Cricket goes pink for a good cause
Pink Stumps Day saw cricketers from Kingaroy gather to play a friendly game and support the McGrath Foundation to raise funds for the 154...
Barbeler claims speedway win
After restoring his car and driving through wet conditions, a Kingaroy driver claimed victory at a Bundaberg Speedway.
Kingaroy racer Nathan Barbeler won...
Kingaroy resident pleads for road safety
Jenny Lutz has lived on Memerambi-Gordonbrook road for nearly 40 years. During this time she has described the state of the road as dangerous...
Ambassador keen for ‘best show ever’
Nanango Show's 2021 Rural Ambassador anticipates the community will make this year's event the 'best show ever'.
Jasmine Firmin was given the ambassador title at...
‘You may think you are alone, but you never really are’: William McInnes talks...
As an actor who experiences the vicarious trauma of emotionally vulnerable characters, William McInnes prioritises his mental health.
Before the award-winning Australian actor and author...
Taking on national athletics
When Harrison Weil started Little Athletics when he was 11-years-old, he didn’t expect that in five years’ time he’d be preparing to represent the...
Fighting for opportunity: passion for rail trail
The South Burnett Rail Trail Users Association has spoken up about the benefits of the proposed Hivesville to Proston rail trail, in an effort...
Underdog pushes for more volunteers
A Nanango woman is hoping to increase the number of volunteers at South Burnett dog shows in her new role at Dogs Queensland.
Netta...
Coming together for welfare
A dedicated welfare centre for veterans and RSL members is set to open in Murgon in the coming months.
“It gives us the opportunity...
Queensland road fatalities increase
Police are appealing motorists to make better decisions after eight lives were lost in three days on Queensland roads.
Queensland Police Service say speed and...
Purcell reclaims Indigenous voices
For Murgon local, Leah Purcell, the road to greatness wasn’t always clearly paved.
When Purcell was in Grade 7 she struggled with school, she...
South Burnett Little Athletics win gold
Just centimetres and seconds made some young South Burnett athletes winners at the Little Athletics State Championships.
Queensland's best athletes vied for gold at...
Cherbourg’s history repeats as gov’t plans ‘work camp’ for inmates
Around 50 years after Cherbourg won its freedom from the Queensland Government following decades of incarceration and forced labour, the Burnett First Nations community...
