Stories from Saturday, May 27, 2017

Launched on May 1, Blytheville Crime Stoppers has begun receiving tips on local crimes. On Thursday, Blytheville Crime Stoppers board member Molly Jackson told the Rotary Club of Blytheville that when a tip leads to an arrest, there is a 95 percent conviction rate...

The same week that the Mississippi County Quorum Court voted to authorize Judge Randy Carney to sign a Consent Administrative Order (CAO) with the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) that admits that the county did possibly violate federal and state law when crews tore down the former Osceola City Jail, it was also revealed that the county Road Department has been involved as recently as this week in the demolition of other buildings on private properties for free and likewise without submitting asbestos surveys to the ADEQ.. ...

The Mississippi County Quorum Court met Tuesday evening and the most significant item discussed wasn’t even on the agenda. That item was regarding the county being fined by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) as a result of the county’s demolition of the former Osceola City Jail...

Yogi Berra quipped, “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” Once again County Judge Randy Carney is using county equipment to do work on private property at no charge. These actions allegedly include demolition work on houses in Manila and Leachville, the former Shawnee School in Joiner and a barrack owned by Westminster Village. Other work includes the former Osceola City Jail (owned by the county and resulting in an ADEQ fine because no asbestos abatement plan was filed) and maybe more...