Kingaroy To Host FFA Cup Match
In a great coup for our region, Nanango will take on 2013 Toowoomba Premier League Grand Finalists, Willowburn, on Saturday March 15 in Kingaroy at 5:00pm.
Kate Wins Youth Of The Year
The Kingaroy Lions Club held their annual Lions Youth Of The Year Quest club finals last week.
Students Ready To
Make A Difference
Year 8 students from St John’s Lutheran School attended a special meeting in Brisbane on Monday.
Keren’s Works Line Cafe’s Walls
Nanango photographer Keren McSweeney will be giving customers at Kingaroy’s Utopia Cafe something to think about over their coffee this month.
$10m Council Grant Approved
Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney has made good on his promise to give the South Burnett Regional Council $10 million towards the cost of upgrading Kingaroy’s ageing Wastewater Treatment Plant.
New Exhibition Recalls Floods
An exhibition recalling the 2011 floods will open at the Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery on Monday.
Toasting A New Location
Kingaroy business people turned out in force on Friday night to toast the re-opening of TASTE South Burnett in a new location.
Centenary Anzac Figure Takes Shape
Plans to erect a six foot tall white granite statue of a World War I veteran in Kingaroy for next year’s Gallipoli centenary have moved forward with the unveiling of a model of the statue.
CCTVs To Stop Vandalism
The South Burnett Regional Council will soon install closed circuit video cameras in 10 of the region’s public parks in a bid to combat vandalism.
Cattle Killed In Crash
The D’Aguilar Highway was blocked for five hours last night after a semi-trailer carrying cattle overturned between Elouera Drive and Berlin Road about 8:30pm.
Make A Date For Calendar Girls
The South Burnett Regional Council will be mounting a stall in Kingaroy Shoppingworld soon to publicise the upcoming performance of the smash British comedy “Calendar Girls” in Kingaroy on Monday, March 10.
Photo Club Snaps Back Into Action
The Kingaroy Photographic Club held its first meeting for 2014 last week at the Kingaroy State High School Community Room
Local Singles Mingle On Facebook
Kingaroy is facing a singles drought but social media may help lonely hearts unite
Quinn Wins Swimming Carnival
St Mary’s Catholic College held its annual Swimming Carnival at the Kingaroy Swimming Pool last Thursday.
Inspectors Will Check Flood Repairs
Members of the Australian Government Reconstruction Inspectorate will visit the South Burnett on Thursday to meet members of the South Burnett Regional Council and look at reconstruction efforts from the 2011 and 2013 floods.
Councillor Floats Dam Drainage Idea
South Burnett councillor Barry Green floated the idea of draining Gordonbrook Dam to clean up Kingaroy’s water supply at today’s monthly Council meeting.
Kaye Carves Out A Pathway To Hope
Kaye’s eyes mist over as she recalls the years where she was tortured by undiagnosed mental illness
Thieves Target The Peanut Van
Nothing was stolen but a few hundred dollars worth of stock had to be dumped after a break-in at The Peanut Van in Kingaroy in the early hours of this morning.
Welfare Workers Meet Minister
Community and welfare workers from all over the South Burnett converged at the Kingaroy Hotel-Motel on Monday night for an opportunity to talk with Queensland’s Minister for Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services Tracy Davis.
Work Starts On $5.3m Motel Project
A $5.3 million motel development on the D’Aguilar Highway is “one of the most exciting projects we have had in Kingaroy in recent years”.
