Toowoomba quartet guiding Queensland to gold and other top stories.

• Toowoomba quartet guiding Queensland to gold

  

  Four of Toowoomba's brightest under 16s are leading the way for Queensland in their run to the National Schools Championship grand final.The girls are still undefeated after two days of games with a place in the gold medal decider in Melbourne this weekend likely.A 3-2 win against Western Australia yesterday means they sit top of the ladder ahead of their main rivals New South Wales.Second-place NSW will likely be their opponents should things go to plan for the Toowoomba girls in maroon."They..

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• Digital billboard to light up Toowoomba CBD

  

  UPDATE: THE Bailey's building in the Toowoomba CBD is set to get a touch-up reminiscent of New York's Times Square with the addition of a new digital billboard.  Toowoomba Regional Council's planning and development committee this morning recommended the sign be approved after a few alterations to the original proposal.   The new billboard is set to span about 30sq m and would wrap around the corner of the Bailey's building to face the intersection of Margaret and Ruthven Sts.    It w..

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• Nitro Circus daredevils return to Toowoomba

  

  NITRO Circus' daredevils will perform incredible choreographed riding routines for its anniversary tour when it returns to the Garden City. The greatest action sports stars will perform at the Toowoomba Sports Centre on Saturday, May 13 2017. Highlights include the explosive Nitro Bomb featuring all riders simultaneously flipping through the air. During FMX trains, riders slice and dice, wheel-to-wheel, mere inches apart before descending to earth for a smooth landing. The famous ..

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• REVEALED: Toowoomba's 13 favourite small businesses

  

  A SIMPLE question on The Chronicle's Facebook lead to a enthusiastic debate about Toowoomba's best small business. The final result is in: the Garden City is filled with idiosyncratic, self-sufficient, entrepreneurial talent. Here are Toowoomba residents' 13 favourite small businesses:  Canvas Coworking's Joy Taylor (left) chats with Mikeala Ridley about the inaugural Founderfest 2016 - Igniting Young Entrepreneurs, Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Kevin Farmer 1. Canvas Coworking Spac..

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• Major new sports stadium getting built in Toowoomba

  

  TOOWOOMBA Grammar School students will soon benefit from a new state-of-the-art sporting stadium. The Toowoomba Regional Council approved the proposal earlier this month. The new stadium will provide indoor sporting facilities including basketball courts, volleyball courts and an indoor cricket pitch and an indoor assembly area designed to accommodate the school's staff and student numbers. Toowoomba Grammar School has been approved for a new sporting stadium. It involves the..

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• Company collapse leaves families on brink

  

  BREAKING: The collapse of a major electrical company has left Toowoomba families on the brink of financial disaster, with some up to $400,000 out of pocket, a union claims. The Electrical Trades Union is calling on Geiger Group to pay all outstanding entitlements to employees following the liquidation of five Geiger companies on Monday. In June Geiger Electrical made 45 electrical workers redundant without notice, agreeing to pay all employee entitlements by July. Instead the company ..

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• Darling Downs family uses Pokémon Go obsession for a good cause

  

  The app that has taken the world by storm, Pokémon Go, is being used for a good cause in the Darling Downs. Nobby residents, the Wilkins family, have created Pokémon characters out of hay bales – but as cute as it may be, it serves a greater purpose than just a quirky photograph. The hay bales are being used to raise money for the Great White Campaign, a charity set up in the wake of 23-year-old boxer Braydon Smith’s death last year. The campaign created by Braydon’s father, Brendon Smith, aim..

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• Dalby to play finals' matchmaker

  

  THEY already have the Wagners Risdon Cup minor premiership in the bag but Dalby will have the fate of two rivals in their hands when the final round of fixtures is decided on Saturday.The Wheatmen are set to become both a hero and villain this week when they travel to Heritage Oval to meet Toowoomba Bears.Bears are locked in a dog fight with Toowoomba Rangers for the vital third spot on the premiership ladder.A win over Dalby or a priceless match bonus point will secure Bears the number three s..

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• Gateway delays ease after crash

  

  UPDATE: Traffic on the Gateway Motorway is now back to normal following a multi-vehicle crash that left two southbound lands blocked, causing significant delays.EARLIER: Long delays are causing headaches for motorists on Brisbane’s Gateway Motorway following a multi-vehicle crash.The crash occured close to the Miles Platting Road off-ramp in the southbound lanes, blocking two lanes as a result.Further north, a man is being airlifted to hospital with head, chest and abdominal injuries following a..

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• Why Melbourne's going to love Junk

  

  ONE of the eateries famous for bringing Maroochydore's Ocean St to life - Junk - is set to multiply. By the end of the year the Asian street food restaurant will have a presence in Brisbane, Melbourne and Toowoomba. Co-owner Tony Kelly said a site at Fish Lane, South Brisbane, was secured two weeks ago. The Brisbane restaurant will be opposite Wandering Cooks, a food community hub near the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. Wandering Cooks hosts 35 food trucks, 85 local artisan pr..

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