Man shot by cop charged with stabbing murder of uncle
A man who was shot by police after he allegedly stabbed his uncle to death has now been charged with murder as a small Qld country town reels from the incident.
A man who was shot by police after he allegedly stabbed his uncle to death has now been charged with murder as a small Qld country town reels from the incident.
A violent brawl outside a Hervey Bay bank took place when a father of three attacked a family who was known to him, arming himself with a metal bat as others also jumped in on the altercation.
In the wake of a violent attack on another young girl, a 15-year-old with at least 157 entries on her criminal history has been declared a serious repeat offender.
A Queensland man convicted of supplying meth and possessing child exploitation material was still able to get a marijuana prescription from Victoria, prompting a judge to warn the trend was “why juveniles are breaking into post offices”.
A drug mule who went to extremes to get a “vast amount” of narcotics into a Queensland jail was caught – but it would take toilet trips and a strip search to recover the illegal haul.
A former farm worker and convicted child rapist, who repeatedly stole women’s underwear and was caught with vile videos and photos of children being abused, has defended himself in court after his lawyers quit.
The discovery of a single photo, concealed in a convicted Fraser Coast child sex offender’s draft emails, brought the former bookkeeper and delivery driver undone.
A Gympie father’s failed bid to have his jail sentence reduced after stabbing Brophy’s Boxing Tent fighter Danny Hawkins has revealed fresh and grisly details about what exactly happened that day.
A cleaner who was found with more than 1400 child abuse material files on his phone was also soliciting photos from a 16-year-old on Instagram.
A cunning employee with a $500 a day drug habit robbed his employer of thousands of dollars twice in one month – but he failed to remember one important thing.
A former professional cricket player made sexual remarks towards a random boy before kissing him at a resort swimming pool.
More than 1600 drivers were given random breath and drug tests during a four-day police operation at a car enthusiast show on the Fraser Coast.
A 25-year-old Queensland dad, who died in a motorbike crash on the Bruce Hwy, had just scored a new job in the mines when his life was cut tragically short. FULL TRIBUTE.
In a nightmare scenario for the single mum of a little boy on the Fraser Coast, the man she trusted to take care of her child while she worked has been found guilty of sexually abusing him many times over the course of a year.
At just 18, a driver, whose own father was critically injured in a road accident, has been hit with a permanent licence disqualification after his already “appalling” traffic history was revealed.
A man has been flown to a Brisbane hospital after crashing his motorbike on a rural road.
As a fake sex worker went to change into a racy costume, her boyfriend waited at a window ready to rob the unsuspecting man inside. But things quickly got out of hand.
His weapon was a hunting knife – by name and purpose. “BJ” Cecil was hellbent on finding his former wife and teaching her a lesson. When her brave mother stepped in, she paid the ultimate price. SPECIAL REPORT.
Two men have been flown to hospital after they were injured in a motorcycle crash in the South Burnett region.
Emergency services are on the way to a single vehicle crash on the Bruce Highway in the Central Queensland region.
A previously unemployed Sunshine Coast man, who police allege had unexplained wealth and dealt cocaine using a memorable moniker, has scored a job while on bail in Hervey Bay. LATEST.
A step-granddad who sexually abused two sisters told police the young girls had “manipulated” him and it was their idea when his offending was discovered.
A court has heard how a young father started crying after he strangled the 18-year-old mother of his child almost to the point of unconsciousness, an action the judge described as a known “predictor of homicide in a relationship”.
An ‘institutionalised’ 46-year-old criminal and druggie took to committing crime for the purpose of being put back in jail, where he ‘did well’.
A high school student who was part of a group that chased down and bashed a fellow student as he rode a scooter along a Maryborough street has been sentenced by the Children’s Court.
Remembered as a ‘beautiful soul’, the 28-year-old Gladstone woman may have jumped from a moving Hilux on the Bruce Hwy near Rockhampton before her shocking death. LATEST.
A major investigation is underway after a man in his 80s was allegedly attacked by another patient in a hospital ward, dying two days later.
A Queensland woman has shared disturbing details of how she and her husband were allegedly attacked and bashed by a man who forced them to flee their houseboat.
Delays are expected on the Bruce Hwy between Gympie and Maryborough after a truck rollover, with crews working to clear the scene.
A 21-year-old woman has been slugged with a stiff fine and lost more than half the points on her licence after allegedly being caught excessively speeding along the region’s main highway.
Overseas holidays, unexplained wealth, and standover tactics are what police allege were involved in a drug syndicate they say was peddling cocaine, MDMA and marijuana on the Sunshine Coast. SEE THE INSIDE STORY
A Queensland businessman charged over the shooting death of a young dad on his property believed a vehicle was either being broken into or being tampered with, a court has heard. VIDEO
When police received a report a man had been spotted in the yards of a Gladstone region neighbourhood, they quickly sprung into action, but it wasn’t long before he was in trouble with the law again – this time at Maryborough.
The identity of a Morayfield man who allegedly stole a car and caused a crash which claimed the life of a beloved Hervey Bay nurse and mum of two can be revealed. LATEST.
A man charged with murder after the death of his former partner is set to appear before court in Maryborough next month.
A man who broke into three homes and stole thousands of dollars worth of items, including jewellery belonging to an elderly man’s dead wife which has never been recovered, has been sentenced in court.
A man has died after being hit by a truck on the Bruce Highway at Maryborough, just a kilometre from where three men died in a horror crash which saw two trucks ignite in flames.
Almost seven years after 150 fishers and business owners across Queensland and NSW lodged a multimillion-dollar claim against the state-owned Gladstone Ports Corp, the class action is in jeopardy. See why
A much-loved wife, mother and nurse has been identified after she was tragically killed in a crash allegedly involving a stolen car.
Emergency crews worked to free a man trapped inside a vehicle following a two-car crash on the Fraser Coast. LATEST
Horrific new insight into the depth of degradation and hurt suffered by a teen at the centre of a viral TikTok torture video can be revealed after one of the 13-year-old’s attackers was sentenced.
The Bruce Highway is one of the most unforgiving roads and we need to keep investing to make it safer, but we also need to be much better drivers, writes Carlie Walker, who has been to more fatal accidents than most of us.
When police spotted suspicious activity at a Fraser Coast marina, a search of boat soon exposed a drug dealer’s 250 transactions worth tens of thousands. DETAILS.
The widow and stepson of two truck drivers killed in a Bruce Highway fireball have met where the men died, vowing to support each other through the aftermath of the shocking tragedy as authorities try to determine the final death toll.
New details about the chilling lengths a woman and her “infatuated” lover went to while trying to make the slaying of her ex look like a suicide can be revealed after the final court chapter came to a close.
There have been further delays in the criminal proceedings of a 13-year-old accused of causing a crash that killed three women in Maryborough.
A boasting murderer believed he’d fooled police with an ‘Oscar worthy’ performance after he and his cunning girlfriend put a grisly end to a love triangle.
The grieving widow of a Brisbane truck driver killed in a triple fatality on the Bruce Highway has made a tearful plea for his remains to be quickly returned to his family so they can give him a proper farewell. SPECIAL TRIBUTE
Three people arrested in a Deepwater drug raid have learnt their fate, with weapons and vials of testosterone also seized at the property.
Domestic violence is a scourge throughout Queensland and the Fraser Coast is no exception. Here are some of those who have faced court in the last year.
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