Jessica Ross

The 53-year-old was charged after officers attended his unit in March amid concerns for his welfare.

At a work conference, in a room filled with hundreds of people, a conversation with a Gooreng Gooreng elder led Maria Suarez to a sister she never knew she had.

Detectives are investigating an incident on Queensland's Sunshine Coast last night where a man allegedly deliberately struck a pedestrian in a car park on Currie Street in Nambour.

Peter O'Neill is a man who has well and truly gone the distance, competing in the world's largest Olympic-distance triathlon every year since 1983.

A Queensland man who made international headlines after pulling apart then setting fire to his faulty Jeep welcomes the importer's new commitment to better handle customer complaints.

A GP clinic in Woombye is set to become the fifth to close on the Sunshine Coast in just over a year, with the manager blaming an unsuccessful attempt to hire a new doctor.

Warana mum Vanessa Morrow permanently withdrew her two sons from a Sunshine Coast early learning centre after receiving messages "almost every day" asking parents to "assist in maintaining compliant ratios".

The site of a controversial $900 million resort proposed for Yaroomba now has a new owner, after being sold for an undisclosed sum.

More than 6,000 people live in this Queensland estate, but there's only one access point. A highway link road is more than a year overdue — and residents fear it could come too late.

Youth crime has dominated headlines in Queensland for months. But a Sunshine Coast man has a plan to help break the cycle — and he's putting his money where his mouth is.

Court documents allege Izak Kane Sefton-Bennett had a loaded rifle in the car and drove while under the influence of drugs when involved in a crash that killed Queensland aged care worker Christella Tan last week.

Police say a car involved in a crash that killed a woman on the Sunshine Coast had been stolen at gunpoint.

The Russian and French crew of an inflatable catamaran say they are "absolutely normal" and are refusing to be deterred by the latest setback to their plan to circumnavigate the globe.

Sunshine Coast Council votes in favour of a plan that will see dogs banned from sections of a popular off-leash beach and only permitted on a lead in other parts.

A Sunshine Coast vet is helping injured birds by creating shoes to assist their recovery, with her latest patient a magpie named after a popular brand of shoes.

How will some of Queensland's most popular coastal regions look with 600,000 extra people, and how can they prepare?

Lawyers are warning people not to "jump the gun" and relocate early if they are facing a property resumption. It comes after a Sunshine Coast hairdresser was left out of pocket for a move she did not have to make.

The ABC understands about 150 workers at the Sunshine Coast redevelopment site were sent termination letters on Tuesday night, and minutes later, many were sent emails offering re-employment.

More than 20 construction staff have gathered outside Clive Palmer's resort on the Sunshine Coast following an apparent workplace dispute.

A major landslip has buried a car and damaged another at a popular tourist destination. Residents say it is the biggest slip they have seen in the region.

Although it's been in planning for more than 20 years, a dozen families on the Sunshine Coast are reeling after the shock discovery that their homes will be acquired for a major new road and rail project, the Mooloolah River Interchange.

Sunshine Coast police have charged a New South Wales man with fraud offences after he allegedly sold fake gold bullion bars, which detectives say "looked like the real thing".

The new carrier will cut routes and slash the number of flights to some destinations, saying it wants to improve reliability while citing a lack of "sustainable demand".

More than half the country experiences disrupted sleep, but an Australian-first clinical trial of a bacteria-based treatment for insomnia has delivered "very promising" results.

Coast care volunteers have been left dismayed by the "senseless destruction" of more than a dozen trees at Coolum and Marcoola opposite beachfront properties.