A BANDIT has robbed a Hume Street business late on Friday, threatening the female shop assistant with a knife.

Queensland’s Department of Education and Training says it is reviewing its Living Away from Home Allowances for geographically isolated children and their families.

A dispute over pay conditions at a Warwick abattoir has been resolved.

The Toowoomba Regional Council in southern Queensland says it will not pass on any increases in the cost of maintaining the new water pipeline.

Four years after Toowoomba residents won a battle over the introduction of recycled sewage in their water supply, today a pipeline which will pump purified wastewater into the town’s system was opened.

KEEN photographer Troy Delaforce had the pleasure of snapping some great photos while rain reinvigorated his Kearneys Spring lawn during a storm yesterday.

ATTEMPTS by some Toowoomba Regional Councillors to pull the wool over ratepayers’ eyes over their recent pay rise are scandalous.

TOOWOOMBA Regional Council is divided and the deputy mayor’s family has come under attack as the fallout from Wednesday’s pay rise fiasco intensifies.

COUNCILLOR Bill Cahill refuses to apologise for a stance that Deputy Mayor Paul Antonio claims today has divided the council.

A SCHOOL bus driver was caught doing 59kmh in a 40kmh zone outside a school on Thursday morning.

WELCOME rain fell in Toowoomba yesterday, but other parts of the region were battered with severe thunderstorms.

THE assurance of Toowoomba’s water supply by the Wivenhoe Dam pipeline has left nursery owner Peter Coroneos gushing with confidence.

TOOWOOMBA Regional Council has failed to win over the city’s seniors with its new concessions allowing some to water using hand-held hoses.

THE LOW act of stealing a Guide Dogs Queensland donation statue has ultimately put Darryl Allan Bathgate behind bars.

A BAD haircut had driven Christopher Nato Thoa to break into the hairdresser’s home late that night for compensation, Court heard yesterday.

ROMA Police are hunting a thief who has stolen a number of portable fridge/freezers worth more than $5400.

A MAN has lost his licence for 16 months after he was caught hooning while drunk and crashed into a front yard of a Warwick residence.

YESTERDAY morning’s downpour allowed chemist robbers to evade police as officers deemed it was too dangerous to deploy spike strips or engage in pursuit.

TOOWOOMBA residents can expect close to average temperatures and a few light showers this weekend.

AN EMOTIONAL service was held yesterday to farewell former Toowoomba deputy mayor Peter Wood.