Woman robbed, injured in Toowoomba home invasion and other top stories

Woman robbed, injured in Toowoomba home invasion

A woman has been injured and robbed of cash during an early morning home invasion in Queensland. The 63-year-old woman says she was threatened and assaulted by a man armed with a metal bar at her Toowoomba home just after 1am on Saturday. >> view original

Toowoomba takes cake in marriage stakes

WHEN it comes to the big day, whether that is first, second or third time around, weddings are big business, with Toowoomba one of the most popular locations in the state to get hitched. For most couples attracted to the region, it comes down to ... >> view original

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

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

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

Police dogs uncover drugs in Toowoomba CBD

The operation codenamed North Haze was carried out last weekend in the inner city Safe Night Precinct. Police targeted revellers carrying or using dangerous drugs and focussed on entries to and people moving in between pubs and clubs. This expanded to ... >> view original

Toowoomba teen sentenced over car, house break-ins

THE cost to victims of car and house break-ins was far more than just the loss and damage of their property, a Toowoomba magistrate reminded an offender yesterday. Magistrate Damian Carroll made the comment when sentencing teenager Tye Craig ... >> view original

Shark cages: Tourist fun or deadly attraction?

THE great white circles and gives chase when bloody bait is thrown in the water and dragged back across the top of a submerged cage full of startled tourists. Matt Waller, a charter operator off the South Australian coast, calls it the "Jaws experience". >> view original

One dead after ultralight crash off North Stradbroke Island

POLICE are currently responding to an aviation incident which has occurred off shore, within three kilometres of the Surf Lifesaving Club on North Stradbroke Island. Initial information suggests at around 11am, a light aircraft crashed into the sea ... >> view original

WATCH: Viral street brawl combatant faces Toowoomba court

ONE of a number of combatants involved in a Toowoomba street fight that attracted widespread publicity when the brawl was posted on social media appeared before the city's Magistrates Court today. Phillip Lex Smith, 24, appeared by video link from the ... >> view original