Stories from Wednesday, September 29, 2010

The Mississippi County Democratic Central Committee announces the inaugural Cecil Holifield Scholarship Dinner, to be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9 at the Blytheville Holiday Inn. Special guest for the event will be keynote speaker Jimmie Lou Fisher and Robert Holifield, chief of staff for the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee...

The Act 2! community theater group will be presenting the radio play "Tales of Terror," based on five stories of Edgar Allen Poe, at 7 p.m. Saturday at The Ritz Civic Center in Blytheville. The event, which serves as a fundraiser for the Arts Council of Mississippi County, has the admission cost of just $5.00...

OSCEOLA -- Justices of the Mississippi County Quorum Court declared yet another vacancy on the Court this year. Longtime Justice of the Peace Donnie McDaniel died earlier this month. The Court has to declare a vacancy before a replacement can be appointed by Gov. Mike Beebe...

Council votes to ban smoking in parks