An afternoon of fun for seniors
It was an afternoon of fun, fashion and food all rolled into one for an event rather grandly titled Shining the Light on Seniors.
Melissa...
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...
Wild weather fails to dent yardings
Livestock numbers lifted at the Warwick Saleyards this week despite producers contending with wildly variable weather, from dry paddocks to hail-damaged properties.
A total of...
Dry outlook lifts yarding as sheep market holds firm
A total of 2440 sheep and lambs were yarded at this week’s Warwick Saleyards sale, with agents reporting increased numbers as producers respond to...
The economic cost of delaying the energy transition
The announcement by the private owners of Queensland’s largest coal fired power station could be shut down six years earlier than planned is a...
Scam alert as storm-hit communities urged to lodge insurance claims
Australia's peak insurance body has reassured storm-affected communities that insurers are prioritising claims from the weekend's hailstorms as it urges vigilance against "disaster chasers".
The...
Passion project pays off for panel van lover
Cottonvale man Graeme Bennett’s passion project is his 1997 Ford XH Falcon panel van and it can’t stop collecting major awards.
The beloved vehicle was...
Police blast ‘deplorable’ CBD street brawl
Police have condemned a fiery street brawl that brought traffic to a halt during broad daylight in Warwick CBD on Monday afternoon.
The heated clash...
Mixing business and fun at Lions convention
There were meetings galore, but it wasn’t all business for the 210 people who gathered in Stanthorpe for the Lions district convention from 31...
MP slams proposal to cut rural speed limits
A proposed plan to slash speed limits on unsigned rural roads in response to worsening road fatalities has been blasted by the Nationals.
The government...
Ratepayers to reap benefits of emission-slashing landfill deal
Southern Downs Regional Council has struck a deal with a renewables group to cut methane gas emissions at the Warwick dump at no cost...
Spooky Carnivale was a scream
Halloween came early to Stanthorpe last week, with spine-tingling fun that went way beyond trick or treating.
Screaming was definitely the order of the day...
Fuel shortages raising serious concerns across Southern Downs
Small town fuel retailers across the Southern Downs have been left high and dry by worsening fuel shortages.
Independent distributors in several villages have begun...
