Wind farm fight far from over
A 19,000-hectare wind farm project near Kumbia and Ironpot in the South Burnett has last month received official development approval by the Queensland Government...
Local grandparents of a gold medal Olympian
Olympic gold medalist Kaylee McKeown has ties to the South Burnett community with her grandparents Darryl and Cheryl Slinger.
At the Paris 2024 Olympics,...
Man shot by police at Kingaroy Hospital ‘known’ to officers
A Queensland Police Service detective has confirmed a man shot by officers at the Kingaroy Hospital on Friday night after allegedly threatening them with...
Police shoot ‘knife-wielding’ man at Kingaroy Hospital
Police have shot a man at Kingaroy Hospital on Friday night, after he allegedly threatened officers with a knife.
The Queensland Police Service reported an...
Clancy fights for bronze as Law breaks national record
The Burnett still has one chance left to claim an Olympic medal this year, with Kingaroy's Taliqua Clancy up for a women's beach volleyball...
Serious rollover in Monto
A rollover occurred early Friday morning, 9 August, involving a car carrying two people.
At 5.22am Queensland ambulance service was called to the scene...
Black Angus here to stay
“Sale-O, Sale-O, Sale-O”.
These words will ring loud and clear at 11am on Friday 16 August 2024 at the Monto Saleyards when Clint and...
Checking in on our Olympians
Kingaroy beach volleyball silver medallist Taliqua Clancy and North Burnett Wakka Wakka sprinter Calab Law are still in it to win it, with both...
Eidsvold hosts USA team
The Eidsvold Polocrosse Carnival featured a junior international competition between United States and Queensland development teams.
Eidsvold's polocrosse club hosted their 63rd annual carnival...
Smoke blankets Cherbourg as crews battle blaze
A fire ripped through the grasslands between Collins Road and Cemetery Road in Cherbourg on Thursday afternoon.
Three Queensland Fire Department rescue crews arrived...
Library survey overwhelmingly positive
South Burnett Libraries conducted a survey, asking locals to write in about their experiences, receiving an overwhelmingly positive response.
Held from 3...
$8.4M for South Burnett works
A total of $8.44 million will be distributed across the South Burnett's divisions via infrastructure projects over the next three years.
The South Burnett...
‘Friar’ a citrus hall of famer
A North Burnett citrus industry stalwart had his lifetime of service to farming honoured at a gala dinner in March.
Henry Allan 'Friar' Meyer OAM...
