The recent deaths of Beau Liddell and Honor Ward at Wappa Falls mark the fifth tragedy at the site since 2007, with calls growing for stronger safety measures to prevent further loss of life.
Police have seized more than half a million dollars’ worth of drugs from the streets in sweeping raids across a major two-day operation. VIDEO, DETAILS.
A 12-year-old boy should be getting ready for his first day of high school, but instead is recovering in hospital after a horror e-scooter crash caused serious injuries.
Police have revealed details after a regional Queensland man was killed in a horror crash along a suburban street in Toowoomba.
A shattered father says the coroner’s decision not to hold an inquest into his son’s death leaves a critical question about mine safety unanswered.
The disturbing alleged events that occurred behind closed doors as a man accused of keeping a woman against her will while he held police at bay for 10 hours in Rockhampton can be exclusively revealed.
A young regional Queensland mum who came close to death is on a mission to give back and is calling on Queenslanders to join her this Christmas.
Premier David Crisafulli has gone on the attack in Parliament this morning after being questioned over alleged Health cuts, targeting Steven Miles’s ‘tone’.
Heavy rain has brought chaos around the Southern Downs region, with roads unusable due to floodwater, including a major Queensland highway. But it might not be over yet.
A councillor has written to the Premier asking him to intervene in her own council’s approval of a 392 lot estate after 100 locals gathered for a public meeting.
Brought in as part of a broad overhaul to the Queensland Fire Department the committee will serve as a conduit between the rank and file volunteers and senior management to help make rural residents safer.
The Southern Downs community has rallied to support the family of a young mum of three who was tragically killed in a crash involving her three little girls just weeks before Christmas.
An iconic service station between Toowoomba and Brisbane has ceased to exist after more than a decade serving motorists. Here’s why, and what is happening next.
The fiery debate over a harm-reduction strategy first trialed in our region has caused a major divide across the spectrum. HERE’S WHAT YOU SAID.
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