A 15-year-old Kingaroy girl and 14-year-old Kingaroy boy will appear in Kingaroy Children’s Court later this month charged with wilful damage following a police investigation into graffiti scrawled on the Kingaroy War Memorial.
Thieves have targeted Nanango’s historic Ringsfield House in recent weeks, stealing paint and other items.
Police say they have uncovered one of the largest holdings of illegal firearms, military style weapons, and ammunition in Queensland following an extended search of a property in Monto.
A manslaughter charge laid following the death of Kingaroy resident Shaun Miles in May was mentioned briefly yesterday in the Brisbane Magistrates Court.
A 40-year-old Murgon man has been charged with three counts of breaching a domestic violence order, and one count of wilful damage, after he allegedly threatened to burn down a woman’s house.
A father of three young children will spend Christmas in jail after he pleaded guilty in Kingaroy Magistrates Court today to his 11th breach of a domestic violence order.
Local SES members were presented with service medals at the recent SES Week State Awards ceremony held in Gympie.
A magistrate has requested that a man charged with stalking and sending threatening text messages be placed on suicide watch after he was refused bail in Kingaroy Magistrates Court this afternoon.
Police who raided two houses in Boardman Road at Hodgeleigh last week allegedly located a drug lab and a quantity of methamphetamine and cannabis.
A 54-year-old driver was lucky to escape serious injury when he ran off the Burnett Highway this morning and rolled his Toyota HiLux after apparently falling asleep at the wheel.
Ten fire crews – both rural and urban – are fighting a large grass fire in the vicinity of McLean Road at Durong South.
Emergency helicopters which had to stop landing in Cherbourg could soon be servicing the town again.
A 20-year-old Kingaroy man has been charged with assault causing grievous bodily harm following an incident outside a Kingaroy hotel in the early hours of Saturday morning.
A home and a detached shed on acreage near Tingoora were gutted by fire on Thursday evening
Kingaroy resident – and former Special Branch detective – Barry Krosch will be presenting his university research into the secretive former Queensland police unit at a special function at the Police Museum in Brisbane on Sunday.
RACQ CareFlight Rescue is airlifting a man in his 20s with multiple injuries after he fell from a dirt bike on a Kingaroy property this afternoon.
The State Government has moved to bar more occupations from involvement by members of banned motorcycle clubs.
A truck driver has been airlifted to hospital with fractures after a B-double was involved in a single-vehicle accident this morning 5km east of Chinchilla.
A woman has been treated in hospital for injuries to her arms and legs after she was bitten by a dog while walking along a Kingaroy footpath.
Alcohol-related incidents in Kingaroy have prompted police to issue a timely warning about over-indulgence in the lead-up to Christmas.
