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Two injured in Bunya Highway rollover

A rollover on the Bunya Highway over the weekend has left two people injured. Queensland Ambulance Services and three crews from the Queensland Fire and...

Pioneers of Maidenwell

Murgon author Barbara Hartmann King shares about her family history at Maidenwell. There is a rich family history behind the King family who came to...

Celebrating an abundance of glorious food

Food, Glorious Food. Popular in musical theatre circles, this well-known song from Oliver! is a poignant nod to the Dickensian workhouse orphans who dreamed of a...

New chapter for butchery

A new chapter has been cut into the butcher’s block for Kingaroy’s The Little Butcher and Wondai’s Ryan’s Butchery. Little Butcher owners Clint and...

The world game in the South Burnett

Junior soccer teams from all over gathered in the South Burnett to play each other over the weekend. Clubs include Nanango, Chinchilla and Kingaroy.

Editor’s Desk: Chores in the cold

I write this through fogged-up glasses, still milky and hardly see-through after venturing outside this morning to take the bins out and rush over...

Help find solutions at homelessness forum

Tickets are now ‘live’ for the South Burnett Housing and Homelessness Forum to be held at the Kingaroy Town Hall on Friday 22 July...

History with Julie: Back in the Heyday of the the Kingaroy Railway Station

The official opening of the railway line to Kingaroy took place at was then just a tiny ramshackle village on Monday 19 December, 1904. Compared...

Former mayor lands big new job

Just six months after her sudden resignation from the North Burnett Regional Council, former mayor Rachel Chambers has snagged her next high-profile job as...

TRAFFIC INCIDENT: Vehicle hits bike rider

TRAFFIC INCIDENT: a car has collided with a pushbike on Kelvyn Street, Kingaroy. A Queensland Police spokesperson said that police and Ambulance arrived on the...

Handcycling from Kingaroy to Redcliffe

Riding for joy and riding for a cause. Nathan McDowell will be riding from Kingaroy to Redcliffe on his Top End handcycle. He will be riding...

A Weil-y long jump

Representing Australia for the first time, Harrison Weil already has a gold and silver medal to his name. The Nanango athletics star competed in...

Jandowae comes alive

When is the festival? Friday 7 - Sunday 9 June. Main Festival Day Saturday 8th June Where is the festival being held? The entire festival day, including...