‘I’m disgusted’: Love on hold as vandals rip up wedding lawns
Townsville’s beloved Queens Gardens has been torn up by vandals on electric bikes and e-scooters – and the Acting Mayor is fuming.
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Teen accused of threatening child in late-night home invasion
A 16-year-old Gulliver boy has been charged following a terrifying break-in in Annandale, where he allegedly threatened a child with a multi-grip tool while trying to steal a car.
‘Sick to death’: Bricks fly as clinic near Dean Park cops it again
Bricks flew and glass shattered as a South Townsville clinic was left picking up the pieces — again — in the latest burst of chaos spilling out from the notorious Dean Park area. WATCH THE VIDEO.
Wild convoy of stolen cars tear through town
Reckless thieves have filmed their exploits, posting clips to Instagram showing a convoy of cars, including a white Ford Ranger and two Ford Ranger Raptors, lined up like trophies.WATCH THE VIDEO.
Meet the new top cop taking the reins in North Qld
She’s the new face of policing in North Queensland, and Assistant Commissioner Virginia Nelson is wasting no time making her mark. Here are the key issues on her radar.
Tampons in the yard, crap in the sink: Sewage hell in our suburbs
Soiled tampons in the yard, toilet paper strewn across driveways, and sewage erupting from kitchen sinks — that’s the grim reality Townsville locals face every time heavy rain hits. Meanwhile, one councillor is urging locals not to flush unless absolutely necessary.
New guards on the block as 27 join ranks at jail
A new wave of frontline recruits is stepping into duty at Townsville’s correctional facilities, with 27 freshly trained Custodial Correctional Officers now ready to serve.
Into the fire: Cops race into inferno as machete man lurks
Three brave police officers risked their lives in a terrifying late-night standoff, charging into a smoke-choked Townsville home as a man armed with a machete and tomahawk axe roamed inside.
Brave cops saved woman’s life after dog ripped her arm off
A woman’s arm was ripped off by her pet dog in a brutal attack, but it was the lightning-fast actions of two police officers that stopped the nightmare from turning fatal. Read their account of what happened and how they saved her.
How bus tragedy bound a digger and young tourist for life
It was mayhem on the highway when a horrific Greyhound crash left three dead and a busload battered. But from the wreckage rose an unlikely mateship between a seriously injured American tourist and the quick-thinking Aussie soldier who helped save him.
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