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Shelley Strachan is the respected and award winning Editor of The Gympie Times, a mother of four, and a passionate advocate for her hometown (Gympie), the region it is the centre of and the people who live there. A recipient of multiple PANPA Community News Brand of the Year awards, and the coveted News Corp Achievements in Regional Journalism award, Shelley Strachan cut her journalistic teeth as a cadet at The Gympie Times before spending some time as a sub-editor with Quest Community papers in Brisbane and then returning to the idyllic lifestyle the Gympie region offers. She proudly leads a talented team of journalists covering all the news of the Gympie region 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Shelley Strachan

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VideoGympie

A still from the video of young men doing multiple somersaults from the top of the arch of Queenslandâs oldest bridge at least 30m above the water has had almost 100,000 views and plenty of criticism.

Watch: Bridge daredevils record themselves cheating death

Police say they are aware of a video of people diving from the extreme height of an arch straddling the Dickabram Bridge at least 30m above the Mary River near Gympie. Watch the video

Gympie

Paramedics are treating a 75 year old man trapped in a vehicle on a private property near Old Traveston Road.

Paramedics work on man trapped in Traveston rollover

Emergency crews are on the scene of an incident on private property near the Old Traveston Road, where two men have been involved and one trapped in a vehicle.

UPDATEDSouth Burnett

More than 2000 Gympie and Fraser Coast residents remain without power after a series of severe storm cells ripped across the region, uprooting trees and knocking down powerlines.

‘Like a mini-cyclone’: Thousands in blackout as ‘insane’ storms rip across region

Thousands of homes were left without power overnight – and some remain without power today – after intense storm cells left a trail of carnage again on Thursday afternoon, bringing down thousands of trees and powerlines. NEW PHOTOS, VIDEO

Gympie

A man who suffered potentially life-threatening injuries in a shocking crash between a 4WD and buggy has been flown to Brisbane for further treatment, a Sunshine Coast Health Service spokeswoman has said.

Man airlifted after serious crash between car, buggy outside Gympie

A couple seriously injured in a shocking crash on the outskirts of Gympie have been transferred out of the region for further treatment.

Bundaberg

‘Bucket of frustration’: Pitt calls it quits as Hinkler MP

Nationals MP and the Federal Member for Hinkler since 2013, Keith Pitt, has announced his intention to quit politics and pursue a new “opportunity”.

Fraser Coast

The crash on Saltwater Creek Rd on April 30 claimed the lives of Kelsie Davies, 17, Michale Chandler, 29, andÃ Sheree Robertson, 52.

How LNP’s tough youth laws could have prevented triple fatal

The LNP’s new youth sentencing terms could have jailed a Maryborough teenager for three times longer than old laws allowed. The revelation comes ahead of this week’s sentencing of the teen.

Gympie

‘Last time I would see him alive’: Mum shares agony of teen son’s murder

The mother of a popular high school student murdered in cold blood on his last day of classes has for the first time revealed the heart breaking events as they unfolded for her the day her son was killed.

Police & Courts

Paul Hatton and his wife Julie Hatton with Natalie as a baby.

War erupts in cattle baron’s family over shooting death of young mum

The daughter of a Wide Bay woman police say shot herself between the eyes with a rifle 10 weeks after giving birth has split from her father and stepmother over the dark allegations she has made and her dogged pursuit of the case which is now the subject of a coroner’s investigation.

Gympie

‘Unwavering courage’: Tributes flow after shock death of extraordinary man

Life was not easy for Colin Claridge, but his remarkable perspective and the love and support of his old friends helped sustain him, and kept a roof over his head when things became dire.

QLD Votes

Voters and candidates talk to our reporters on Queensland state election say 2024.

QLD state election 2024: Rolling coverage of Gympie and Nanango results

Former LNP leader Deb Frecklington looks like being returned to her safe seat Nanango for a fifth term with a 4 per cent swing to the LNP in Nanango and 34.22 per cent of the vote counted. The LNP has been called winner in Gympie. Here are the latest numbers in our free read: VIDEOS, PHOTOS

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