Cairns

FROM a fake nurse to a once highly regarded principal faking numbers, fraudulent activities and theft in the Far North have included more than the usual stories of trusted employees siphoning money out of businesses.

QUEENSLAND’S Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young has confirmed two people who tested positive to COVID-19 while on a cargo ship off the Far North coast will be transferred to Cairns.

Former Maroons flyer Ty Williams believes Newcastle Knights centre and fellow Far North product Enari Tuala has the potential to become the region’s next State of Origin star.

A BRAZEN, savvy drug boss who poured more than a million dollars worth of “misery onto the streets” will likely be handed the single biggest jail sentence for a drug offender in Far North history.

A LONG-running daycare centre south of Cairns has launched a petition against a proposed centre just 45 metres down the road, arguing that the suburb has an oversupply of such services.

RYAN Hill was angry and drunk when he took to Facebook last year, naming a co-offender a “rat’’, posting copies of his police statement and tagging in his completely innocent girlfriend.

Local councillor Max O’Halloran believes Cairns hosting WNBL games in their upcoming season would be a “wonderful” use of the new pop-up arena.

A MAN is recovering in hospital after he was attacked by a crocodile while snorkelling at a Far North Island. The Royal Flying Doctor Service flew the man from Lizard Island to Cairns on Wednesday night after he was attacked.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service was called out to Lizard Island, 250 kilometres north of Cairns on the Great Barrier Reef, about 4.30pm on Wednesday.

A NUMBER of road closures will be in place across the Far North this weekend for the 2020 Ironman Cairns. Usually held in June, the event has been pushed back to this September weekend. Temporary road closures and changes to parking will be in place at various locations across the …