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Jorina Maureschat is a reporter for the Sunshine Coast region focusing on court, business and property. Jorina completed her cadet year with The Gympie Times in 2022. The masthead won a regional campaign award for the team’s Save Our Sport campaign advocating for sports communities affected by the 2022 floods.

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Police & Courts

SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE DISCUSS USE WITH YOUR EDITOR - Alec Jardine was named as the fifth and final person charged over the alleged stabbing of Danny Hawkins on September 18. Photo: Facebook

New details emerge in court over stabbing of Gympie boxer

Two of the five men charged over a stabbing attack on Gympie boxer and trainer Danny Hawkins had their matters mentioned in court with one remanded in custody. LATEST UPDATE

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Chatsworth State School Prep 2023: My First Year - Silly faces. Picture: Christine Schindler

Funny faces: My First Year 2023 Gympie silly photos and bloopers

Browse our funny faces photo gallery featuring the cheeky grins of some of the Central Queensland prep students of 2023.

My First Year

Tin Can Bay State School prep class of 2023.

My First Year 2023 Gympie mega prep gallery

Prepare for cuteness overload as our My First Year 2023 prep feature drops. Check out all the smiles from every school across the region in our adorable gallery.

Gympie

All childcare centres in the Wide Bay Burnett are exceeding, meeting or working toward National Quality Standard. Photo: iStock.

Wide Bay and Burnett childcare centres failing to make the grade

Several of the 143 childcare centres across the region have failed to meet the standard, while others have persisted through Covid to exceed government expectations. See how your centre ranks in 2023:

Police & Courts

Kevin Christopher Davis appeared in Gympie Magistrates Court on March 13, 2023.

‘Guilty as f—, Your Honour’: Red Rooster thief stole chicken for homeless

A homeless man said he “might as well” take advantage of a door left ajar at Red Rooster on the Bruce Highway to steal food and “feed the masses.”

Police & Courts

Michael Reid Steele appeared in Gympie Magistrates Court on March 13, 2023. Photo: social media.

Gympie Bypass worker charged with ‘strange’ stalking

A steel fixer who was due to start work on the Bruce Highway Bypass of Gympie cried after he was granted bail and allowed to leave the court.

Gympie

‘Spectacular man’: Final goodbyes to pioneer tradesman

A former butcher and Energex worker who helped build the Gympie and Cooloola Coast electricity network has been farewelled.

Gympie

100+ years: Gympie weddings down through the decades

From wedding bells at St Patrick’s to country chic at the Muster and all places in between, here is a nostalgic selection of Gympie weddings from out of the archives and stretching all the way back to 1917. See the photos:

Gympie

MP calls for funding as crowds outgrow Muster infrastructure

Federal Parliament has been told the Gympie Muster is the “true home of country music” – not Tamworth – and that federal funds needed to be diverted there to upgrade the infrastructure to cope with thousands of visitors.

Gympie

A truck has collided with a car on the Bruce Highway between Gootchie and Glenwood.

Traffic disrupted on Bruce Hwy – truck and car collide

Emergency crews including three fire trucks are rushing to the scene of crash on the Bruce Highway north of Gympie where it is believed a truck and a car have collided.

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