Girl rushed to hospital following stinging at Cape Hillsborough
The stinger season has claimed its latest victim after a school aged girl was rushed to hospital earlier this afternoon following reports of a jellyfish sting at Cape Hillsborough.
Police & Courts
Mum accused of killing child must wait
A delayed expert report has pushed out a murder case against a mum who allegedly called triple-0 claiming her four year old boy had drowned.
‘Change of rules’: New property owner forbids drivers, lands man in court
A change of ownership for a piece of land in Scottville has led to a change of rules, with a bogged 4WD driver landing in court after assuming he was free to drive through.
Teen’s ‘eyes opened’ by drunken burnout consequences
An 18-year-old has learned their lesson not to hoon after being busted burning rubber in the middle of the night with too many drinks in his system.
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Frightened motorists fear allegedly high driver trying to cause crashes
Bruce Highway motorists called triple-0 operators saying they believed a driver want others to crash into him. Read here what he was doing.
Horror Bruce Highway crash claims second life
A 68-year-old woman has died after she was involved in a Bruce Highway crash that claimed the life of a 76-year-old man.
21 Mackay Whitsunday drug offenders exposed
More than a dozen faces and names behind some of the region’s dark deals can be revealed. Here are 21 drug offenders who faced court in 2024.
Mackay Whitsunday sexual offenders in court in 2024
From a mother who sexually exploited her four-year-old son for the promise of $10k, to a man who repeatedly raped his step daughter over three years, here are 12 sexual offenders who faced court in 2024.
31 Mackay Whitsunday parents behaving badly
From bestiality to serious drug crimes, serious assault or causing terrible crashes, meet the Mackay and Whitsunday parents whose bad behaviour landed them in court for different reasons in 2024.
‘Persons of interest’: Cops probe musician’s homicide
Mackay detectives are investigating two alleged homicides, the death of a local musician and a man who may have been attacked on Melbourne Cup day.
Thieves leave trail of destruction after brazen break ins
Thieves have smashed their way into four North Qld businesses in the early hours of Christmas Eve, as police call on the public for help.
‘Then I’m sliced’: Police investigating alleged wounding incident
Whetu Tokotaua said he initially did not realise he had been sliced open after a clash at a popular Central Queensland pub. WARNING: Confronting images
More details revealed after woman suffers horror arm injuries
A woman who was trapped by her steering wheel had to be cut from her vehicle after crashing into a tree in slippery conditions in an known mobile black spot near Mackay.
Boss offers $10,000 bail for jailed worker
A Queensland man who went on the run and told police they’d never catch him, has made a brazen appeal for bail from his prison cell, backed by his trusting boss.
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