A freak storm has left one of the Far North’s largest sporting clubs tallying a major damage bill yet again, with the side’s skipper lucky to be alive after dodging a falling tree and light pole as he scurried to safety.
Eight teenagers have been arrested in connection with a series of alleged car thefts spanning eight months across Far North Queensland.
A man who crashed and rolled a stolen car just south of Cairns on Monday night is now the subject of a police appeal for information.
One of Queensland’s few remaining regional councils still offering fluoridated water is considering turning off the tap.
An Argentinian man with victims “up and down the coast of Queensland” posed as a massage therapist for his own sexual gratification, sexually assaulting one woman and taking thousands of photos and videos of others.
Stunning costumes and impressive dance moves by some of Cairns’ best young performers were on show at Dancehouse’s end of year concert, Paws on Parade. View over 70 photos of the entire concert here.
Hundreds of Cairns residents are still waiting to return home one year after Cyclone Jasper and the floods, with building and insurance disputes, red tape, and disappearing investors causing return-to-home delays.
A brave Cape York clinician has recalled the night he spent trapped on a clinic’s roof, caring for a young patient and his mother as floodwaters rose around him, one year on from the devastating natural disaster.
On the third anniversary of the sudden deaths of twin three-month-old boys in a Cairns unit, police have declared the crime as suspicious.
A Cairns masseur and hospital wardsperson who worked for a “high profile sporting team” has pleaded guilty in Cairns District Court to raping a client in his massage studio last year.
From throwing a phone across the room to an anxious drive home, Trinity Anglican School’s top ATAR scorers have revealed their reactions to finding out their results.
Jade Atkinson remembers her childhood friend who was killed by Raina Thaiday at Murray Street 10 years ago, and how the horrific massacre of…
Far North Queensland communities hit hard by ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper will receive long-term disaster funding from the state and federal government to rebuild infrastructure and fast-track recovery.
A Far North Queensland community has broken its own tragic record for the most preventable deaths in any given year.
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