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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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VideoPolice & Courts

WATCH: Man armed with golf club goes on beachside rampage

Residents of a beachside suburb have been shocked by the actions of an agitated man armed with a golf club as he ran amok following an earlier altercation. SEE THE VIDEO

South Burnett

AND THEIR RACING: There will be plenty of action on the track at the the Nanango Race Club this weekend for the club's Christmas meeting.

Turf ‘war’ in country race club set to come to a head

A bitter divide between the factions tearing apart a beloved Queensland country race club will come to a head this weekend. Who will be victorious?

PollBundaberg

Thirty four amazing brow specialists and the salons they work at have made the final list for the Best Brow Tech of 2024. Now it is time to vote.

Vote Now: Who is Bundaberg’s best brow specialist?

Whether you prefer thin or thick, timeless or edgy brows, Bundaberg’s brow salons have plenty of technicians to choose from but who is the best? Vote in our poll.

EXCLUSIVEPolice & Courts

Colin Watson (pictured) was walking to get milk for coffee when we he was allegedly struck and killed by a black Mercedes-Benz in Kingaroy in the early hours of Tuesday, September 3, being driven by Jade Hugh Cherry.

‘What do I say to my children?’: Mum’s heartbreak over alleged hit and run death

The devastated family of a father of two allegedly left to die on the side of the road after a shocking hit and run crash have spoken for the first time. FULL TRIBUTE

Central & North Burnett

A development application has been lodged with the North Burnett Regional Council by Ellendee Park and Accommodation that could help ease the housing and rental crisis in the region.

40+ cabins, rooms and gazebos in Gayndah accommodation development

A development application lodged with the North Burnett Regional Council by Ellendee Park and Accommodation could help ease the housing and rental crisis in the region.

South Burnett

Tributes flow as Qld newsman and country champion dies, aged 69

From community leaders to the people he worked with, helped, befriended and loved, there has been an outpouring of grief and respect for a beloved storyteller who was the face of local news across the South Burnett for decades.

VideoPolice & Courts

Wendy Hansen was last seen driving south on the Bruce Highway at Wild Horse Mountain on the Sunshine Coast about 2.30pm on February 29.

Wendy Hansen may have been murdered soon after she went missing

The ‘half buried’ remains of a beloved Queensland businesswoman were found 800km from her home, with detectives treating her death as suspicious and investigating the possibility she was killed soon after she went missing in February. Watch the video:

Gympie