LONG-time KR employees like Desley Quinnell walked away with their heads held high yesterday, proud of the company that had endured as a Toowoomba icon.

FEDERAL Member for Groom Ian Macfarlane says he has “no interest” in becoming leader of the crumbling Liberal party.

A MAN yesterday faced court after he was charged with repeatedly raping and assaulting his heavily pregnant girlfriend.

THE Spring Street Christian Church has made a special appeal after being overwhelmed by the number of hampers donated to Toowoomba’s needy for Christmas.

TEENAGER Carly Ann Brunner’s habit of getting drunk and throwing punches landed her in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court yesterday.

KRISTY Murphy started working at KR when she was 16 — she says it’s all she has ever known.

THE above-30 degree temperatures that Toowoomba people sweltered through last week will stay this weekend.

TEN dogs seized by the RSCPA on Thursday were broken out of the pound at Warwick that night.

PARENTS and children have been warned about a possible abductor loose in the city after a man approached a lone school girl yesterday morning.

CHRISTMAS is looking cooler for abandoned dogs, cheerier for Toowoomba’s needy and more social for local disabled people.

SUPPORT from friends and family helped injured horse trainer Michael Flanigan through his recovery.

AUSTRALIA’S top military officials have given the thumbs up to the new MRH90 helicopters destined for the Oakey Army Aviation Training Centre.

SERIAL offender Mathew Luke Tillack must report to police for the next 15 years after being convicted of having unlawful carnal knowledge of a child.

J.J. RICHARDS truck driver Doug Scotney got a bit of shock while doing his routine rubbish collection yesterday.

A PIECE of our economic and industrial history was lost with the closure of KR yesterday, according to Toowoomba Historical Society president Maurice French.

HEAD of Glennie School Wendy Ashley-Cooper paid tribute to the wonderful seniors of 2009 at the Valedictory Service last week.

FEDERAL Member for Groom Ian Macfarlane says he has “no interest” in becoming leader of the crumbling Liberal party.

MEAT processors have downed their tools for the last time today as the Don KRC Fresh manufacturing facility calls time on a proud 98-year history.

JJ RICHARDS truck driver Doug Scotney got a bit of shock during his routine rubbish collection this morning.

The population of Nindigully is going to swell from nine to 1,000 tomorrow for the Queensland southern inland town’s annual pig races.