Coopers-Plains News

AN EXTRA 10,000 motorists were slapped with parking fines last financial year as Brisbane City Council embarks on a $7 million meter expansion.

AN EXTRA 10,000 motorists were slapped with parking fines last financial year as Brisbane City Council embarks on a $7 million meter expansion.

Now it's up to the buyer to decide what to do with it. That buyer, from Dundee , tells us he plans to clean up the park and replace the trailers.

REGIONAL NEWS STEUBEN COUNTY Man injured in I-86 crash in Campbell A Jamestown man was injured shortly before 1 a.m. Wednesday in a four-car accident on Interstate 86 in the town of Campbell.

Traffic has resumed to normal on Interstate-86 eastbound around the Campbell and Coopers Plains exits, where a tractor trailer rollover caused a second accident to happen early Wednesday morning.

A MAN is in intensive care after a bitumen profiler exploded in a workplace accident in Brisbane's south.

A MAN received burns to his arms and chest and was taken to hospital following a reported machinery explosion on Brisbane's south side tonight.

He was fined $375, had his license suspended for 90 days and received a one-year conditional discharge.

AT this time last year, there was nothing to indicate an epidemic was about to strike thousands of Queenslanders.

THE weekly shop will become easier with retail giant Woolworths announcing plans to start offering online grocery shopping in southeast Queensland.

A homeless man caused more than $7 million damage when he set fire to several schools and churches during a four-year arson spree on Brisbane's southside, a court has heard.

AN ARMED robber threatened to shoot a convenience store worker when the employee chased the offender out of the shop last night. via The Courier Mail

“We started an outside attack and got it knocked down and it is pretty much a total loss.”

A late-morning fire today destroyed a one-story ranch home at 2520 Beeman Hollow Road in the town of Erwin. via Star-Gazette.COM

“They are still interviewing some of the people who were there and they need to talk to some people who are out of town”

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“This is a wonderful way for the TSA officers to show their support for the community, the passengers who use our airport, and the Earth”

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“The potential was definitely there. We live right behind Macgregor St (bus depot) and the blast shook the windows of our house”

THIRTY Brisbane City Council buses were last night taken off the road for inspection after a gas cylinder explosion that put two men in hospital. via The Courier Mail

“The street was closed and they checked on some buildings at one stage. "Fortunately they returned nil readings and they were stood down by midday. "As it turns out it was a busted sewer pipe.”

A MAN, 20, has crashed his car in Coopers Plains while trying to avoid a manhole lid that shot into the air as he drove over it. via News.com.au

“If Trooper Stickler had not been there, I don't even want to imagine the tragedy that could have unfolded”

State lawmakers late tonight gave final legislative approval to keeping troopers in schools, a decision sure to draw cheers from some area districts. via Star-Gazette.COM

“If he did do it, I don't believe he was in the right state of mind. That's all I can say to that because I don't see him as a person to do something like that”

"I don't believe he is guilty of any of these charges. He is a good person, He's a very good hearted man," said Sara Gerow, who says she is related to Amy Lindsay. via WETM TV

The region six list was scheduled to be released Wednesday. Region six includes Allegany, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben and Yates counties. via WETM-TV Elmira