Townsville Crocodiles will not field an NBL team in 2016/17 and other top stories.

• Townsville Crocodiles will not field an NBL team in 2016/17

  

  Townsville Crocodiles will not field an NBL team in 2016/17 Posted April 14, 2016 16:39:15 The Townsville Crocodiles will not be a part of the NBL in 2016/17 after club directors withdrew from the competition due to financial issues.The Crocodiles won just 11 of their 28 games and finished second-last in 2015/16NBL general manager Jeremy Loeliger said, while it was disappointing to see another club fold, the league had a responsibility to ensure NBL teams were commerc..

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• Former Townsville soldier awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to ...

  

  Former Townsville soldier awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to drug, fraud charges Updated April 14, 2016 16:03:04 A former Townsville soldier turned wannabe gangster has pleaded guilty to a string of offences including supplying a dangerous drug.Stephen Ronald Bell pleaded guilty in the District Court in Brisbane today to 15 counts of supplying a dangerous drug. He also pleaded guilty to arson and fraud for setting fire to his ute and attempting to claim the insu..

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• Moses to fly to Brookvale?

  

  Townsville Blackhawks’ Moses Pangai in action against Wynnum Manly Seagulls.TOWNSVILLE Blackhawks centre Moses Pangai could soon be stretching his wings for the Manly Sea Eagles.Pangai’s manager Sam Ayoub told the Townsville Bulletin on Wednesdya he had early talks with Manly officials, with the Sea Eagles reportedly interested in signing Pangai before the NRL’s June 30 transfer deadline.Pangai, who missed the Blackhawks’ 11-10 loss to the PNG Hunters last weekend because of a hamstring injury, ..

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• Our students fall behind on OP results

  YEAR 12 state school students in Townsville are not achieving the same OP results as teens in capital cities.According to figures from the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority, last year 77 per cent of OP students at Brisbane State High received an OP 1 to 10.But the rate was much lower in three of Townsville’s biggest state high schools. In 2015, 55 per cent of students at Kirwan State High scored in the OP 1 to 10 range, with Pimlico State High (41 per cent) and Townsville State High..

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• Drug kingpin gets 11 years jail

  

  Peter Andrew Heilbronn was arrested as part of a major police drug operation. Heilbronn is the alleged drug network ringleader and is owner of Fusion 15 restaurant and Deli on Palmer. He was granted bail in Townsville Magistrates Court.A DRUG dealer who headed one of North Queensland's largest and most sophisticated drug rings has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.Peter Andrew Heilbronn, 41, yesterday learned his fate before a busy public gallery as Justice David North SC handed down his sent..

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• Reynolds return a NRL headache for Cowboys

  

  North Queensland coach Paul Green is reaching for the aspirin as he prepares a game plan to defeat South Sydney. The second-placed Cowboys are heavy favourites to overcome the Rabbitohs in Friday night's NRL clash in Townsville. But Green is taking nothing for granted, saying a Rabbitohs line-up boosted by the return of NSW State of Origin hopeful Adam Reynolds presents threats across the park. Reynolds is back from a broken jaw and will line up against Cowboys co-captain Johnathan Thurston in ..

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• $5m boost for JCU hub

  

  News$5m boost for JCU hubApril 14, 2016 12:00amKIERAN ROONEYTownsville Bulletin

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