‘It’s not safe’: Plea for government to fix dangerous coast turn-off
One of the region’s most notorious roads has become the centre of its second petition in as many years, with calls for a key turn-off to be fixed before someone is killed.
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State’s ‘silence’ on hospital future sparks concern over plan
The omission of any reference to the future of Gympie’s embattled hospital services in the Wide Bay Burnett Regional Plan has the council asking what’s going on?
‘Deserve answers’: $500k reward on offer for 1999 cold case
A half-million dollar reward is on the table as cold case investigators push for new information on the suspicious disappearance of a regional Queensland mum 24 years ago.
Future of 130-year-old regional church revealed
An historic century-old church in the west Gympie region is at the centre of a grassroots campaign to preserve it. Now the building’s future has been decided.
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Pop-up Covid vaccination clinic coming to Kilkivan
Many Kilkivan residents will receive their first Covid jab next week when a pop-up Covid vaccine clinic opens in the town for one day only.
21 reasons Gympie will benefit from the 2032 Olympics
With Brisbane the heart of the action and the Sunshine Coast an integral part of the Olympics and Paralympics plan, the possibilities and potential for its close neighbour – the Gympie region – are endless.
Blogger with 536k followers condemns Gympie ward closure
‘This won’t go away’: author and internet sensation Jody Allen has condemned Qld Health’s closure of the Gympie Hospital Children’s Ward as ‘abhorrent’, and says Health Minister Yvette D’Ath has ‘messed with the wrong people”.
Spectacular new drone video reveals Gympie Bypass progress
Exclusive new footage has revealed the progress of the $1 billion Bruce Highway being built east of Gympie, with work to start to the city’s north in August.
Woman sobs after being found not guilty of child sex abuse
A woman sobbed and embraced her family, saying “it’s all over” after the jury took just a few hours to reach a unanimous not guilty verdict on all child sexual abuse charges in District Court.
Heartbreak as 200 mourners farewell mum, daughter
Jessica and Giselle Greig have been remembered as “an amazing mother and an amazing friend” in a heartbreaking funeral for the Gympie mother and daughter who tragically died following a car accident near Toowoomba.
Woman taken to Gympie hospital after Monkland crash
Police, paramedics and firefighters were called to the scene just before 6pm, where a 47-year-old female motorcycle rider is alleged to have been run over by a caravan.
Crowds gather as Winter Trees on Mary returns to CBD
Hundreds of people flocked to Gympie’s heart as the iconic Mary St was flooded with people celebrating the sixth Winter Trees on Mary event, after last year’s event was cancelled due to Covid.
PHOTOS: 85 smiling faces from Winter Trees on Mary 2021
The cold weather was not enough to keep crowds away from the sixth annual Winter Trees on Mary – can you spot you or your friends in this gallery?
Mysterious lorikeet disease on the rise in Gympie region
The disease is caused by unknown toxins which leave the birds paralysed and is on the rise across Queensland, but Gympie’s neighbouring shire appears to have a much worse case.
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