Garland County has been sending juvenile offenders who have to be incarcerated to Jefferson County since the local juvenile detention center closed last summer, but the arrangement is not working as planned and has created "a huge dilemma," according to Garland County Juvenile Court Judge Cecilia Dyer.
Parts of central and north Queensland have been hit by hail storms this afternoon, as a heatwave lashes the state. "[We] saw it coming on the radar and decided to get everything in the shed," Ms Crooks said. "Glad we did. The rain and hail was.