Six nabbed in drug raids
WARWICK detectives conducted a series of drug raids in the city over the past week.
The first of six raids on Friday, 6 December targeted...
Sickies were porkies
FOUR meatworkers had their bacon well and truly cooked after granting themselves sickies using a stolen book of medical certificates.
One of the men stole...
Teen gunshot victim
Police briefs
A 16-YEAR-OLD boy remains in an induced coma in hospital after a shooting incident on the Granite Belt on Friday night.
The lad was...
Mapping out flood threat
COMMUNITY concerns over flood mapping in the Applethorpe area will be addressed at a public meeting in Stanthorpe on Saturday.
Southern Downs Regional Council has...
Korea deal good for growers
THE Grains, beef and sheep industries have welcomed the new Australia-Korea free trade agreement.
GrainGrowers Chairman John Eastburn said the FTA is great news for...
Angels of Mercy
THEY drop out of the sky like mechanical angels, load the sick and injured, and off they go again, heading for one of the...
Women of Warwick
WoW indeed. Women of Warwick held their second breakfast this week and once again the event was sold out.
Carolyn Borrell told the women...
Tourism operators look to future
By STEVE GRAY
BRANDING, shared ideas and networking were very much on the agenda as local tourism practitioners met with industry experts at the RACQ...
Rates vote impasse, Mayor breaks 5-5 deadlock in favour of rise
By STEVE GRAY
MAYOR Peter Petty’s casting vote was all that saved CEO Lotta Jackson’s plan to hike Tenterfield Shire rates by more than 80...
Two mice – once, twice, thrice
INGLEWOOD’s Denis O’Reilly reckons it’s the peanut paste, not an innate mousing ability that has led to a remarkable series of catches.
Not once, not...
Fairytale of redemption
A FORMER deadbeat alcoholic has described his contact with Alcoholics Anonymous as a fairytale which gave him back his life.
Troy - only first names...
Speedsters will cop a lecture
DRIVERS speeding over the holiday break will receive more than hefty fines and loss of demerit points off their licences.
Their trips will be slowed...