Restoring pristine hospital heritage
Darling Downs Hospital and Health (DDHH) Board chair Mike Horan AM last week announced another component in a program of upgrade works currently underway...
They raised the roof
By Jeremy Sollars
Regency Park Retirement Village residents gathered last Friday evening to celebrate 'Raising the Roof’ - of their new clubhouse currently under construction...
Ladies had a great day out
A lovely afternoon was had by all at the Warwick Water Rats Rugby Union Club 'Ladies Day’ last Saturday at Risdon Oval. Not only...
Making the best of winter
The Southern Downs Regional Council is excited to co-ordinate the 10-week ‘Winter Is Coming To The Southern Downs’ health and well-being program from Monday,...
Tropical plants grow in Warwick!
As I said when I started this column, I am not an expert gardener and one of the many things I struggle with is...
McCulkin killers will ‘die in jail’
By Jeremy Sollars
BREAKING: Vincent O’Dempsey and Garry Dubois have been sentenced to life in prison for murdering Queensland mother Barbara McCulkin and her two...
If people are acting up … take action
As Domestic and Family Violence Prevention month came to an end yesterday, a Queensland Police homicide detective has written an open letter to the...
Smith set for Origin record
No Thurston and no Slater tonight - but never fear Queenslanders, Cameron Smith will make history by being the first Origin player to chalk...
Champions trophy hotly cotested
It seems almost sacrilegious to be thinking of anything other than Origin this week, but the champions Trophy tournament gets underway in England this...
Saleyards move under wraps
By Jeremy Sollars
Minutes of the Southern Downs Regional Council’s Saleyards Advisory Committee remain under a shroud of secrecy following last week’s council meeting where...
O’Dempsey ‘guilty’ of murder
By Jeremy Sollars
Warwick man Vincent O’Dempsey was last week found guilty of the murder of Barbara McCulkin and her daughters Vicki and Leanne, 43...
Rocky run to paradise
By Jeremy Sollars
Anyone passing the Warwick Town Hall this week will have heard the strains of great Aussie Rock from within the sandstone walls.
Warwick...
Mayor responds to state’s proposed reforms
While broadly welcoming local government reforms announced by the Queensland government last week (21 October), Southern Downs Regional Council Mayor Melissa Hamilton this week...
