Local News

Imagine driving along a regional Queensland highway alone when you spot an angry brown snake slithering towards your leg. With his heart-racing uncontrollably, 27-year-old Gladstone man ‘Jimmy’ experienced just that while driving at 100km/hour on the Dawson Highway west of Calliope around 5pm on June 15. “I’m driving along at 100, and...

A man has been hospitalised after being bitten by a snake in Rockhampton. The man in his 30s was struck on the hand at a Kawana home just after 9am on Tuesday. He was taken to Rockhampton Hospital in a stable condition.

A single-vehicle crash in Rockhampton has left one woman with a knee injury. Paramedics were called to scene on Dean Street and Frenchville Road in Frenchville at 7:53am Tuesday. Queensland Ambulance said they assessed a women who suffered a knee injury, though she declined further transport to hospital.  

  A man has been hospitalised following a late night vehicle and pedestrian incident in Central Queensland. Paramedics were called to the scene on Sunner Street in Koongal at 9:39pm on Sunday evening. The man was taken to Rockhampton Hospital with a leg injury in a stable condition.

  A teenage girl has been airlifted to hospital following a motorbike incident in Central Queensland. Emergency crews responded to reports the girl had severely dislocated her ankle after falling from a motorbike on a property 25 miles north-west of Rockhampton. RACQ Capricorn Rescue said they were tasked to the scene at 5:08pm...

    CQUniversity's Yeppoon campus may only have months left, but 2020 won't be the last time students walk through the doors. The site is being turned into a training hub for adult and community education for Livingstone residents when the university ceases operations there at the end of the year. Livingstone Shire Mayor...