Police Search For Missing Ipswich Teenager
Police are seeking public assistance to help locate a 15-year-old girl reported missing from Ipswich. The girl (pictured) was last seen by a family member at the East Ipswich Railway Station on March 15 when it is believed she travelled by train to Brisbane. Police hold concerns for her wellbeing as she has not made contact with family since. The girl is described as being Caucasian, about 160cm tall with brown hair, brown eyes, an average build and a fair complexion. Anyone with information is urged to contact Ipswich Police or... Read more
UPDATE: Mayor Opens Appeal For Ipswich House Fire Victims.
A fire which gutted a house in Ipswich yesterday afternoon in now under investigation. Crews were called to the property on THORN STREET at around 3:40pm, finding it well alight. The blaze was so hot it caused nearby cars to melt from the intense heat. Crews prevented the blaze from spreading to adjacent homes, luckily no one was injured. A returning soldier has arrived back to find his IPSWICH home gutted by fire. The digger lives in the timber Queenslander with his partner a nurse... Read more
Winter arrives a tad early.
Our friends from the Toowoomba Chronicle posted this pic taken in Toowoomba but similar ice weather reports flooded in to River949 this morning. Local temperatures went down to near zero and it wasn’t surprising that folks awoke to iced windscreens. Tomorrow, check the screen before you drive... Read more
Biggest Mining Expo On Today
SURAT BASIN ENERGY & MINING EXPO Today and tomorrow at theToowoomba Showgrounds Toowoomba is gearing up for Queensland’s biggest resources expo with up to 600 businesses headed for the commercial and economic hub of the Darling Downs for the third annual Surat... Read more
Toowoomba Bins. Check your days
Residents are advised to check their bin labels to confirm collection days and recycling weeks. Toowoomba Regional Council Water and Waste Projects portfolio leader Cr Nancy Sommerfield, pictured, said the correct collection day for all bins was the day listed on the label on any... Read more
RoboRoaches - Your Own Personal Cyborg w…

Ever wanted to create your own cockroach cyborg? – If your answers range between ‘all the time!’ and ‘never in my life… but now I’m curious’ then the team at Backyard Brains have a job for you. A kickstarter from the Backyard Brains crew is bringing DIY cyborg creation to the... Read more
Mild mannered Greg; a Super Hero
Hello, I am Greg Johnson, I am honoured to have been asked to be the Toowoomba entrant in Australia’s CEO Challenge following on from the recent good works of Mayor Paul Antonio, Heritage Bank CEO John... Read more
No more breathing indoors?
Researcher Studies Indoor Air Particles and Their Movement (courtesy National Science Foundation ) Team is working on developing tools to predict exposure of bacteria or chemical and biological agents Most people... Read more




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