Export Cattle Stay Strong
Combined agents yarded 700 at Murgon’s Fat and Store Sale on Tuesday and export cattle were slightly dearer in places, with store cows selling to very strong rates.
Cooper To Play Last NRL Game
Former Murgon Mustang Gavin Cooper will be lacing up his boots for the Cowboys for the last time on Thursday night.
Show Society Grants Announced
The Show Societies Grants Program provides financial support for operating costs associated with conducting annual agricultural shows, and costs towards the construction and maintenance of showground assets.
Boost For Barambah Irrigators
More than 50 farmers along Barambah Creek have been issued with new groundwater licences allowing them to irrigate their crops and water their stock.
Cattle Prices Stay Firm
Agents yarded 714 head at the fortnightly Fat and Store sale in Murgon on Tuesday.
Selwyn’s Career Gallops Ahead
A Cherbourg teenager is getting ready to tackle the biggest challenge of his life so far … a potential rugby league career at the elite level.
Council Approves Expansion
Murgon’s Men’s Shed will have their grounds enlarged so two railway carriages displayed next to the former Murgon Railway Station can be moved.
RSL’s Welfare Dream Comes True
Construction will begin within weeks on a welfare drop-in centre at Murgon for former defence force personnel.
Police Pride Shines In Murgon
The South Burnett PCYC was a sea of blue on Friday for the annual Queensland Police Service Dalby Burnett Patrol medals and awards ceremony.
Bravery Of Fire Heroes Recognised
The courage of three men who rescued a toddler from a fatal house fire in Kingaroy in 2018 was officially recognised during a police ceremony in Murgon on Friday morning.
Work To Start On Drop-In Centre
A sod-turning ceremony will be held in Murgon on Saturday morning to mark the start of construction of a drop-in centre for military veterans.
Service Salutes Memories Of WWII
One of Alf Purser’s strongest memories of World War II was picking up Australian prisoners from a Japanese POW camp and flying them back to Australia soon after peace was declared.
Mayor To Explain Rates
South Burnett Mayor Brett Otto is inviting residents to attend a “Rates Information Session” to be held at Murgon on Thursday evening (August 6).
Katie Earns School Scholarship
Murgon State High School student Katie Langton, from Cherbourg, has earned a prestigious Harding Miller Education Foundation scholarship.
Murgon Duo To Run Yallakool
Murgon businessman Heath Sander and his wife Rowena have been appointed the new managers for Yallakool Caravan and Recreation Park at Bjelke-Petersen Dam.
Murgon High’s $12m Project Unveiled
Work is expected to begin in October – or maybe even a bit sooner – on a stunning $12.65 million construction program at Murgon State High School.
Boy Arrested Over Fire
A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after police spotted a small fire in a Murgon toilet block on Saturday evening.
Probation For Assault
An 18-year-old man has been placed on probation for 18 months after an incident in Cherbourg last Friday during which a woman was seriously assaulted.
PCYC Gym To Reopen
The gym at the South Burnett PCYC in Murgon will re-open next Monday, July 13, in a further return to normal life.
Driver Escapes Injury
A woman aged in her 70s was assessed by paramedics after her Toyota sedan rolled through a glass window at her home in Burnett Street, Nanango.
