‘Mum, give me the gun’: Pub brawl takes terrifying turn
A brawl outside a South Burnett pub escalated when a parolee’s mum pulled up, with the 28-year-old asking her to “give him a gun” before pointing it at another patron.
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What started out as a good deed for his beloved community has grown into lifesaving work, as 81-year-old Ray McNamara gets down and dirty to raise thousands of dollars annually for charity.
Thousands in damages as reckless vandals run wild
Furious motorists have been left with thousands in damages after callous vandals targeted more than a dozen cars parked in a Miles street overnight.
Drunk mum assaults daughter, 10, after all-night drinking binge
A mother of six took who left her children unsupervised to go out with her drinking buddies became enraged after finding her children awake when she came home, busting open her little girl’s head after she called her “Mum”.
Cobbo’s stunning year continues with major NAIDOC honour
‘Being able to make my community and family proud is a great feeling’: NRL superstar Selwyn Cobbo’s astronomical rise to the top has shown no signs of slowing, with the Cherbourg wonderkid taking out a top state award.
Major highway closed after car, road train crash
Two men have been taken to hospital after a truck and car crashed on the Leichhardt Highway, south of Condamine. Full details:
‘I’ll throw it’: Chilling death threat for 4-week-old puppy
After burning his partner with cigarettes during a morning of shocking abuse, a South Burnett man grabbed the woman’s new puppy by the neck and threatened to throw the defenceless animal off a balcony.
Menace laughs as vile online abuse read to Burnett court
A Nanango man who harassed a woman for months, including at one point telling her, “I’ll burn you alive one day”, laughed as his litany of vile messages were read to a South Burnett court. Full details:
Tragic death of motorcyclist sends ‘shockwaves’ through community
A local police officer said news a Womalilla man was killed when his motorbike collided with a kangaroo had left the tight knit community reeling. Full details:
Booze thief jailed over savage attack on good Samaritan
A South Burnett woman is behind bars after a serious crime spree across Brisbane, where she brutally assaulted a man trying to stop a robbery and stole thousands of dollars worth of alcohol.
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