The Lady Bjelke-Petersen Community Hospital could re-open as early as June or July, restoring up to 15 full-time jobs and reinjecting an estimated $2.6 million a year into the region’s economy, both lost when the hospital closed.
More than 40 women from all over south-east Queensland packed the Kingaroy QCWA Hall over the weekend.
Bean Growers Australia are looking for a new slogan to commemorate the United Nations declaring 2016 the International Year Of Pulses.
The Stags kicked off their season with a big win over the Red Ants at Fred Kassulke Oval in Nanango on Saturday.
The first crop of Rail Trail trainees graduated in Kingaroy last week, and 60 per cent of them will be walking straight into employment.
Kingaroy Police have had a quiet time during the first week of their three-week Easter road safety campaign.
A growing number of local “nannas” are angry and they’re not going to take it anymore!
The South Burnett Regional Council has placed safety cones along a section of Kingaroy Street to allow urgent repairs to be made to a damaged and sagging shop awning.
The Kingaroy Show Cabaret Ball is on again and organisers are hoping to see a big roll-up
The KCCG met with Mines Minister Anthony Lynham last week to share concerns about coal mining
Numbers at this year’s Wine and Food In The Park Festival were down by a few hundred this year, but the several thousand who made their way to Kingaroy’s Memorial Park on Saturday were rewarded with a relaxing day of food, wine and live entertainment.
I have been lobbying for better access to health services for our community for many years.
The music echoing from Kingaroy’s Memorial Park on Friday night is a signal that the annual South Burnett Wine and Food in the Park Festival is on this weekend!
International Women’s Day was marked on Tuesday with the official launch of a new women’s group and a $5000 scholarship at a breakfast for 150 people.
Yarraman bowlers descended on Nanango Bowls Club on Saturday to play Rotational Triples, but neither local side won after a team of visiting Ipswich bowlers secured the top score of the day.
Speedway racing returns to Kingaroy on Saturday night with junior motorbikes in the afternoon followed by cars at night.
Average land values have dipped by 4.2 per cent in the latest figures released by the Valuer General
Former Member for Nanango Dorothy Pratt has a new love in her life. So does her husband Tony.
An internationally famous Hungarian artist whose works hang in 30 major collections across four continents – but who called the South Burnett home – is the subject of the Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery’s latest exhibition.
The Endeavour Foundation will close down its Kingary bingo operation by the end of March
