10 things to do in Toowoomba this weekend and other top stories

10 things to do in Toowoomba this weekend

MORE than 100 fantastic hotrods and custom cars of all makes and models will be on display Sunday at the 15th Toowoomba Hotrodders High Altitude Run 2015 Show n Shine. The event draws entrants from Queensland and New South Wales, ensuring a ... >> view original

Toowoomba shootings: Post-mortem results could take six months

Police investigating the deaths of three family members in a suspected murder-suicide near Toowoomba say it could take six months before they determine how a seven-year-old boy died. Jackson Sharpley was found in his bed with no visible injuries on ... >> view original

Toowoomba shootings: 7yo Jackson Sharpley's cause of death still unclear

Heavily pregnant Toowoomba woman Kris-Deann Sharpley, 27, her seven-year-old son Jackson, and her 52-year-old father Derek were found dead at a Biddeston property by a female relative on Monday evening. While detectives have confirmed the two ... >> view original

Truck rolls south of Toowoomba

Emergency services attend a truck crash on the Drayton Connection Rd at Vale View. Kevin Farmer. Popular Stories. Administrators take over Highfields sports club · Friend's heart aches for mum lost in Biddeston tragedy · Dangerous overtake: Who to ... >> view original

Toowoomba archer out to push her world championship claims

TOOWOOMBA'S Ingrid Brookshaw will be out to push her claims for world championship selection at this weekend's Australian Open Archery Championships. The Open began today at Hobart Archers and continues until Sunday. Brookshaw is a Toowoomba ... >> view original

Chronicle campaigns to get Toowoomba in Qld Cup

THIS weekend teams from across Queensland and Papua New Guinea will kick-off the Intrust Super Cup season. That is great except for one thing - Toowoomba won't be part of it. And the time has come for that to stop. The Toowoomba Clydesdales are an ... >> view original

Divine vinyl sounds bring eager music crowds

THE crackle, silence then music that vinyl recordings offer listeners was enough to draw former Toowoomba woman Bianca McMahon back up the Range. She and friend Aaron Howard were among hundreds of people who rifled through boxes of records at ... >> view original

Toowoomba has underperformed, but new infrastructure is promising: Simon ...

With a population of approximately 170,000 people, Toowoomba is Australia's second largest, non-coastal city, behind Canberra. It is the only zone in South East Queensland not to experience population growth above the national average over the last ... >> view original

Toowoomba vet's 24/7, dedicated care tops poll

HERRIOT House has topped a reader poll of veterinary surgeries in Toowoomba. It was overwhelmingly voted number one by The Chronicle's online readers. Veterinary surgeon Peter Lyons said it was an honour to be recognised. He said people liked the ... >> view original

League star shares tales with Toowoomba fans

But yesterday he did just that at the Sportsman's Lunch at Toowoomba's National Hotel. "I think when you're playing you're focusing on your career and you don't really get the opportunity (to meet your fans)," he said. During the lunch, Civoniceva ... >> view original