Volunteers Earn Service Medals

Volunteers Earn Service Medals

Three South Burnett SES volunteers were presented with Meritorious Service Medals at the North Coast Region SES Week Awards ceremony held in Gympie on Saturday afternoon.

A Big Hand For Expo

A Big Hand For Expo

A constant stream of people passed through Kingaroy’s inaugural Hand Made Expo Markets

Students Farewelled At Mass

Students Farewelled At Mass

St Mary’s Catholic College’s Year 12 students and families were farewelled today at a Graduation Mass celebrated by Fr Michael Carroll in the College’s Maryknoll Centre in Kingaroy.

Man Found Not Guilty Of Sex Charges

A 21-year-old Kingaroy man charged with sexual offences involving a 14-year-old girl has been found not guilty after a week-long trial in the District Court in Kingaroy.

Hand-Made Expo Markets This Sunday

The Hand Made Expo Markets will be making their first South Burnett outing at the Glendon Street Forecourt in Glendon Street, Kingaroy from9:00am to 2:00pm on Sunday, November 18.

Expo More Than Just Dogs

Expo More Than Just Dogs

We all know how helpful guide dogs and white canes can be to the blind and vision impaired community … but how about electronic readers, GPS locators and UltraCanes that vibrate when they sense an object?

SES Dials Up The Smiles

SES Dials Up The Smiles

It was Kingaroy’s turn to say “thank you” to our SES volunteers today when the “Truckload Of Thanks” rolled into Glendon Street for Day 3 of its South Burnett tour.

Mobility Expo On Tomorrow

Mobility Expo On Tomorrow

South Burnett residents with low or no vision will have the opportunity to trial some of the latest technology on offer to help people remain active and independent when Guide Dogs Queensland stages its first-ever Mobility Expo in the town tomorrow (November 15).

Launch Gets School Buzzing

Launch Gets School Buzzing

St Mary’s Catholic School in Kingaroy was buzzing this morning with the launch of the school’s new Positive Behaviour Support program.

Small Farming Draws A Large Audience

Small Farming Draws A Large Audience

A crowd of 65 gathered to hear about the potential for forming a new fresh food co-op

BreastScreen Bus In Kingaroy

BreastScreen Bus In Kingaroy

Women aged 50 to 69 years in the Kingaroy area are being urged to take advantage of free breast cancer screening services available from November to February.

Historic Buildings Join Heritage Register

Historic Buildings Join Heritage Register

The five South Burnett buildings nominated for Heritage listing in August have been entered into the Queensland Heritage Register.

Students Learn From A Farmer

Students Learn From A Farmer

Where do you turn to if you need an answer? These days it’s usually the Internet … and quite often it’s Facebook.

Saints Ready For Crunch Time

Saints Ready For Crunch Time

The South Burnett Saints are quietly confident that they’ll be reintroducing AFL to the region next year.

Newspaper Contradicts
Itself Over High School

A newspaper report at the weekend that lists Kingaroy State High School as being “over capacity” with students also has buried in the same report a statement that the school has “sufficient capacity to meet student enrolment”.

Kingaroy Remembers The Fallen

Kingaroy Remembers The Fallen

About 300 people braved cold, overcast weather to attend a special Remembrance Day combined church service and commemoration at Kingaroy Town Hall.

Traffic Stop Leads To Six Charges

Traffic Stop Leads To Six Charges

Police patrolling Kingaroy-Cooyar Road at Brooklands on August 30 pulled over a Ford Falcon after they saw it cross double lines to overtake a slower vehicle.

Man Jailed For Breaching DVO

Man Jailed For Breaching DVO

A man who punched a woman during an argument, causing her to fall to the ground, then kicked and struck her with a “stick-like object”, was sentenced to seven months jail when he appeared in Kingaroy Magistrates Court today.

Man Remanded Over Deaths

Man Remanded Over Deaths

A 29-year-old man charged after a fatal traffic crash that killed two women at Booubyjan in August has been remanded to appear in Kingaroy Magistrates’ Court on November 29.