found an empty vehicle lying on its roof with a blood trail leading away from it.

Western Flights Take Off At Wellcamp

Western Flights Take Off At Wellcamp

Travellers can now fly to St George, Cunnamulla, Thargomindah, Charleville, Quilpie, Windorah and Birdsville from Toowoomba’s new Wellcamp (Brisbane West) airport.

Man, 60, Bashed With Stick, Bat: Police

Man, 60, Bashed With Stick, Bat: Police

Two men have been charged after a 60-year-man was allegedly bashed with a stick and a baseball bat in Nanango on Australia Day.