Crime After noticing suspicious activity among inmates, police charged a Cherbourg man with injecting drugs into a fellow inmate while in custody.

Crime Burnett police have charged one man and are continuing to investigate a number of other incidents after a string of break-ins and thefts across the region.

Information Powerlink Queensland will be commencing helicopter inspections in coming months to identify any maintenance issues across the Wide Bay-Burnett’s power network.

Crime Murgon police are investigating two separate fires deliberately lit in earlier this week.

Health Annastacia Palaszczuk has confirmed there have been four new COVID-19 cases in the state overnight, remote mining camps being used for quarantine purposes gathers...

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Employment Find out the industries crying out for workers as Queensland records a new record in job vacancies.

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Health As authorities admit they still don’t know how a mutant COVID strain escaped their controls, these are the questions put to Queensland Health that they couldn’t answer.

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News Book extract: The stage is set for drama in One From The Heart, an anthology centred around a rural theatre group.

Crime An argument escalated to a dangerous point when a South Burnett man pulled out a baseball bat before attempting to run someone down in a car.

News A number of trade jobs will be heading in the direction of the South Burnett and Cherbourg as local roads get a much-needed safety makeover.