More delays in businessman’s high-profile rape case
A closed court hearing into charges of rape, sexual assault and indecent treatment against South Burnett businessman Joe Prendergast this week failed to reach an outcome.
Police & Courts
‘Don’t leave us’: Tradie saves couple trapped in flash flooding
Dashcam footage has captured the moment a young carpenter braved waist-high flood waters in darkness to rescue a terrified couple trapped in their car. WATCH THE VIDEO:
Three caught in police hooning blitz
Police are cracking down on dangerous driving after several reports of hooning in the Mary Valley this month.
Police blitz exposes drink, drug drivers as four lives lost in four days
More than 5000 drivers have been breath tested for drugs and alcohol across the Wide Bay and Burnett in a police blitz that coincided with the tragic deaths of four people in as many days.
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‘I don’t even know you’: ‘Gratuitous, unprovoked’ attack at Bay Central Hotel
A cultural officer working for the Butchulla Native Title Group launched a violent attack on a random stranger in Hervey Bay, pushing and then repeatedly punching him.
Teenagers carjack man at knife-point
A 41-year-old man was carjacked in the South Burnett this week and police are keen to talk to anyone who knows anything about it.
Drug files: 19 meth parents exposed for their crimes
Drug offences across the region have crept up for a third straight year, with mums and dads among those facing court after getting tangled up with meth. LIST
Named: Man charged over horror crash that killed dad of two
A man has been charged over a horror crash that killed a beloved husband and father of two near Tiaro.
Police arrest Widgee man on charges of drugs and child exploitation
Police have charged a Gympie region man with multiple drug and child exploitation material offences after raiding a property at Widgee.
‘We were underwater, trapped in the car’: Driver’s plunge terror
A driver and his passenger made a desperate escape after their car left the road next to a bridge on the Sunshine Coast and became fully submerged.
Shooting raid: Man found with 3D printed handgun, meth
When police investigating a near-death shooting of a drug dealer in suburbia searched a Qld pub they found a surprise unrelated gun.
Nintendo Switch, nudes: ‘How this online predator got to my 12yo’
By the time a NSW mum realised her only child was under the spell of a monster lurking behind a screen in Qld, it was too late. Now, she’s speaking out in the hope other parents don’t live her waking nightmare.
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