Last Top Stories: Farmer comes to aid of surviving crash victims

Farmer comes to aid of surviving crash victims

A 30-year-old woman died at the scene of a horrific single vehicle rollover near the intersection of Jondaryan-Evanslea Rd and West Prairie Rd about 4am Sunday. The two men were taken to Toowoomba Hospital where they remain in a critical condition. >> view original

National Champion wins Toowoomba Cutting Horse Futurity in front of home crowd

"The cattle were good and there were some great horses in the final... it was a really exciting final. "Todd is probably the top in Australia; he won Tamworth and now he's won Toowoomba." Mr Graham, who comes from Oakey in Queensland's Darling Downs, ... >> view original

Blizzard snow-where to be seen as cold blast hits region

SNOW chasers in Queensland were as bitterly disappointed as the bitter winds that kept Toowoomba rugged up and its residents inside at the weekend. Hundreds headed south across the border to Mount Mackenzie and beyond, searching for snow while ... >> view original

Toowoomba drivers post wins in first round of F4

West Australian Nick Rowe was second overall for the round, with Toowoomba driver Will Brown third. Brown also earned the honour of being the first Australian F4 race winner when he took the chequered flag in race one. "Winning the first ever race in ... >> view original

Top half widens gap on Football Toowoomba ladder

THE gap between the top three and the bottom three teams on the Football Toowoomba Premier Men's ladder grew wider at the weekend. The top three teams all managed to score shut-out wins against the bottom three. Willowburn tightened its grip on third ... >> view original

Type 2 diabetes increase prompts call to assess risk

TYPE 2 diabetes has increased 12 per cent among Toowoomba South residents in the past two years according to Diabetes Queensland. It's a condition linked to expanding waistlines and Member for Toowoomba South John McVeigh has called on local ... >> view original

EDITORIAL: Toowoomba projects wish list hits target

It is of little use to have government ministers mouthing off about how Toowoomba and the surrounding region are on the verge of an economic boom when our city's bus service simply does not service our needs. The other key point is that if the State ... >> view original

Bypass announcement an historic day for Toowoomba

MAYOR'S DESK: Last Friday's news that the Nexus Consortium has been given the go ahead to construct Toowoomba's Second Range Crossing was a historic day for our region. The new road has been on Toowoomba's wish list for many years and each ... >> view original

Toowoomba history facts: did you know...

TRAIN HISTORY: Len Onions sent in this picture of the first diesel locomotive arriving in Roma from Toowoomba in 1954. Drivers were Andy Winning, Alf Fredlien from Chinchilla and locomotive inspector Bert Luhnemann from Toowoomba. Inspecting the new ... >> view original

Graphene-based audio devices allow communication at bat frequencies

In yet another first for graphene, physicists from the University of California, Berkeley, have employed this versatile material to create ultra-thin, lightweight ultrasonic microphones and speakers that enable high-quality, two-way communication in ... >> view original