Students Learn Some Real-Life Lessons
Road safety should be uppermost in the minds of another group of South Burnett Year 11 students after several hundred students were put through another RYDA program in Kingaroy this week.
Woman, 81, Dies In Crash
An 81-year-old woman died after a single vehicle crash on the Bunya Highway on Wednesday morning.
Shirtless Shadow Boxer Fined
An 18-year-old who was shadow boxing was arrested by police and taken to the Kingaroy Watchhouse
Woman Hurt In Horse Fall
RACQ LifeFlight airlifted a woman, aged in her 40s, after she fell from a horse near Gayndah on Sunday evening.
Three Charged With Drug Offences
Gympie detectives are continuing to investigate how a 31-year-old man received a gunshot wound
Watch Out For NBN Scam
Gympie Police are warning residents to be very wary if they receive a telephone call from an alleged NBN provider talking about customer dissatisfaction with the service.
Bag Snatched At Cafe
Kingaroy Police have been kept busy over the past week dealing with traffic offences, minor crashes and a handbag snatch that will leave one tourist with a very bad impression of the South Burnett.
Injured Rider Flown Out
A motorcycle rider was flown to the Sunshine Coast Hospital after suffering multiple injuries in a single-vehicle crash just north of Kingaroy on Saturday morning.
Wallaby Sends Ute Spinning
A wallaby sparked a chain reaction at Haly Creek on Wednesday night which resulted in a learner driver being taken to hospital, and a Falcon ute being badly damaged
Police Hunt For Shooter
A 31-year-old man wounded by a mystery shotgun blast has links to the Kilkivan area.
Shed, Containers Destroyed In Fire
A garden shed and a number of shipping containers being used for storage were destroyed in a grass fire at Ellesmere on Tuesday afternoon.
Firies Contain Scrub Fire
Rural fire crews have contained a forest fire burning in the South Nanango area.
Lucky Escape For Firefighters
Cherbourg firefighters narrowly escaped injury when called to a car fire on Sunday night.
Plane Makes Emergency Landing
Wondai businessman Owen Blamires and two young passengers had a lucky escape on Saturday when a fuel issue led to their Cessna 172 making a forced landing in Wondai.
Car Smashes Into Tree Near Nanango
Police are investigating why a car skidded off the D’Aguilar Highway into a tree near Nanango on Saturday afternoon.
Woman Hit By Car In Kingaroy
A woman was struck by a car on a pedestrian crossing at the corner of Haly and Glendon Streets in Kingaroy on Friday afternoon.
Smoke Sparks Fire Callout
Large plumes of smoke in the Steinhardts Road area at Moffatdale prompted a false alarm for firefighters on Tuesday afternoon.
Man Charged Over Break-In
A 25-year-old Nanango man has been charged with break-and-enter following an incident in Kingaroy on April 1.
Thieves Target House … Twice
A man is assisting police following a double break-in at Nanango on Friday.
Elderly Woman In Serious Condition
An elderly woman had to be cut free from the wreckage of an overturned dual cab ute after a crash on the Burnett Highway at Wyalla, north of Nanango, on Friday morning.
