The Latest Breaking News from Townsville

Townsville will hope to make it sweet 16 when they face the Southside Flyers in the WNBL grand final series on a 14-game win streak.

A sound-and-flash grenade that has the "capacity to injure" is missing in a Townsville suburb after being lost by Queensland Police's tactical squad.

Neighbours who were locked inside their homes while a siege unfolded in their quiet North Queensland suburb are speaking to counsellors about their experiences.

Charges have been laid against two teenagers on the same day new youth justice laws are debated in state parliament.

Residents in a north Queensland suburb have been locked down after shots were fired, prompting police to declare an emergency.

The shooter took aim at several police cars and blew out the tyres on at least one vehicle, witnesses and police said.

Fifteen Bluewater State School children being treated by the Townsville Hospital and Health Service have been discharged after eating an unknown substance.

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