Townsville Bulletin

A ROUTINE visit to a sick friend turned into a nightmare for Kayleen Anderson after she became trapped in a monster pothole on one of Townsville's cyclone-battered streets.

CYCLONE Yasi has sent a 120-tonne former Royal Australian Navy ship to a muddy graveyard in sandfly-ridden mangroves north of Cardwell.

NORTH Queenslanders are being warned to prepare for more flooding with heavy falls expected in some parts of the region.

AS clouds gathered and thunder rumbled in the Burdekin skies yesterday, anxious farmers looking to the heavens for answers, were left to ponder more questions.

A YOUNG man with a history of robberies has been jailed after stealing $200 at knife-point from a 13-year-old girl in a Palm Island ice-cream truck.

AN angry James Cook University veterinary student is taking her fight to Parliament House after government red tape means she will have to fork out more than $100,000 for her degree.

A MAN is helping police with their investigations into the death of a woman on Palm Island early on Saturday morning.

EXTREME sports lovers are in for some wild action tonight as the Nitro Circus crew bring their travelling road show to the North.

A MAN will face Townsville Magistrates Court on Monday charged with the stabbing murder of a Palm Island woman early on Saturday morning.

FRUSTRATED Townsville water police are urging the region's boaties to check weather conditions before heading out after wasting time and resources on preventable rescues in recent weeks.

FORECAST wet weather failed to stop some of the world's best freestyle motocross riders getting off the ground in Townsville at the weekend.

MEMBERS of the Townsville City Council Watch Group are set to mount a charge for control over city hall in the lead up to the next election.

TOWNSVILLE'S wildlife warriors stepped out in force over the weekend to do battle with one of North Queensland's most iconic pests.

A MAN, 54, will appear in Townsville Magistrates Court this morning after allegedly murdering his partner during a domestic dispute at the weekend.

A DEFENCE whistleblower has spoken out about an alleged drug culture among Townsville's soldiers, claiming some were buying drugs while deployed overseas and selling them upon returning home.

NORTH Queensland leaders fear daylight savings will be introduced in the region if Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman is granted control of the state.