Molly Snaylam

Severe storms bringing down trees, halting trains, closing roads and flooding streets have smashed the state from the Gold Coast to Emerald, with more wild weather forecast for Friday.

More than 215,000 lightning strikes were recorded in a series of “ferocious” storms last night, which left about 1700 homes and businesses without power this morning.

A 69-year-old Brisbane traffic controller was placed into a coma after he was struck by a vehicle at work in the early hours of Friday.

Local fashion fans are divided over whether to cheer or boo after the announcement Chinese “fast fashion’’ giant Shein will host its first Brisbane pop-up shop next week, a new poll shows.

The Nanango community is mourning the loss of Trevor James Pitts, a “true larrikin”, who contributed massively to rugby clubs across the Wide Bay and Burnett regions.

A miscommunication between Ergon and two farmers in the South Burnett led to the loss of a 10-tonne crop intended for avocado oil production.

Named: Abattoir workers charged with animal cruelty

A dog washer with an extensive drink driving history, who drunkenly smashed his car through a fence, was sentenced to jail by a Kingaroy magistrate on Thursday, March 23, 2023.

Daniel James Marriott was sentenced at Kingaroy District Court on Friday after violently abusing and bashing a woman while threatening he would invite men to rape her for his own financial gain and “cut off her finger”.

Glammed-up racegoers put their most stunning pink outfits on show on Saturday for the Pretty in Pink Nanango Race Day.