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The Haven of Northeast Arkansas In Conjunction with The City of Osceola
Presents:
The Silent Witness Project
The Silent Witness Project was created for the state of Arkansas in 1997 and consists of life-sized plywood silhouettes painted red and black. Each silhouette represents victims whose lives were taken by domestic violence for the previous year and tells the victims’ names and tragic...
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er years of hard work, planning, and more hard work the municipal project, which is now known as the “Coston Fine Arts Center” appears to be coming to fruition.
“It is a pleasure to announce the awarding of $234,789 in grants for revitalization of the Coston building in downtown Osceola. I deeply appreciate the personal dedication shown by Jane Stanford, Mississippi County Historical and...
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The home of former Osceola City Councilmember Dot Pollock at 1112 West Hale, Osceola was completely destroyed by fire on Saturday, March 23rd. At the time of publishing, the cause of the fire has not been determined. Arson has not been ruled out. It has been confirmed that state authorities are in communication with at least one municipal...
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It came as a shock to many Osceola business owners and OML&P ratepayers that a deal had been struck to sell the municipally owned property commonly known as the "Fruit Building". The deal first became public in a hurried special called City of Osceola Council meeting in which the Mayor made an opening statement followed by his son, Ken Kennemore of Kennemore Insurance and Real Estate presenting...
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We have thrice confirmed that there is a proposal coming together to be presented to the Osceola City Council that would rename the Osceola Community Center in the honor of former Mayor, Dickie Kennemore. The proposal is said to have been proposed (in part) to several city council members, four of which have pledged their support of the effort.
The next scheduled Osceola City Council meeting is...
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On Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at about 8:45am, officers with the Osceola Police Departtnent were called to the 200 block of Wingfield for a female being shot. When officers arrived, they made contact with the victim, Shenekia Carter, who was able to identify her husband, Antonio Carter, as the shooter. The victim passed away at the South Mississippi County Regional Medical Center minutes after being...