Local, national and world news for Gladstone, QLD | Sunday 18 May, 2008
Miracle recovery after hit and run
HALEY Anderton describes the moment when she realised her four-year-old son Brock Owen-Cooper had been run over by a fourwheel drive as one of "the worst of my life". Pushing her one-year-old son Kyrhan in his stroller while navigating Stockland Kin Kora's parking lot on May 9, Haley was unaware Brock,...-
Power's coach expects action-packed game
GLADSTONE women's basketball team Port City Power are in for a tough home game as they take on State rivals Rockhampton... -
1770 Festival shows of region's artistic streak
QAL has doubled the major art prize at the 1770 Festival, promised a three-year sponsorship and encouraged some of Australia's... -
Hip pockets hurting as fuel goes up
There's no doubt 146.9c a litre for petrol is hard on the hip pocket. The price of fuel has drained the pockets of many... -
Pressure is on Brothers and Saints after both posted losses
LAST weekend's surprise loss to the Gladstone Mudcrabs has come at the right time of year according to coach Alan Watkin.... -
Gladstone locals care about air
WHO is protecting Gladstone's children? It was the most poignant question of the evening, and the round of applause it...
Australian news
Qld govt seething over NSW tax bill
The Queensland government is seething after receiving a tax bill from the NSW govt for the construction of a Gold coast bypass which crosses the state border.Man feared dead on yacht
Authorities are attempting to rescue a yacht stranded off southern Queensland after the skipper was reportedly killed in an accident.No free speech for a ex-premier Beattie
Former premier and self-confessed "media-tart" Peter Beattie won't be as free to talk to journalists in his new job as Queensland's US trade commissioner.Many Qld MPs may go in redistribution
Premier Anna Bligh has given the strongest hint yet that some ministers may not contest the next election following electoral boundary changes.
World news
Nancy Pelosi in talks with Iraqi PM
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi held talks with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad on Saturday.Tsvangirai delays return to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai postponed his return home on Saturday to contest an election run-off.Queen Elizabeth's grandson weds Canadian
It had all the ingredients of a proper British royal wedding: romance, tradition, rain, and a gossip magazine feud.Edward Kennedy in hospital after seizure
Senator Edward Kennedy, leading Democrat and patriarch of the prominent American political dynasty, has been hospitalised after suffering a seizure.