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Meals On Wheels Celebrates

Meals On Wheels Celebrates

Kingaroy, Murgon and Wondai Meals on Wheels today joined with almost 700 other MoW services across Australia to celebrate the 61st national Meals on Wheels Day.

Open Day For Hearing Week

Open Day For Hearing Week

Kingaroy business iHear is sponsoring a Hearing Awareness Week open day on Friday (August 29) at the Lutheran Church Hall in Youngman Street.

Ergon Workers ‘In Limbo’

Ergon Workers ‘In Limbo’

The Electrical Trades Union says the State Government has left Ergon Energy workers in limbo since the release of the Independent Review Panel Report Into Network Costs almost two years ago.

Warning On Roof Scams

Warning On Roof Scams

Federal Member for Flynn Ken O’Dowd has warned elderly residents in the Wondai area to beware of roofing scams.

Will They Finally Rescue Outback Joe?

Will They Finally Rescue Outback Joe?

Poor old Outback Joe has been lost near Kingaroy since 2007, but would-be rescuers haven’t given up hope of finding him and taking home $50,000 in prize money.

Have Talent, Will Travel

Have Talent, Will Travel

A Kingaroy girl felt confident she could become a ballet dancer after a lesson with coach Sue Harvey

Junior Soccer Results – Round 13

Junior Soccer Results – Round 13

Results from Round 13 of the McDonalds Football South Burnett Junior competition games played in Kingaroy on Saturday:

Triple 0 Call Delivers Help

Triple 0 Call Delivers Help

Just eight weeks ago Murgon psychologist Arvind Ponnapalli had to take a few deep breaths

Ballogie Woman In Crash

Ballogie Woman In Crash

A 44-year-old Ballogie woman was transported to Kingaroy Hospital with minor injuries after a two-vehicle crash on the Chinchilla-Wondai Road near Cushnie just after 7:00am today.

Fire Destroys Farm Building

Fire completely destroyed an old wooden building on a farm on the Proston-Boondooma Road near Coverty this morning.

Stellar Effort At Brain Drain

Stellar Effort At Brain Drain

The 21st annual Kumbia Brain Drain was an intergalactic hit on Saturday night with teams raising an incredible $13,000 for the Kumbia State School P&C.

Young Musicians Make History

Young Musicians Make History

A blast from the South Burnett’s musical past has taken shape for a special concert

We Want Your Vegies!

We Want Your Vegies!

Is your garden producing more vegies than you need? Then contact Growing The Burnett

Barwoo’s Winning The Game Of Life

Barwoo’s Winning The Game Of Life

Barwoo Fisher is impressive. He was the king of sport after winning all his Murgon State High School track events. And he was was also favourite to win the cross country again before a knee injury took him out.

Murgon Wins Epic Battle Over Wolves

Murgon Wins Epic Battle Over Wolves

The Murgon Mustangs aim to paint the town blue and gold this week after getting teams into the A Grade, U18s, U16s and U14s rugby league grand finals

Geiger Fun Day Draws Good Crowd

Geiger Fun Day Draws Good Crowd

Intermittent showers and a biting wind failed to deter the crowd who turned out at Kingaroy’s T.J. O’Neill Oval on Saturday for the Geiger Family Fun Charity Sports Day.

Two More Drivers ‘Test Positive’

Two More Drivers ‘Test Positive’

Operation Mike Chime may be officially over but police have allegedly found traces of drugs in two more South Burnett drivers.

Chopper To Check Power Lines

Chopper To Check Power Lines

Ergon Energy today began its annual helicopter patrols of power lines in the Wide Bay-Burnett region.

Winds Of Change Strike Fayre

Winds Of Change Strike Fayre

The “winds of change” swept through Nanango’s Medieval Fayre on Saturday … forcing a last-minute migration of knights, vikings, peasants and royalty to the Nanango Cultural Centre.