Rockhampton news headlines

Benn Schinkel was given a short prison sentence after a dangerous driving incident in which he sustained ongoing injuries.

The 36-year-old man had allegedly been running from police when he jumped into the Fitzroy River, a known crocodile habitat.

A search and rescue operation for the 36-year-old is restarting today in the city of Rockhampton.

The bodies of Tayla Cox and 11-week-old baby Murphy Margaret were found in their Rockhampton home in a 'confronting' scene.

The 31-year-old father will face court over the two murder charges on Friday.

Two childcare workers have escaped jail time after leaving a toddler on a bus for more than five hours in the Central Queensland heat.

A witness has described the chaos as a crash left six people in hospital and closed a major Queensland highway for almost 24 hours.

A prisoner has been charged after allegedly assaulting corrective services officers and escaping from a Queensland hospital despite being handcuffed.

A prisoner has escaped from a hospital in Queensland despite being handcuffed and wearing a leg iron.

Community leaders are calling for calm in a Queensland town amid fears vigilante tensions will boil over, as the man who led a group to a house he claimed was home to a criminal defended his actions.

The boy was transported by Queensland Ambulance paramedics to Rockhampton Hospital about 12.25pm after being attacked at a home in Norman Gardens.

Supermarket staff were threatened by a knife-wielding man during a terrifying incident yesterday.

Police are appealing to motorists to look out for a woman reported missing from Far North Queensland.

A woman charged with murdering her two-year-old stepson in central Queensland has been released on bail.

Two women accused of leaving a three-year-old girl in a van outside a child care centre in Central Queensland have fronted court for the first time.

Two women have been charged for allegedly leaving a toddler on a day care bus in central Queensland in May, where the three-year-old suffered critical injuries caused by heat stress.

New footage has emerged of one of Queensland's worst military disasters, which killed three marines and injured dozens more during a failed aircraft landing.

Police are searching for a man who used a stolen front end loader to steal from a Queensland towing yard, before setting the vehicle on fire and fleeing the scene.

Ashley Butler was celebrating a career-making win when he was coward punched inside a nightclub.

A three-year-old child left on a bus outside a Queensland child care centre is making a recovery in Brisbane, just days after being given a five per cent chance of survival.

Queensland toddler Nevaeh Austin is breathing by herself after she was found unconscious in the back of a sweltering daycare bus.

A body has been found after a desperate search for a fisherman who fell overboard while boating on the Central Queensland coast this morning.

A woman has been charged with murder, following the death of a two-year-old boy in central Queensland.

Three people, including a two-year-old boy, have died in a car crash near Rockhampton in Central Queensland.

Mackay and Bowen have been issued emergency warning signals this afternoon, as freak thunder and hail storms continue to tear through Queensland.

An echidna stuck in a stormwater drain in the Rockhampton suburb of Berserker in Queensland was rescued. Rockhampton firefighters responded to a call from a person in the public at around 11am about the trapped echidna

Two men who allegedly escaped Brisbane's lockdown have been charged with drug-related offences after more than $500,000 of methylamphetamine was allegedly seized during a central Queensland property police search.

A Queensland woman has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing a man in the chest in a domestic violence incident four months ago.

Officials say the error wouldn't cause any harm, but the patients must return for another jab.

Joe Williams, 35, was driving the forklift along a road three hours north-west of Rockhampton, when the vehicle rolled.

A woman has dropped to her knees in front of Scott Morrison as she pleaded for the Australian government to help in a five-year conflict that claimed the lives of eight of her family members in Africa.

Emergency services found the 51-year-old man with a single stab wound, in what is being labelled a "domestic incident"

The anti-Adani activist has been dubbed the city's Steven Bradbury.

Retrospective legislation will be introduced to Queensland's Parliament to stop Rockhampton man, Chris "Pineapple" Hooper, becoming the city's next mayor.

A body camera captured the moment Queensland police found a hidden compartment under a staircase.

Queensland Health says a nurse who sparked a partial evacuation of an aged care facility when she tested positive for coronavirus did not breach the COVID-19 directive for aged care.

Locals at Rockhampton's Botanic Gardens got a surprise when a deadly brown snake was seen slithering just metres away from a children's playground. 

Rockhampton woman Karen Gilliland has been remembered as a dedicated mother and a loving friend to all.

Bryan Cranston hopes the horrific death of his intensely private sister, allegedly at the hands of her estranged husband, will encourage others to reach out for help.

The parents Rockhampton woman Karen Gilliland, who was allegedly murdered by her husband, have spoken publicly for the first time since she was killed outside her central Queensland home.

A 45-year-old man has been charged with murder as a domestic violence offence over the alleged stabbing death of a Rockhampton nurse, in front of her two children.

A Queensland woman allegedly stabbed to death in front of her two children was a nurse who had worked tirelesly throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

A 30-year-old man from Blackwater in Central Queensland has died from COVID-19, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced.

After a record-breaking weekend of cold weather in Queensland, the Bureau of Meteorology has warned the rest of the week will remain slightly cooler than usual.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has slammed the conduct of a nurse who went to work at an aged care home in Rockhampton while ill with symptoms of COVID-19.

The nurse worked while ill at the state-run North Rockhampton Nursing Centre, a 115-bed facility, with 180 staff.

Aria-award winner Christine Anu today pleaded guilty to drink driving and lost her driving licence for three months.

A man has died in custody after resisting arrest by Queensland Police officers.

A father, 59, and his son-in-law, 39, on a fishing trip have been found dead on a boat off the mid-Queensland coast after the vessel hit an object.

Queensland police are investigating the suspicious deaths of a man and woman in Rockhampton.