‘Forever loved, forever young’: Fallen teen honoured with new memorial
A permanent memorial to slain teen Balin Stewart has been unveiled at a Sunshine Coast beach as the family continues a campaign against youth knife crime.
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Watch: How housing crisis, tragedy left fire victim fighting for life
The shattered father of a homeless Queensland mum has spoken about the sad struggles which drove her to live on the streets before she was critically injured at a campsite. VIDEO
Political shots fired as car thefts climb across the Wide Bay
Allegedly stolen cars have been involved in some shocking and deadly crimes across the region in 2023, and a war of words has erupted, with the opposition claiming the state government is ‘out of ideas’ on what to do.
Aged care worker’s ‘filthy, disgusting act’ in pub fight
A good Samaritan who tried to break up a pub fight in a country pub got more than he bargained for when he was targeted in a ‘demeaning’ way by one of the people in the argument.
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“Absolutely atrocious behaviour:” Concreter caught drunk hooning
A 35-year-old concreter has been told “Jack Daniels is not the answer” after being convicted over a series of booze-fuelled burnouts and other offences.
Dad’s heartbreaking tribute to son killed in freak farm accident
Grief-stricken family, friends and former teachers of a 12-year-old Mary Valley boy, killed while trying to close a gate for his dad, have remembered him as a “beautiful, sweet, quiet and smart boy”.
‘Water everywhere’: Hospital patients evacuated after storm
Water was gushing from the ceiling and flooding in the halls of a Sunshine Coast hinterland hospital which forced 31 patients to be evacuated. Watch the video:
Fire lighter “can’t remember” causing $8k damage to respite centre
A man, who was caught breaking and entering into a respite centre and destroying $8000 worth of property, has been sentenced.
‘Vicious industry’: Mum’s meth ring role as dealer, ‘debt collector’
A mum, who played a key role in a major meth ring operating between Hervey Bay and Logan, has been sentenced for drug trafficking.
Police ask for help after car targeted on Rifle Range Rd
Gympie police have released an image of a person they want to talk to following an overnight incident involving a car parked on a busy suburban street.
‘Did my direction not reach your brain?’ Resort pest tests Magistrate
A woman, whose courtroom rants about mask-wearing and menstruation drew the ire of a magistrate, claims her alleged abuse of a tenant at an up-market resort complex was ‘motivational’.
Street fighter dad re-sentenced over drunken brawl at Gympie
A Gympie dad, who didn’t complete his community service order after a drunken street fight that left a man in a coma, has been re-sentenced.
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