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The ‘hardest’ plan yet to stop youth crime

Every single hard core juvenile offender in Queensland will be put on a tailored plan to stop their cycle of crime, the Youth Justice top cops has announced.

Bloods taken from cop after horror highway crash

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a horror crash involving a Townsville police officer who wrote off his car at the weekend.

Local venues question vaccine rule

Townsville pub and cafe owners have called for clear directions on how they are supposed to refuse service to the unvaccinated.

Townsville’s key demographic losing the vax race

Townsville’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community has an alarmingly low Covid vaccination rate but an Indigenous Maroons legend says getting the jab is a ‘win-win’.

‘Bundle of joy’: Why horror show must go on

A Halloween spectacular is ready to make your skin crawl, with the woman behind the event sharing her secret and heartbreaking motivation to host this year’s must-see event.

Boxer hauled into court for domestic violence breach

A boxer who knocked himself out with a glass table during an argument so he wouldn’t “harm anyone” showed “significant restraint” in not hurting his partner, a court was told.

New face in race for Herbert

A net zero policy that negatively affects Northern Australia will not make it past Townsville’s federal representatives.

“Feel my nutsack”: Man imprisoned for obstructing police

A man on a suspended sentence with a nonchalant attitude sported a singlet in court and laughed when the prosecutor said he told a police officer to feel his nutsack.

Palm council sells Garbutt office

Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council has made a dent in its debt, making almost $1m through the sale of surplus equipment and its Garbutt office.

Teens call to others to live life without a knife

The consequences of carrying a knife in public can be dire, and potentially fatal. And Townsville teens are urging other kids to live their life without a knife.