Ex-Students Ready To Celebrate
Nanango State School is celebrating its 150th anniversary with activities on Friday and Saturday
QCWA Offers Bursaries For Students
The QCWA is encouraging students to apply for QCWA bursaries in 2016 – but you’ll need to hurry.
Timbertowns To Be Recorded In Song
Josh Arnold, the singer-songwriter who crafts special songs for small towns, is coming back to the South Burnett … this time to Blackbutt and Benarkin.
Indigenous Languages Join Curriculum
The lead author of a breakthrough curriculum framework which will encourage the teaching of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages in Australian schools is disappointed with the timing of the release.
PCYC Plans Fun Program
There’s a fun line-up of activities planned at the PCYC’s vacation care program in Kingaroy after Christmas.
Vandalism Bill Adds Up
Kingaroy State High School was struck by two bouts of senseless vandalism at the weekend.
Premier Effort By Young Readers
Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington has been kept busy recently handing out certificates to local school students who have successfully completed the Premier’s Reading Challenge.
Goomeri Awards The Year’s Best
Goomeri State School held its Awards Night last Thursday, November 19 at the Goomeri Hall of Memory.
New Principal Visits St Mary’s
Meet Angela Myles, the new principal who’ll be taking over at St Mary’s Catholic College on January 1.
Rally Drivers Will Be Back!
It’s been at least a decade since the Brisbane Sporting Car Club last held a rally on the forestry tracks around Benarkin and Yarraman.
Nanango Students Salute Tradition
Nanango State High School students gathered at historic Ringsfield House on Thursday night for their traditional photo shoot ahead of their annual Year 12 formal.
2015 Nanango State High School Formal – 2
More photos from the 2014 Nanango State High School Formal …
2015 Nanango State High School Formal – 1
More photos from the 2015 Nanango State High School Formal …
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.
Deadly Finish To Formal Parade
Cheers and applause erupted from the crowd of spectators lining Gore Street on Friday night when Shane Dynevor emerged from the car that had ferried him and Shajuana Button to Murgon Town Hall.
Big Crowd Greets Kingaroy Students
There were plenty of nervous Kingaroy State High School Year 12s on the red carpet leading to the Town Hall on Thursday evening, but the bravest surely must have been Adam Geiger.
St Mary’s Students Step Out In Style
It’s that time of the year when hairdressers get booked out, hotrods get polished and everyone’s looking for that “special” outfit.
Asset Test Axed For Youth Allowance
Member for Maranoa Bruce Scott says his campaigning for changes to the Youth Allowance scheme has paid off for young people living in rural areas.
Big Night At Catholic College
The 2015 annual awards presentation night at St Mary’s Catholic College was full of smiles and applause but it was also tinged with sadness … it will be the last in Kingaroy for popular school principal Michael Nayler.
Dramatic Start To Annual Concert
Lightning and ominous-looking clouds only added to the dramatic atmosphere in the Kingaroy Town Hall forecourt on Friday night.
