Losing her dad left Alexis feeling isolated, as few of her friends could relate. But a special camp in Hervey Bay helped her connect with kids who got it.

Researchers hope new breeding sites are a positive sign for the endangered species' survival.

The review into the Queensland hospital expansion program reveals that the delivery of hundreds of public hospital beds will have to go back to the drawing board.

A bright green ball of fire that caused a sonic boom and lit up the night sky from southern Queensland to New South Wales on Monday night was most likely a meteor, says an astrophysicist.

No bail application for a Sunshine Coast man facing 15 charges over a fatal crash, shooting and string of alleged carjackings on Monday.

A case of the serious Japanese encephalitis virus has been recorded in a pig at a Banana Shire farm.

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Local Mass for Pope Francis: As world leaders and royalty head to Rome for the Pope's funeral, Catholics across the Wide Bay are remembering the 88-year-old pontiff at local services. Pope Francis died on Easter Monday from a stroke and heart failure. Bundaberg Holy Rosary Parish priest Father Don White says a special Mass remembering Pope Francis will be held on Monday.
 

Photo: The body of Pope Francis is placed in an open casket during the rite of the declaration of death in Santa Marta residence at the Vatican, April 21, 2025. Supplied: Reuters/Vatican Media
 

Fatal crash charges: A man has been charged over a fatal crash that killed a prominent Bundaberg businesswoman. Sonja Pressler-McHugh and her family were driving at Kalkie in November last year, when their vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with another car. The 57-year-old died at the scene and three others were taken to hospital with serious injuries. Police have now charged the driver with offences including dangerous operation of a vehicle ca