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Bodies of elderly couple discovered by police

By Jeremy Sollars UPDATE: POLICE have confirmed that the bodies of an elderly couple in their late seventies were discovered by police at a Wattle...

Here’s What’s On

By Jazmine Dillon THERE’S no shortage of things to do this weekend across the glorious Southern Downs and Granite Belt ... check out these events...

Police shooting probe

By Jeremy Sollars NEIGHBOURS are rallying around the family of a man who was fatally wounded by police at his Freestone property after a confrontation...

Fond farewell to Fred

By Jeremy Sollars HUMANITARIAN and longtime Warwick resident Fred Hyde AM was farewelled today, Thursday 17 November, at a service at the Warwick Funerals Chapel...

Legal bid to block Bunnings build

A GROUP of business owners and residents looking to lodge a legal appeal against the approval of a new Bunnings outlet on the floodplain...

It’s always the right time for giving

ONE dollar can make a difference, says Stanthorpe Uniting Church minister Reverend Kaye Ronalds when she discovered that last year the Uniting Care Target...

Dry spell ahead

THE Southern Downs and Granite Belt looks set to enyoy a fine and warm weekend coming up. Free Times photographer and weather forecaster TERRY...

Mayor announces rates cap

By Jeremy Sollars RATES rises for Southern Downs Regional Council ratepayers will be capped at a maximum of 4 per cent annually for the foreseeable...

Kart club in action

THE Warwick Kart Club held one of its regular racing weekends at its Sandy Creek headquarters at the weekend. TERRY WEST headed there to...

Jacaranda trees are a treat in any street

THERE’S plenty of purple around our towns right now with jacaranda season in full bloom. Free Times gardening columnist BEATRICE HAWKINS shares her musings...

Pub’s countdown to Christmas

THE Darling Downs Hotel is more commonly known as the Sandy Creek Pub. It is situated about 10km outside Warwick on Sandy Creek Road at...

New push for rail tourism

By Jeremy Sollars CALLS to transform the Warwick railway station precinct into a tourism hub have been re-ignited, and the Southern Free Times is backing...

Close finish for final round of the year

In a thrilling end to the season just one point separated the two teams in this week’s Warwick Croquet Tuesday Association Play competition. Tony...