Toowoomba news headlines

Members of a church group accused of killing an eight-year-old girl were singing on the front lawn of a house where police were photographing her body, a judge has heard.

Dashcam vision shows the moment taxi driver John McDougall pulls up to Toowoomba's Grand Central Shopping Centre.

Paramedics attempted to treat the man after he was pulled from the fire, but he was declared dead at the scene.

Queensland alleged said the group of teenagers travelling in a stolen SUV went door to door, breaking into homes across eight suburbs in one night.

"He's my son and I'm loving a monster. For you, he's a monster. To me, he was a very sick boy."

Kasey Leadbetter was sleeping in her bed when she was bitten by an eastern brown snake.

A Queensland woman has been airlifted to Toowoomba Hospital after being bitten by a highly venomous snake while asleep in her bed.

The former Liberal staffer's lawyers are intending to cross-examine witnesses in an attempt to prevent allegations of rape from proceeding to trial.

The 68-year-old retired army officer was struck in the chest after confronting the strangers.

A high-profile man accused of rape has been denied a court order to keep his name suppressed but he still cannot be identified.

Two women are due to face court on Friday but police are still hunting a third alleged offender.

Emergency services were called to a street in Toowoomba shortly before 10pm.

The high-profile man, who is on bail and cannot be named for legal reasons, faces two charges of raping a woman in October 2021.

He allegedly lost control and crashed a stolen silver Holden Commodore just after midnight on Friday in Toowoomba.

The driver of the car Heidi Riding was in allegedly lost control before veering off the road and crashing into trees.

The prosecutors in the case of a high-profile man accused of rape in Queensland will seek advice on providing him copies of a medical report linked to the alleged victim.

The nests were destroyed by Ant Eradication officers who are now following up with treatment and surveillance of over 250 properties in the area.

The most seriously injured of the four police officers has woken from a coma and three men have faced court.

Police had been attempting to intercept the truck, which they allege was stolen from a tyre shop in Oakey last night.

The Queensland committal hearing for a high-profile man accused of rape has again been adjourned for prosecutors to prepare medical and mobile phone evidence.

Elizabeth Struhs died at the family home in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, on January 7 last year after her parents and 12 others allegedly withheld her diabetes medication for six days.

Australian Border Force officers stopped and searched the 25-year-old when he touched down at Brisbane International Airport.

The family friend of a Queensland University student who unknowingly ingested rat poison in Taiwan is under investigation by Taiwanese Police.

A Queensland student is being flown back to Australia via a medical rescue flight after an accidental poisoning in Taiwan left him in the intensive care unit.

CCTV shows Webber standing in front of the car trying to stop the car but Brendan Lawrence Gillmeister allegedly hit the accelerator and collected him on the bonnet.

A high-profile man who cannot be named for legal reasons could call witnesses to testify in his fight to stop rape charges against him from proceeding to trial.

A respected Queensland professor kidnapped in Papua New Guinea has touched back down in Australia after a harrowing week in captivity.

A Queensland magistrate has denied or adjourned applications by major media companies to reveal the identity of a high-profile man accused of rape.

Two men have been taken into custody after a six-hour stand-off with police in Queensland.

Police have identified a 77-year-old man who remains in critical condition after being struck by a hit-run driver in Queensland.

An elderly Queensland man is critically injured after being struck by a hit and run driver this morning.

Morgan was found in his Toowoomba home with a gunshot wound to his head in March.

Police are appealing to anyone with information about two allegedly stolen vehicles, spotted in the Toowoomba region before 25-year-old Thor Morgan was shot in the head.

The Toowoomba group allegedly prayed, sang and chanted over the girl's body for 24 hours before calling emergency services.

A young boy remains in a serious condition with spinal and head injuries after falling 20 to 30 metres down a south-east Queensland mountain yesterday afternoon.

Two teenage boys aged 13 and 14 have been critically injured with another seriously injured with spinal injuries after a rollover crash in south-east Queensland this morning.

A 21-year-old Toowoomba man has died on a Queensland highway after his car collided with a truck and he then stepped out of his car when he was struck by another vehicle.

More Queensland families looking for housing have been forced into alternate living arrangements like hostels and caravan parks as increased rental demand pushes availability to record lows.

Police investigating the disappearance of a Queensland woman have shared CCTV footage of her last known movements, after her car was found abandoned on a remote track almost two months ago.

The 24-year-old was taken to Toowoomba Hospital with life-threatening head injuries.

Police investigating the death of Queensland woman Krishna Chopra have located a metal bar in the vicinity of her home and are seeking to find if it was connected to her murder.

A man has been charged after allegedly breaking into a woman's home and violently assaulting her in Queensland this morning.

Two adults accused of murdering an eight-year-old girl have appeared in Toowoomba Magistrates Court via videolink for the first time.

The girl had been found dead in Toowoomba on Saturday.

A body has been recovered from floodwaters at the Queensland town of Yalangur, near Toowoomba.

Parts of Queensland have been hit with giant hailstones this afternoon, with reports of two tornadoes hitting Pittsworth, south of Toowoomba and Bracewell, near Gladstone.

Construction is underway for a 1000-bed quarantine facility in Toowoomba to house people for 14 days, instead of hotels.

A second child has died following a horror car and truck crash that claimed the life of a mother and daughter west of Toowoomba in Southeast Queensland last month.

An object has streaked across Queensland's night sky on Sunday, with several eyewitness reports and multiple videos capturing the spectacle.

A Queensland anaesthetist has been charged by police after he allegedly touched and photographed multiple women without their knowledge.