Stories from Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Only two City Council members on hand

Alliance Oncology Group has entered into a lease with Mississippi County to operate the Great River Cancer Center in Blytheville. Alliance is a division of Alliance Health care Services of Newport Beach, Calif. The long-term agreement means a fixed-site radiation therapy center will be included at the center, with expansions and upgrades of equipment...

OSCEOLA -- The 11th Annual Osceola Heritage Musicfest will be held Friday and Saturday on the Courthouse Lawn in Osceola. Tickets are $15 daily for adults, $5 for children 5-12, and free for children 4 and under. Friday's festivities will kick off at 6 p.m., with Saturday's action beginning at 12:30 p.m...

STEELE -- Officers with several law enforcement agencies used force to take a Steele man into custody on Monday, after he barricaded himself inside a residence in Steele. According to Steele Police Chief Billy Joe Stanfield, the department was notified that a Steele man was in possession of a firearm, and had threatened to harm himself and others on Monday. Family members afraid for their lives, fled the residence and contacted police...

Former Blytheville Police Officer Terry Winkles is asking the City Council to approve the anger management course he took online so that he can reinstated to the department. A packet of information submitted to the mayor was given to the Courier News...