Relay set to take off
By TANIA PHILLIPS
GET ready to paint the town purple as Relay for Life ramps up for this year.
This year’s event may still be a...
Crime Stoppers’ tip leads to drug bust
By JONATHON HOWARD
YANGAN Police busted a large cannabis operation wide open on Sunday, 25 May, after an anonymous tip-off to Crime Stoppers.
Yangan Police senior...
Two injured in plane crash
By JONATHON HOWARD
TWO men escaped serious injury after a light plane crash near Leyburn on Monday, May 26.
The accident occurred during take-off from a...
Scenic road opens to Boonah
By JONATHON HOWARD
SOUTHERN Downs Regional Councillor, Jamie Mackenzie, has rejoiced at the re-opening of the Teviot Range road from Killarney to Boonah along the...
New boost with TAFE tie-up
By JONATHON HOWARD
THE Warwick TAFE campus has been amalgamated into TAFE Queensland South West as renovations to the campus near completion.
Warwick TAFE is one...
Council means business
By TANIA PHILLIPS
SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council’s Economic Development Unit is set to hold "Doing Business with Council" workshops.
If you’ve ever wondered how to do...
Prominence for Poppins author
By JONATHON HOWARD
SOUTHERN Downs Regional councillors were asked to consider a motion to relocate a monument dedicated to Mary Poppins’ author, Pamela Lyndon Travers...
Costly pool heating
By JONATHON HOWARD
THE Warwick Indoor Recreation & Aquatic Centre (WIRAC) is chewing through $900 worth of gas per day after a heating pump failed.
The...
Tea break’s charity dough
By TANIA PHILLIPS
THE Southern Downs took a tea break last week - all for a good cause.
Venues across the region took part in the...
Hannant hair helps out
By JOYCE MARSH (WOODENBONG CORRESPONDENT)
WOODENBONG’S latest hero is 10-year-old William Hannant, who chose to shave off his beautiful curly long hair after his young...
Don’t walk in their shoes
By JONATHON HOWARD
WARWICK Police are calling on local businesses and schools to help deliver a strong message for Fatal Free Friday tomorrow (31 May).
Police...
Gonski and health worth a fight
By JONATHON HOWARD
QUEENSLAND Teacher’s Union Stanthorpe branch representative, Damian Anderson, has slammed the Federal Government’s education and health cuts labelling them “heartless”.
Mr Anderson recently...
Medieval magic and musical mastery on its way
The haunting sounds of Celtic and medieval music will fill Warwick when the Romancing the Stones Classical Music Festival returns from 12–14 September.
The...
