Toowoomba beauties rev up for rods, rockabilly and other top stories

Toowoomba beauties rev up for rods, rockabilly

MISS Rods and Rockabilly is not your average beauty pageant. Toowoomba "greaser gals" Brianna Kaehler, or Miss Anna D'Amour and Melanie Lovell, Miss Diamond Divine will combine their love for cars and pin-up and compete in the 2nd annual festival ... >> view original

Plan for $192m Toowoomba sports facility approved

TOOWOOMBA Regional Council is pushing ahead with its plans to build a premier sporting field at Charlton as part of a $192 million project. Today at City Hall the region's councillors unanimously voted through the Charlton Sports Precinct Master Plan. >> view original

Crash victim speaks out against red-light killers

TOOWOOMBA woman Carmel McCleverty is living with the pain caused by a driver trying to beat a red light. Impatient drivers defying traffic signals are a major cause of injury in motor vehicle crashes. Innocent motorists are often the victims of ... >> view original

Car crashes into sign, fence, house, church in Toowoomba

A 28-year-old woman is accused of crashing her car into a sign, fence, house and church in a Toowoomba suburb before fleeing the scene on foot. The incident happened in Harristown, a suburb in the city west of Brisbane, about 9pm on Monday. >> view original

Countdown begins for historic Toowoomba race day

TOOWOOMBA Turf Club's leap into the future moved a step closer today with the official launch of the 2015 Audi Centre Toowoomba Weetwood race day. The club will enter a new phase on Saturday, May 2 when Clifford Park becomes a major player in the ... >> view original

VIDEO: CCTV captures terrifying armed hold-up

UPDATE: CCTV images of a man robbing a Toowoomba service station have been released in the hope someone will recognise the offender. The images show a man with cloth covering his face jumping the counter at the 7- Eleven service station at the ... >> view original

Toowoomba responds to family tragedy at Biddeston

THE Toowoomba community has reacted with genuine concern to a call for help from a family devastated by an apparent murder-suicide. Donations have been received at Burstows funeral home in the wake of the Biddeston tragedy which claimed the lives of ... >> view original

Toowoomba low-vision expo looks to the future

VISION-IMPAIRED Toowoomba man John Gamble is eager to discover new technologies available to those like him. He will attend tomorrow's Low Vision Mobility Expo. Mr Gamble was 20 when he suffered a brain injury and severely damaged an optic nerve ... >> view original

Stolen BMW linked to ram raid found dumped out west

UPDATE: A black BMW X6 car stolen from a Toowoomba dealership has been found abandoned in Dirranbandi. Toowoomba Criminal Investigation Branch officer-in-charge Paul McCusker said the new vehicle was found last night. The BMW website values ... >> view original

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