Police & CourtsWestern Downs police have charged a 20-year-old man with dangerous driving causing death after a fatal multi-vehicle crash earlier this year outside Miles. Full details.
Community NewsWestern Downs’ residents will gather to celebrate 20 years of Opera at Jimbour, and 100 years since the estate was acquired by its current owners. See all the details of the anticipated event here.
OpinionWith 18 deaths in two years, there is no denying Queensland’s youth crime crisis has spiralled out of control. The Premier needs to stop playing politics and act, writes The Editor.
OpinionOur social fabric is under siege, with youth crime accounting for more than 50 per cent of break and enters, robberies and car thefts. But the path to the current situation began many years ago, writes criminologist Terry Goldsworthy.
VideoQLD NewsCCTV footage has captured teenagers crashing into a fence and speeding off after allegedly stealing a silver Mercedes-Benz that was then involved in a triple fatal car crash in Maryborough. WATCH
QLD NewsA 58-year-old man who died in a car accident at Dalby overnight has been identified as Tara man Gavin Doherty.
BundabergIt’s hard to escape the stigma but Queensland’s sex worker industry is trying. Here is what it all means.
Community NewsFrom an epic footy showdown in Dalby to an annual fishing comp in Miles, the long weekend is full of action-packed activities to entertain the whole family in the Western Downs. See the full list of events here.
DalbyIn more than two decades of playing rugby league for Dalby, Luke Cubby has epitomised what it means to be a Diehard. Now after his 382nd game he has become the most capped player in the club’s history, and has revealed his ‘proudest moment’ which happened to take place off the field.
ChinchillaTech giant Tesla will help power one of the state’s largest batteries and supply renewable energy to 30,000 homes in the Western Downs. Here’s how it will work.