Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Last Top Stories: Emmadilla Peacock-Lewis missing: Is Toowoomba teen with 42yo man she ‘met on Facebook’

  • Emmadilla Peacock-Lewis missing: Is Toowoomba teen with 42yo man she ‘met on Facebook’

    Emmadilla Peacock-Lewis has been missing since September 28. Picture: Queensland PolicePOLICE believe a missing Queensland teenager could be in the company of a 42-year-old wanted man who they fear may have met her on Facebook.It’s been more than six weeks since Emmadilla Peacock-Lewis’s family have seen or heard from the Toowoomba teenager.The 15-year-old was last seen leaving an East Toowoomba home around 4pm on September 28.Police believe Emma, as she is known, may be in the company of 42-yea..
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  • Ten shilling note proves lucky for Toowoomba woman | Chronicle

    Ten shilling note proves lucky for Toowoomba woman | Chronicle
    Mrs Shirley Palmer receives her £24 prize from Falconer Motors' Used Car Division manager Mr John Wood. Watching on is former 4GR breakfast announcer George Arklay.Photo ContributedTUNING into the local radio station 4GR proved fortuitous for newly married woman Shirley Palmer of Long Street, Toowoomba.With a lucky ten shilling note in her possession, Shirley claimed a jackpot prize of £24 in a competition run by Falconer Motors.The winnings equated to almost two weeks' of his wages back then, a..
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  • Food markets coming to Friday nights in Toowoomba | Chronicle

    Food markets coming to Friday nights in Toowoomba | Chronicle
    Charles Tzannes of Curbside Gourmet Burger is bringing night food markets to Toowoomba, Tuesday, November 10, 2015. Photo Kevin Farmer / The ChronicleKevin FarmerTOOWOOMBA food lovers, your prayers have been answered.Our city will soon be host to monthly evening food markets, with the tentative name of Friday Night Bites.Curbside Gourmet Burger owner Charles Tzannes was inspired by Brisbane's popular Eat Street Markets.Following the success of Toowoomba's Bites and Brews festival in September, M..
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  • Toowoomba Hospital to revamp medical imaging facilities with new cutting-edge CT scanners - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    Toowoomba Hospital to revamp medical imaging facilities with new cutting-edge CT scannersBy Ellie SibsonPostedNovember 11, 2015 12:31:28 Medical imaging at the Toowoomba Hospital is set to be boosted by another multi-million dollar CT scanner.The $2.75 million project involves replacing the current scanner as well as installing a second machine.The director of medical imaging, Aiden Cook, said it was hoped the new scanner would be operational by the second quarter of 2016."Toowoomba Hospital..
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  • Toowoomba newsagent hopes to sell $70 million ticket | Chronicle

    Toowoomba newsagent hopes to sell $70 million ticket | Chronicle
    BIG WIN: Hoping to score the winning ticket is Emma Burling (right) with Highfields News and Post owner Shaun Brady.Charlotte LamIT'S been 15 years since Kleinton's Emma Burling went to Paris but she's hoping to take her husband for his first time if she wins the $70 million Powerball jackpot tomorrow night.Ms Burling purchased her ticket from the newsagency she's tipped to carry the winning digits - Highfields News and Post."Then I'd donate the rest to drought-stricken farmers, charities and gi..
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  • Former Toowoomba councillor now a mayor | Chronicle

    FORMER Toowoomba City councillor Jim Parke has been elected mayor of Boroondara.Cr Parke served two terms on Toowoomba City Council from 1994-1997 and 2000-2004 and was elected to represent Bellevue Ward (Boroondara), which is located in Melbourne, in October 2012.He said it was a privilege to be elected mayor."I am pleased to have been given this opportunity by my fellow councillors and I look forward to working with them to deliver on our commitments we have made to our community," Cr Parke sa..
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  • Don't miss our glamorous Year 12 formal photos

    Don't miss our glamorous Year 12 formal photos
    Graduating student Tanyka Vicary with partner Dylan Glenbar at the Toowoomba Flexi School graduation and formal at Empire Theatres, Wednesday, November 12, 2014.Kevin FarmerTOOWOOMBA'S Year 12 cohort is in celebration mode as the school year draws to a close.The Chronicle will publish special pages of formal pictures to mark this amazing time in their lives. We also will have photo galleries and videos on our website.The brightest and best of Toowoomba's future leaders will be featured in all th..
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  • Newtown principal honoured at awards for leadership focus

    Newtown principal honoured at awards for leadership focus
    Principal of Newtown State School Ben Kidd is now an honorary ambassador for a prestigious institute.A TOOWOOMBA principal has been named as one of six honorary ambassadors to the Queensland Education Leadership Institute.Newtown State School's Ben Kidd was selected for his contribution to education leadership with a student focus.Mr Kidd said his proudest moment was having his daughters attend the school he leads."I believe that every child needs a champion for a teacher and every school commun..
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  • Michelle Bridges, we are not freaks: vegie growers

    A CONTROVERSIAL Woolworths TV ad featuring health and fitness guru Michelle Bridges of Biggest Loser fame has outraged Toowoomba residents.The ad has been widely criticised by members of the Toowoomba Home Produce Swap and Toowoomba Home Growers Facebook pages.It shows Bridges eating dirt before labelling home vegie growers as freaks.Cambooya gardener Paula Knight said she believed growing your own vegies was a revolutionary act taking over backyards in the region.Mrs Knight said as someone who ..
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  • Vegans serve up animal cruelty message

    Vegans serve up animal cruelty message
    A new billboard on Toowoomba's outskirts.VEGANS in Toowoomba, a group promoting the prevention of animal cruelty, has been successful in its bid to erect a billboard on the Darling Downs.With $3350 raised through an online crowd-funding campaign, the group will have the billboard reading Go Vegan positioned on the Warrego Hwy near Gowrie Mountain, 15km out of the Toowoomba CBD.It will be the second time the billboard has appeared in the region.The sign will face traffic travelling west from Toow..
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