Summer Heat Keeps Greens Quiet

Summer Heat Keeps Greens Quiet

Some people might say that Spring has sprung … but according to my thermometer, Spring has gone and Summer has definitely arrived, with temperatures in the high thirties becoming quite common over the last week or so.

Tired Drivers Are Dangerous Drivers

Tired Drivers Are Dangerous Drivers

More than 360 South Burnett students are better informed about the frightening risks of driver fatigue, thanks to a Meandu Mine Fatigue and Safety Management Campaign.

Tough Year For CTC Turns Out Well

Tough Year For CTC Turns Out Well

The closure of CTC’s Employment Services division and the end of June may have been a blow to the South Burnett’s largest community services organisation, but in the end everything turned out well.

Motel Gets Approval To Expand

Motel Gets Approval To Expand

Room Motels, a Brisbane-based company who chose the South Burnett to pioneer a completely new way of building motels when they opened in Kingaroy three years ago, have been rewarded for their enterprise.

Locals Pack Shoeboxes For Christmas

Locals Pack Shoeboxes For Christmas

Twenty South Burnett volunteers travelled to Brisbane recently to pack 2000 gift shoeboxes for Christmas

Famous Poet Coming For Lunch

Famous Poet Coming For Lunch

Poet Rupert McCall will be a special guest at the Mayor’s Community Christmas Luncheon on December 11.

Yarraman Gets Some Coaching

Yarraman Gets Some Coaching

Yarraman took a break in their calendar last week to take up an offer from Bowls Queensland to conduct coaching and umpiring courses

KCCI Will Celebrate Christmas Early

KCCI Will Celebrate Christmas Early

The Kingaroy Chamber Of Commerce And Industry will be celebrating Christmas a little early this year.

Our Region Remembers …

Our Region Remembers …

Wednesday, November 11 was Remembrance Day …

Artists Show Off Their Skills

Artists Show Off Their Skills

The 8th annual disAbility Art Show was officially opened at Kingaroy Art Gallery on Saturday morning.

Weather Cuts Bowls Action

Weather Cuts Bowls Action

The weather completely disrupted bowls matches around the region over the last few days.

Kilcoy Carnival Attracts A Crowd

Kilcoy Carnival Attracts A Crowd

The rain in Spain may fall mainly on the plain, as my old elocution teacher used to insist, but last week the rest of it fell in various places around the South Burnett

Markets Get A New Name

Markets Get A New Name

The Thursday markets held in Kingaroy’s O’Neill Square are under new management and have a new name.

New Funeral Parlour For Kingaroy

New Funeral Parlour For Kingaroy

Kingaroy will get a new funeral parlour in Markwell Street after the South Burnett Regional Council gave its approval to Rose Chapel Funerals at Wednesday’s meeting.

Street Banner Costs May Rise

Street Banner Costs May Rise

The cost of stringing a banner across Kingaroy Street or Knight Street could quadruple from $200 to $800 if the SBRC agrees to adopt a recommendation from its Traffic Advisory Committee.

SES Volunteers Recognised

SES Volunteers Recognised

State Emergency Service volunteers from the North Coast Region were recognised at a special SES Week award ceremony on Saturday.

St John’s Got Talent!

St John’s Got Talent!

St John’s Lutheran School students have been participating in an unusual talent contest recently.

Big Roll-Up For Ladies Rose Bowl

Big Roll-Up For Ladies Rose Bowl

Nanango’s Ladies Rose Bowl Carnival was held on Tuesday, and there was quite a roll-up.

Hodges Road Partially
Closed For Two Weeks

Hodges Road Partially<BR> Closed For Two Weeks

Hodges Road in Kingaroy will be partially closed for two weeks from next Monday, October 26, so roadworks can be carried out in the area adjacent to the new Kingaroy Wastewater Treatment Plant.