Stories from Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Members of the Mississippi County Quorum Court and a standing room only crowd heard a proposal Tuesday night from Ben Bloom of Affinity Healthcare, Inc. of Springfield, Mo., the firm that would manage South Mississippi County Regional Medical Center if the court transfers operations to the City of Osceola...

Tuesday night, the Blytheville City Council's Code Enforcement committee recommended the Council beef up the current ordinance on residential remodeling. The board agreed with Code Enforcement's Capt. Rick Ash that any residential work should be done by an individual who is insured and has an surety bond...

Discussion has begun on how the city of Blytheville will use street money when the bonds retire next year. The bonds are estimated to sunset May, 2010. On Tuesday night, Public Works director Rick Mosley gave the Blytheville City Council's Streets and Drainage committee a list of potential street projects...