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Chicken sale a real hoot

THE Stanthorpe Agricultural Society Poultry 2013 Auction last Sunday, 25 August, was hailed a success by organisers with the highest price going to two...

Fun in the sun as time goes by

THE outdoor setting at Leslie Park provided the perfect backdrop on Wednesday, 21 August, for the Warwick Christian Fellowship day in the park. More than...

Dairy farmers fed up with price war

By JONATHON HOWARD SOUTHERN Downs’ dairy farmers say they are fed up with being screwed over on milk prices. About 25 Southern Downs dairy operators attended...

Rural health a priority

By JONATHON HOWARD FEDERAL LNP Member and incumbent for Maranoa, Bruce Scott, said the Coalition’s health policy, released last week, will work towards retaining and...

Too close for comfort

By JONATHON HOWARD SOUTHERN Downs motorists want their fellow drivers to show more courtesy on the roads and back off a little, according to RACQ’s...

Tales of the bush

AUSTRALIAN storyteller Nicole Alexander will visit the Stanthorpe Library next Tuesday, 3 September, for a talk with locals and to sign her books. Stanthorpe librarian...

Festival up for gong

IT’S become the Southern Downs most iconic annual event and in many ways has put Warwick on the tourism map. Now the Jumpers and Jazz...

Tour De Cure rolls in

By JONATHON HOWARD TOUR de Cure will host their second Queensland Country Tour in Queensland’s Inner West region until Saturday, 31 August. The Country Tour aims...

Students line up to speak

WARWICK Toastmasters has started the fiscal year with a Youth Leadership course at SCOTS Collage. Five students, Sarah Bradfield, Kate-e Worth, Jasmine Whitten, Sarah Burke...

Custody clash

By JONATHON HOWARD CUSTODY battles between warring parents are affecting the lives of local children and placing increasing pressure on police who receive regular demands...

Cowboy driver on edge

By JONATHON HOWARD RETIRED truck driver, Ken Whiteland, says cowboy truckers are putting lives at risk west of Warwick and he has echoed calls for...

Caught in net

INCREASED traffic enforcement by Stanthorpe Police over the past week has netted three drink drivers, a quantity of drugs and two people driving while...

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Energising the response

SES volunteers, their work and support for SES was extolled recently. Over last weekend SES volunteers from around the South Western region gathered at the...

Tree of Hope blooms