An international authority is searching for the family of a French student who died in a horror beach crash, as one of the first police officers on the scene speaks out.
A man convicted of manslaughter over the horrific death of Shaun Barker near Gympie in 2013 has won a new bid at freedom under Queensland’s ‘no body no parole’ laws.
A commercial fisherman guilty of breaching fishing laws has wildly accused a prosecutor of being ‘a man of Satan’, a Magistrate of being ‘not who he claims’ and said the world had ‘18 hours’ until it all ends.
A Hervey Bay court has heard a man groomed two underage girls after contacting them on Facebook then beginning romantic relationships with each of them.
A former cultural dancer choked a woman until it was ‘hard for her to breathe’, then hit her with a fishing rod. This is what was said in court:
A prospective fitness industry worker who had to be hospitalised after trying to choke a police dog, bite its head, punch and gouge its eyes, is back in court. Here is the latest.
A full kitchen pulled from a building in Rainbow Beach and dumped in Cooloola Sandy National Park led authorities to the alleged culprit. See the photos, watch the video.
A horrifying list of hygiene and safety issues at a popular Chinese restaurant left 16 customers with salmonella poisoning, with two so gravely ill they suffered permanent kidney damage. Here is what was revealed in court.
Fire investigators have attended the scene after a Maryborough home was gutted by a blaze that broke out on Tuesday afternoon. WATCH THE VIDEO.
A 39-year-old Gympie man has spoken out after he was cleared of more than a dozen horrific sexual and physical assault charges, but convicted of four assault charges. This is what he said.
A family member has paid tribute to the ‘gorgeous boy’ who was found unresponsive at his daycare centre last week, and revealed the wrenching sequence of events his parents endured. An appeal has been launched to support the family. Here is the latest.
From the killing of an eight-year-old girl snatched from her bed, to the stabbing of a sex worker, one of the region’s top cops has reflected on the terrible impact serious violent crimes have had on the Wide Bay. Take an inside look:
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