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

10 things to do in Toowoomba this weekend

CRAVE Cupcakes has teamed up with local artist Alex Stalling to offer you and mum two different Mother's Day craft high tea options on Saturday. The first is at 10am - enjoy a decadent high tea while you and mum create your own screen-printed bag to ... >> view original

YOUR SAY: Hands off Toowoomba's heritage

Thirteen heritage buildings in Toowoomba are under attack with moves to strike them from the Heritage Places register. Council says it is giving people the chance to have their say on the move, but there's just one small problem: http://ow.ly/MCzmL. >> view original

Second man charged over Toowoomba stabbing murder of Jake Lasker

More than two years after a Toowoomba teenager was stabbed to death by a friend in his own home, a second man has been charged with his murder. Jake Lasker was 19 when his friend Max Peter Smith, also 19, used a kitchen knife to stab him 102 times, ... >> view original

Stolen car found torched in Toowoomba

TOOWOOMBA police are this morning at the scene of a car fire on Tor St. A Queensland Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said crews were called to a report of a car on fire on Tor St, Cranley, about 6.40am. Crews arrived to find a Nissan dual cab ... >> view original

Toowoomba MP nominated to lead anti-corruption watchdog

"If the Member for Toowoomba North is not acceptable to the Opposition Leader, we would also support the nomination of the Member for Warrego, or in fact any reasonable nomination from the LNP backbench, outside of the Member for Callide," she said. >> view original

Work starts on Toowoomba's new $20m dump

WORK started today on Toowoomba's new, $20 million waste management facility on the western outskirts of the city. The Greater Toowoomba Waste Management Facility is located on a 25ha site fronting O'Mara Rd at the Toowoomba Enterprise Hub near ... >> view original

Bit of trivia goes long way for the hospice

GREAT NIGHT: Stephen Anderson (left), Christine Steven and David Wallis from Toowoomba Backscratchers flash the cash that was raised at the group's recent trivia night in aid of the Toowoomba Hospice. Contributed ... >> view original

Toowoomba tradie steps up to home delivery

Rachael Murray Reporter Rachael started at The Chronicle in November 2013 after completing an internship earlier in the year. She graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Creative Arts, majoring in English literature and creative ... >> view original

Council takes aim at city's heritage buildings

TOOWOOMBA'S heritage buildings are under fire from the authority tasked to protect them and it appears too late for at least one to be saved. Toowoomba Regional Council wants to remove 13 properties from its Heritage Places register, including the ... >> view original

Masterchef judges score a taste of humble Toowoomba pie

HE'S the former Toowoomba student who made one of the MasterChef judges eat humble pie. James Bell was one of 16 amateur cooks competing for one of nine spots in the reality cooking show's Top 24 last night. After missing out on an apron in the first ... >> view original