Timeline to tragedy: Family of triple fatal driver speaks out
The family of the driver at the centre of a devastating triple-fatal crash has spoken out as a police investigation continues. See the timeline of the tragedy.
Police & Courts
‘Say f—-g sorry’: Druggie fires gun at car in road rage attack
A Gympie meth addict has been jailed over a shocking road rage incident during which he fired a revolver several times in a suburban street, hitting a car and narrowly missing the head of a bystander.
Man pinned, severely injured in horror service station incident
Customers and staff at a country service station watched in horror on Thursday afternoon as a man was pinned against a parked car and seriously injured. This is what we know:
No charges as investigation continues into four-hour police standoff
Investigations are ongoing into a four-hour standoff between police and a man which forced emergency services to block several streets for public safety. WATCH THE VIDEO
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Boss dobs in backpacker for smoking joint at hotel
An American backpacker working at the Queenslander Hotel in Gympie was smoking cannabis when his manager called the police.
Man who fed bread to dingo fined $2135
Park and Wildlife have reminded visitors to K’Gari that the dingoes are not starving and have access to plenty of natural food – and that deliberately feeding a dingo is not allowed.
Woman sentenced for 43 crimes, including supply gun
A Gympie court was told the 25-year-old had breached bail 34 times, stole four times and spent recent time in jail.
Dangerous dad, 46, blows more than 5 times the limit
The Gympie man, who had already been disqualified from driving until 2026, was found by police sitting in the driver’s seat of his car, drunk and still drinking, and claiming ‘a man has to live, eat and work’.
Dog owner threatened to kill council ranger in CBD
A 47-year-old Gympie man who became ‘unhinged’ when a council ranger approached him in Mary St about his dog not being on a leash has told a court he has a ‘brain eating disease’.
‘I’ll kick the absolute f*** out of you’: Man fined over vile messages
The 44-year-old Gympie miner sent multiple threatening messages to a female acquaintance, including telling her he would ‘hunt her down’ and ‘kick the absolute f— out of her’
Desperate young mother stole to make ends meet
The 23-year-old Gympie mother of two walked out of Spotlight with several sets of sheets, pillows, a quilt and quilt cover, a mattress protector and pillow covers.
NAMED: Gympie’s drug dealing parents exposed
From a dad who paid his babysitter in drugs to a mum who racked up 12 charges of supplying drugs, these criminal parents have been caught supplying drugs in the Gympie region.
Choppers in the sky following multiple rollovers, collisions
A Mary Valley man has died and the rescue choppers made two trips to Gympie over the weekend following a spate of terrible crashes on country roads.
An encounter with Sian Kingi’s parents I’ll never forget
News that Sian Kingi’s killer is seeking parole has been met with a disgust best demonstrated by the noose that greeted him when he first appeared outside a court.
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