Crime by SAM FLANAGAN, SHAYLA BULLOCH 22nd May 2021 6:27 PM
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Subscriber only The Townsville woman who was found in a pool of blood after being fatally stabbed in the neck on Friday has been identified. Emergency services rushed to a unit complex in Riverway Dr, Condon where Kayla Golding laid on the footpath bleeding out just before 7.30pm. Members of the Queensland Ambulance Service performed CPR on Miss Golding at the scene before she was transported to Townsville University Hospital. She was declared deceased a short time later. The 29-year-old has been remembered fondly on social media after her passing.
People across northern Australia are paying more than $2,700 on home and content insurance than others around the country, due to devastating cyclones and floods. Home premiums for those at the top end, from Queensland s Rockhampton to across the country to Karratha in Western Australia, have surged in the wake of multi-million claims related to weather catastrophes over the past decade. Residents are being quoted around $4,675 to insure their home and contents, compared to $1,908 for others around the country, according to financial comparison site Mozo. The average combined home & contents sum insured for both regions was around $615,000, according to Mozo, which analysed 160,000 quotes from 44 insurance companies for homes across Australia.
Revealed: Qldâs richest real estate suburbs, regions CoreLogic has revealed Qld s priciest suburbs. Clockwise (from top) 12 Malcom st, Hawthorne; 281 Grassdale Rd, Gumdale; âTarranalmaââ, Clayfield; the Roberts family outside their Alice River house near Townsville.
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With house prices on the rise, Queensland is in the midst of the kind of real estate boom that hasnât been seen in years.
CoreLogic Head of Research, Eliza Owen, said the nearly unprecedented surge in values had been driven by multiple factors.
âDemand has been particularly strong across the house segment, where quarterly growth in Brisbane house values (6.2 per cent) was more than double that of unit value increases (3 per cent),ââ Ms Owen said.
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The Covington Community School Corporation School Board met for its monthly meeting May 10. The meeting was conducted in alignment with social distancing guidelines.
Recognizing that the 2020-21 school year has been like no other, the board approved a year-end stipend in the amount of $1,250 for eligible certified and non-certified staff members. The stipend is to be distributed on the final pay schedule of May.
ESSER II funds will be utilized for the stipends.
âDaily I am honored to have the opportunity to watch our instructional and support staff members in action,â said CCSC Superintendent Kevin Smith.