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Holly is a journalist at the South Burnett Times and Central & North Burnett Times, covering crime, courts and business news as well as general and breaking news. She started her career as the weekend reporter with the Northern Star. She also holds a Master’s Degree in International Studies from Sydney University.

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Central & North Burnett

Breaking: New mayor declared for North Burnett

Almost two weeks after the local government elections, the Electoral Commission of Queensland has declared the new North Burnett Mayor. Meet the region’s new leader:

Central & North Burnett

Mayoral election: Race for regions mayor tightens as count continues

Voting has closed and the counting of ballots in underway to determine who’ll head the North Burnett Regional Council into 2022. Here’s the latest figures:

Roma

A Monto man was rushed to hospital after sustaining a snake bite to the leg. File Photo.

Man rushed to hospital after snake bite at Roma

Emergency services have taken a man to Roma Hospital after he suffered a snake bite.

Dalby

Community centre to be demolished after multimillion-dollar works

The $14 million redevelopment of Dalby’s MyALL107 has ended in disaster, with the Western Downs Regional Council making the decision to demolish the building after serious problems were uncovered. Full details here:

South Burnett

Man taken to hospital after car rollover near Kingaroy

A man in his 20s was taken to hospital after his car rolled near Kingaroy.

South Burnett

Queensland Ambulance Service generic ambulance. Picture: Dominic Elsome

Teenage girl taken to hospital after falling from horse

Emergency services were called to the property near Murgon after the teenage girl was thrown from her horse while riding. FULL DETAILS:

South Burnett

Man trapped in machinery for hours after horror farm accident

A man has been flown to hospital after a horror workplace accident left him trapped in farm machinery for hours in the South Burnett region.

Police & Courts

‘Bomb in the building’: Man accused of bizarre threats to courthouses

A South Burnett man charged with sending bomb threats to courthouses in Stanthorpe, Loganlea and NSW went on a strange rant, accusing a magistrate of treason and declaring he was under the jurisdiction of a long-dead monarch.

South Burnett

South Burnett town’s animal cruelty complaints rise by nearly 70%

WARNING, DISTRESSING: Damning new figures show animal cruelty complaints are flooding the RSPCA, with complaints spiking by nearly 70% in one South Burnett town. See which suburbs were the worst offenders:

Police & Courts

Volunteer firey charged over forest blaze, drip torch assault

“I’ll show you how to light fires”: Police allege a volunteer firefighter charged with deliberately igniting a forest fire in the South Burnett region assaulted a fellow firefighter with a blazing drip torch before kicking a cop. Here’s what happened in court:

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