Police & CourtsA Gladstone region teenager has been hit hard in the hip pocket and taken off the road for now after he decided to drive dangerously the night police were patrolling the same stretch.
Police & CourtsDetails of a dramatic arrest where police chased a man into bushland after an NRL trial game at Gladstone, have been heard in court.
RockhamptonA young mother has been charged over a house fire in Rockhampton. The home was bought at an unpaid rates auction and was formerly owned by an Indigenous family and had cultural paintings on the outside walls. DETAILS.
Police & CourtsA court has heard how an elderly man fell and hit his head on a concrete footpath after being attacked outside his Gladstone fish and chip shop.
Police & CourtsStaff at a Yeppoon Bunnings store lowered boom gates in a bid to trap two thieves but one of them still got away.
Police & CourtsA drunk apprentice boilermaker sprayed police officers with a foul rant, calling them “f—ing dog c—s” as he was arrested at a Gladstone nightclub.
Police & CourtsA court has heard that a Central Queensland mine worker busted with meth had a history “littered with drug offences.”
Central QueenslandA man has been taken to hospital with burns and smoke inhalation after a unit fire at Emerald, while another man sustained leg injuries in a late night crash in the town.
Police & CourtsAt 63, this lifelong worker should be eyeing retirement. Instead, the meth-using former truck driver and site supervisor who claims he was “highly functional” on the job, is busy being sent back to jail.
UpdatedPolice & CourtsPolice are probing how a LandCruiser rolled in a serious crash between Rockhampton and Emu Park that required the driver to be flown to hospital.