Charges Adjourned To February

Charges against a Tewantin man over fires in the Durong area have been adjourned again in Murgon Magistrates’ Court.

Jobseekers Get A Foot In The Door

Jobseekers Get A Foot In The Door

Fourteen unemployed South Burnett residents graduated from a special training program on Friday designed to give them an opportunity to find work in the lucrative resources sector.

Christmas Thank You To Shoppers

Christmas Thank You To Shoppers

Christmas is a time for giving and in Murgon, this also means giving back … the town’s popular annual Christmas Fair is designed to be a giant “thank you” to local residents from local businesses.

Clubs Raise $9000 For Chopper

Clubs Raise $9000 For Chopper

The Kingaroy and Murgon Quota clubs presented the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter Service with cheques totalling $2150 today.

Triple P For Stronger Families

Triple P For Stronger Families

Providing consistency, support and time to your children is the best way to make them confident, happy and strong. Eighteen Murgon and Cherbourg people reinforced this recently as they workshopped ways to build deadlier families with Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) facilitator Michell Forster.

Huge Holiday Program At PCYC

South Burnett PCYC at Murgon has a jam-packed program of activities and excursions lined up for the school holidays.

New Directions For Economic Development

New Directions For Economic Development

A new peak economic and tourism development board made up of businesspeople and community leaders from throughout the South Burnett looks likely following two consultation meetings organised by the South Burnett Regional Council today.

School Holds Garage Sale

Looking for chairs, desks … maybe a filing cabinet?

Students Celebrate Year 12 Success

Students Celebrate Year 12 Success

Family and friends of indigenous Year 12 graduates from across the South Burnett gathered at Murgon Town Hall on Thursday night to congratulate school-leavers and hand out awards.

Facelift for Murgon Town Hall

Facelift for Murgon Town Hall

The South Burnett Regional Council is giving Murgon Town Hall a facelift.

Jacinta’s Playing To Win

Jacinta’s Playing To Win

Hours of playing computer games instilled a dream within Year 12 student Jacinta Bligh …

Internet Security Tips For Parents

Internet Security Tips For Parents

Murgon State High School Technical Officer Farhad Kamal provides ICT support for his school and a number of other cluster schools in the South Burnett region. He has prepared advice for parents concerned about their children’s use of the Internet.

Meet Murgon’s War Hero

Meet Murgon’s War Hero

Meet Patrick Edward Thomas Tiernan, the Murgon hero buried in the Netherlands

Max Snaps Up National Award

Max Snaps Up National Award

Well-known South Burnett photographer Max Walters has won a national award for a photograph he took of horse breakers at the Bell Show.

Positive Parenting Pays Off

Six Murgon and Cherbourg residents have successfully graduated from a Triple P parenting program organised by Barambah PaCE.

Farewelling Year 12 In Style

Farewelling Year 12 In Style

There were horses (and carriages), trucks and buses, quad bikes and even a steam engine. And, of course, more classic Chevys, Mustangs, Holdens and Fords than you’d see at a car show.

Atto’s AllStars Deadly At Touch

Atto’s AllStars Deadly At Touch

The third annual Healthy Active Young (HAY) touch footy carnival was held at Murgon High School on Monday.

Captains Shine At Awards Night

Captains Shine At Awards Night

2012 School Captain Sarah Jensen was named the Paul Wilding Shield School Dux at Murgon State High School’s 54th annual speech night.

Murgon Dancers Get Ready To Shine

Murgon Dancers Get Ready To Shine

Jacarandas in bloom always mean end-of-year exams; they also mean end-of-year concerts for the region’s dancers