Cannabis syndicate charges
By ALENA HIGGINS
A 44-year-old Emu Vale man and a 52-year-old Yangan man allegedly involved in an entrenched cannabis syndicate have been refused bail this...
Handover on hold
KNEE surgery has forced the postponement of a special ceremony honouring local netball star Laura Geitz.
Southern Downs Regional Council mayor Peter Blundell was scheduled...
Dam land loan
By ALENA HIGGINS
SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council (SDRC) may be forced to borrow $5 million from its capital works budget to start the Emu Swamp...
End of fence defence
By ALENA HIGGINS
IT’S quite possible that Gil Perrett knows every inch of the state’s 555 kilometre-long rabbit proof fence by heart having...
Men’s Shed gets a lift
By ALENA HIGGINS
USERS of Warwick’s Men’s Shed are in for a smoother ride thanks to the installation of a chair lift.
The piece...
Punters rise to the occasion
MELBOURNE Cup Day punters were out in force across the district on Tuesday with many watering holes putting on luncheons to celebrate the race...
Moves for new CEO
LIVING locally may be a pre-requisite for the next Southern Downs Regional Council (SDRC) CEO.
Earlier this week it was revealed SDRC would seek legal...
Bank plan draws strong support
By TANIA PHILLIPS
A PLAN for a community bank at Stanthorpe is ahead of schedule with a strong show of the support from...
Soldiers, strong as stone
By ALENA HIGGINS
THE culmination of seven years of meticulous research by a local historian will be unveiled next Tuesday with the release...
Our tales of the flood
A LOCAL history project by Southern Downs Regional Council (SDRC) documenting local residents’ stories of disaster, recovery and resilience after the 2010-’11 floods has...
Store smash-in and grab
By TANIA PHILLIPS
FOUR men are wanted in connection with a break and enter at a Warwick jewellery store last week.
Police are appealing...
Urgent appeal for murder caller
HOMICIDE Cold Case Team detectives are appealing to an anonymous caller who contacted Crime Stoppers last month with information on the McCulkin murders to...
Lister takes aim at water report in fresh plea for dam
Southern Downs MP James Lister brushed off a heckle in parliament to mount his latest defence of Emu Swamp Dam last week, suggesting it...
