Good Samaritan chases cowardly thug who tried to bash woman in street
A Maryborough labourer who pushed a woman down a flight of stairs then chased and tried to bash her on the street was then himself chased into a shopping centre.
A Maryborough labourer who pushed a woman down a flight of stairs then chased and tried to bash her on the street was then himself chased into a shopping centre.
The Gympie region P-plater was on the Wide Bay Highway when Goomeri police caught up with him at Lower Wonga.
The Fraser Coast’s most influential person of 2024 has been decided with a convincing win over their nearest rival, but the top 10 was a tight finish, with the slimmest of margins separating the winning field. See the full results here:
The unsupervised learner driver sentenced to nine years jail over the crash that killed 19-year-old Chelsea Maddox must still answer more charges, including two more counts of dangerous driving.
The 39-year-old behind the wheel when he allegedly caused a terrible highway smash that left a man in intensive care has revealed what he intends to do next in court.
The disappearance and grim discovery of a young woman’s body in bushland near Gympie were ruled unsuspicious by police, but a mother’s persistence and new evidence flushed out by a podcast on the case could lead to a coronial inquest.
Police blitzes at Rainbow Beach, Teewah Beach, Double Island Point, Coonarr and Kinkuna Beach caught multiple hoons, drink drivers and defective vehicles.
A man was airlifted to Royal Brisbane Hospital on Thursday after rolling his ute several times on the Isis Highway, closing the highway in both directions for several hours.
Police have targeting hooning hotspots in Gympie, Bundaberg and Hervey Bay on their first day of Operation Whiskey Legion. Read the details of those they’ve busted:
Shopping centres, public community events, beaches, roads and waterways will be targeted by police across the region from now until August 9, following the launch of Operation Whiskey Legion.
A 20-year-old stalked his ex partner before stealing her phone and then later crawled through a window, armed, after police left her home.
A hotel that was evacuated during a fire has revealed its next steps as staff come to terms with the blaze that happened on the anniversary of the new building opening.
A mum of two has detailed the effects of years of attacks on her, sometimes in front of her children, at the hands of her husband and has vowed to find a more peaceful life.
A man has attacked one person with a baseball bat and grabbed an elderly man by the throat in two separate, vicious incidents sparked by money and a misunderstanding.
A Qld man from a well known rural family has admitted to a vile, prolonged attack on his partner that left her hospitalised with a broken eye socket and cheekbone, two black eyes and extensive bruising.
Unaware he was actually talking to an undercover police officer, a man sent sexual videos and discussed plans to have sex with a 15-year-old girl in a hotel.
A man was injured while reportedly being towed behind a car in shallow water.
Finding herself the subject of unwanted advances from a man at a Qld hotel, and being low on cash, a woman has told a court she stole his laptop and $300 so she could get away from him.
Lawyers for a man charged with more than a dozen of domestic violence offences have been rebuffed by a judge who flagged large concerns with ‘unacceptable’ delays in matters going to trial at Gympie.
One man has been taken to hospital after two motorbikes collided on a Queensland highway.
A young boy reported missing in Maryborough has been found safe.
Police are investigating whether drink driving or fatigue were contributing factors to a crash that partially closed the Bruce Highway on Thursday night.
A mum first yelled at her neighbour to stop feeding birds in his yard and then accused him of undressing in front of her children.
A Hervey Bay identity known as ‘Aqua Dan’ on social media has admitted to urinating on a car and then punching the vehicle’s owner.
A Fraser Coast ex-husband has been fined $1500 and convicted of assault occasioning bodily harm for what he did to his then wife in their home.
A distraught close friend of a Mackay mum shot dead in her driveway has spoken out as Red Cross counsellors door knock traumatised neighbours kept awake “hearing gunshots” in their head.
A motorcyclist has died after crashing near an exit on the Dawson Hwy early Saturday. LATEST.
The identity of a man who allegedly stabbed another during an “altercation” at Gympie overnight can be revealed. PHOTOS, VIDEO.
A relentless crime spree impacting multiple businesses, individuals and suburbs across the Fraser Coast and Bundaberg was brought undone by a simple thing this criminal did not factor in.
A seven-year-long lawsuit which involves more than 150 businessmen from Qld and NSW suing Gladstone Ports Corporation is back on track after a three month delay.
A businessman’s Porsche GTS has been found damaged in Brisbane and a group of 16-year-olds arrested and charged after a chilling break-in at a residential home resulted in the theft of two cars.
Fire crews and paramedics have responded to reports of a light plane emergency at Hervey Bay Airport. UPDATES.
From carers to cleaners to farm hands, these are the stories of eight men caught with child abuse images, some with thousands of them.
A young brother and sister have been sent to live in foster homes following a brutal attack on them by their drunk father.
Police are investigating after an act of vandalism brought down Optus services across the Fraser Coast.
The deaths of a baker and his young daughter was back before a Fraser Coast court on Tuesday, where a woman faces multiple charges of arson, and murder.
Police have appealed for information from the public as they continue to search for the driver of a ute that hit a 27-year-old man walking along the footpath at Torquay in the early hours of the morning.
A former council worker tied his disabled stepdaughter to the roof racks of a car and left her hanging, a court has heard.
A distraught mum says she thought her son was dead after he plunged six metres from a backyard tree to the ground. WATCH the amazing effort to save her boy.
Just months after he was released from a Qld jail, where he was attacked for his sick crimes, a child pervert was back to his old ways, feeding on an online diet of “very graphic” videos, photos and blogs. *Distressing.
A wildly violent dispute between a woman and her mother-in-law over a handmade baby jumpsuit was “the straw that broke the camel’s back”, a Queensland court has heard.
A jury has been unable to reach a verdict in the trial of a Hervey Bay man charged with two counts of raping a child.
Police are redirecting traffic after a drum spill of an unknown substance has closed off a Maryborough street.
An “easily recognisable” man who helped steal jewellery from a Queensland pawn shop and had to be placed in protective custody in jail now faces a new threat- deportation.
A crucial turning point has been reached in the case against two Queensland men charged with the murder of a former sporting star whose body was found on a roadside with a gunshot wound to the neck. LATEST.
A gym owner and anti-youth crime vigilante, recently revealed to have been charged with a property offence, has returned to court – this time with an alleged accomplice.
A Queensland chef with more than 67,000 TikTok followers is accused of attempting to “seduce” teen girls and sexually assaulting them, a court has heard.
Two years after detectives discovered a 24-year-old Qld man’s bloody body and his wounded mother and brother in an alleged murder-suicide gone wrong, there’s been a major update in the case against the two survivors.
Gympie quarry operators have found out the next steps in their court case after a man allegedly became trapped between a loader and a refuelling truck.
Police are continuing to investigate an incident in which a man was injured in an alleged hit and run, two weeks after the incident that claimed the life of a Hervey Bay mum.
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