Osceola News

The Osceola Seminoles used a 42-yard interception return early in the third quarter to break away from the Huntsville Eagles, cruising to a 48-14 victory in the first round of the Class 4A State Playoffs.

The Florida Department of Education has awarded the Osceola School District $3,262,032 in 2009-10 federal funding for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers .

The following was received from Philip Townsend, 2937 Westbrook Drive, Apt 420, Fort Wayne, IN 46805.

The following persons made first appearance at Faulkner County Circuit Court on Wedensday and Friday: - Leighton L. Richards, 21, 296 Stanley Road, Vilonia, according to a Faulkner County Sheriff's Office jail intake report.

For months we have been bringing you the story about Mississippi county's two hospitals and the struggles they face.

A two-vehicle crash Monday morning at a Cass County intersection injured four people.

Dan Wilson enjoys spending his days at Murray's Barber Shop in Harrisburg. Dan Wilson is fortunate.

Tonight is the first week of Football Friday Night for the season. The Central Dealerships "Game of the Week" this season is the "Battle of Mississippi County" Blytheville at Osceola.

When Terri Kane was a college student at ASU starting her criminology studies with an eye to law school, she had no idea that in the fall of 2009, she would be teaching high school math, including advanced placement calculus, at Marked Tree High School.

Since the 1950's Mississippi County has had 2 hospitals, one in Blytheville and one in Osceola.

When he steps down next year, Mississippi County Judge Steve McGuire will have served 8 terms.

Officers investigate a call involving an alleged knife attack; officers return to the site of a domestic-disturbance report and discover a badly beaten victim; Philadelphia officers investigate a disturbance in an apartment building.

Officers investigate a call involving an alleged knife attack; officers return to the site of a domestic-disturbance report and discover a badly beaten victim; Philadelphia officers investigate a disturbance in an apartment building.

Helen Howton Thweatt, 97, formerly of Luxora, Arkansas, died on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at a local nursing facility in Abilene, Texas.

A busy Region Eight river port is about to pick up a little more steam...and business! The Port of Osceola is built in a slackwater harbor just off a curve of the Mississippi.

Brenda Bunch Flagg of Manila had no idea a search of her family heritage would result in finding relatives she would never have known existed if not for her research.

The Louis George Motor Company in Osceola told Region 8 News Tuesday it was inundated with phone calls Monday and again Tuesday regarding inventory left over from Chrysler Corporation.

SouthBank President Homer Thompson, of Blytheville, has been selected for the distinguished honor of Arkansas Chapter of National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials Member of the Year Award for 2009 for his service on the Mississippi County Public Facilities Board in Osceola.

Numerous members of the Arkansas State Athletic Department will be making the rounds at local golf courses beginning today when the summer golf tour gets underway in Osceola with the first of four Scarlet Scrambles.