Fatal collision involving two vehicles at Freestone
The Queensland Police Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a two-vehicle collision which claimed the life of a man at Upper Freestone north-east of Warwick...
Drought review still due by end of April: Minister
Queensland Agriculture Minister Mark Furner says the Southern Downs and Granite Belt region’s Local Drought Committee (LDC) is still expected to meet by the...
Darling Downs Health COVID-19 hotline now live
The Darling Downs Health region of Queensland Health has introduced a new COVID-19 coronavirus hotline – 1800 490 468 available seven days a week...
Pennisi takes the reins – and the chains
Ross Bartley is once again Deputy Mayor of the Southern Downs Regional Council after the first meeting of the 2020-2024 council earlier today, Wednesday...
Solar farm connection delayed by COVID-19: UQ
Connection of the University of Queensland (UQ) Warwick Solar Farm to the electricity grid has been delayed due to COVID-19, the university says.
Power generation...
Barbara offers some comic relief during COVID-19
Warwick’s Peppertree Medical business manager Barbara Austin has been administering a little bit of light comic relief for clients during the COVID-19 challenges.
Eye-catchingly attired...
First council meeting to be live-streamed to public
Tomorrow’s first meeting of the new Southern Downs Regional Council will be live-streamed to the public on the council’s Facebook page due to COVID-19...
COVID-19 local update, Tuesday 14 April…
Queensland Health says there are no current cases of COVID-19 in the Southern Downs Regional Council area as of today, Tuesday 14 April.
To date...
First meeting of new council to be held Wednesday
The first meeting of the new Southern Downs Regional Council will be held this Wednesday 15 April, via video-link between the Warwick and Stanthorpe...
Initial Term 2 school arrangements announced
Queensland school students will be learning at home for the first five weeks of Term 2, with schools only open for the children of...
Final councillor result declared by Electoral Commission
Three 2016-2020 term councillors, one former deputy mayor and four new council faces will join new Southern Downs Regional Council Mayor Vic Pennisi in...
No councillor ballot declaration as yet
Southern Downs Mayor-elect Vic Pennisi and the likely successful new councillors are continuing to wait for a formal declaration of the councillor result in...
GALLERY: Inside Warwick’s mass-casualty rail disaster drill
A mass-casualty rail disaster is the scenario no community wants to ever face, but it was the one Warwick’s first responders drilled for this...
