A Kingaroy man currently in custody at the Brisbane Correctional Centre on an unrelated matter today successfully applied to the Kingaroy Magistrates Court to re-open proceedings … for failing to wear a helmet while riding a pushbike.
Police are investigating a single vehicle rollover that occurred near Esk about 7:00pm this evening.
McEuen Rural Fire Brigade held its second annual Open Day on Saturday morning to raise bushfire awareness and, hopefully, sign up more local members.
A 48-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman will face a number of drug charges after their vehicle was stopped by police on the D’Aguilar Highway in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Kingaroy police are hoping the mini-crimewave that hit the Kingaroy Heights area over the past fortnight may be over following the arrest of a man at the weekend.
A 50-year-old man has been flown to Brisbane after a trail bike accident in the Cherbourg Forestry area this afternoon.
The RACQ CareFlight Rescue helicopter flew to the Manar Park motocross park near Boondooma on Saturday evening to help a Brisbane man who was injured after coming off his dirt bike.
One of the South Burnett’s own “every day heroes” was a finalist in the QPCU awards
A Nanango man charged after a death at an engagement party in 2011 has been jailed
Kingaroy’s recent spate of thefts – which began on the evening of Game 1 of the State of Origin – is continuing.
Seventeen drivers were charged with drug driving during the week-long police crackdown in the South Burnett, dubbed “Operation Pattern”, which wound up on Wednesday.
A man already serving an intensive correction order – and on a suspended sentence – was refused bail when he appeared in Kingaroy Magistrates Court today on fresh charges.
Firefighters are encouraging local residents to take time over the upcoming long weekend to prepare themselves and their homes ahead of bushfire season.
Two years of lobbying has paid off with the announcement in the State Budget of a new police station and watchhouse for Kingaroy, plus major upgrades for Nanango police station.
Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington says there are definite positives in the State Budget for the South Burnett area – including a new $8.3 million police station for Kingaroy.
The recent spate of thefts from motor vehicles continued at the weekend with a number of vehicles being targeted in the Kingaroy Heights area.
A 47-year-old man has been taken to Kingaroy Hospital with arm and shoulder injuries after a collision involving a hay truck at Ironpot this morning.
Police pulled over three drivers in two hours on Thursday … and two tested positive to illegal drugs
A mini crime wave hit Kingaroy streets on Wednesday night and Thursday morning with thefts from homes, cars and garages in various parts of town.
A 17-year-old youth who was sentenced to jail in Murgon Court on Wednesday, was back in Kingaroy Court today after he spat on a police officer on his way back to the cells.
