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UPDATE 12.30pm: A man has been arrested and police are questioning another after an alleged stabbing inside a unit on Shakespeare Street on Wednesday.
Police were called to reports a man had been stabbed in the lower leg and was outside the Mackay City Bowls Club about 9.30am.
Initial inquiries lead officers to the unit complex across the road, and to a separate location on Hamlet St about a block away.
As paramedics assessed the man on Shakespeare Street, the second man was arrested on Hamlet Street about 9.45am.
A knife police believe was involved in the incident was recovered on Hamlet Street.
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If ever anyone said you slowed down in your twilight years, U3A Mackay members would certainly prove them wrong.
There’s something for everyone and with about 550 members on the books, it’s guaranteed to be a big year to make up for COVID-19 disrupting 2020.
Like most community events and sports, U3A Mackay was forced to scale back and, in some cases, cancel events last year but the organisation is back.
The annual Give it a Go day at the Senior Citizens Hall on Friday was as much a social catch-up as it was a membership drive.
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Police are responding to reports of a break-in at an Eimeo school overnight.
A Queensland Police spokesman said a crew was en route to Eimeo Road State School about 7.45am.
“Information came in that one of the school’s blocks has been broken into,” the spokesman said.
“The early indication is that someone has broken into a (a building) and there may be property stolen.”
The Mackay City Bowls Club, Wests Leagues Club and Sarina Bowls Club have all reported break and enters.
These crimes remain unsolved, with police treating them as unrelated to each other.
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