BLYTHEVILLE — Osceola officials are angry about the process in which justices are consolidating Mississippi County's two seats into a larger courthouse in Blytheville.
Earlier this year, Randy Carney, county judge of Mississippi County, and several members of the Mississippi County Quorum Court began moving forward with plans to consolidate the county's two courthouses in Blytheville and Osceola. The Jonesboro Sun reports that Osceola officials weren't happy with the decision and retained former Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel to represent the city.
McDaniel said Carney and Osceola Mayor Dickie Kennemore recently agreed that the city's courthouse would remain a functioning county seat. But Justice Michael White, who spearheaded the consolidation effort, told the newspaper Tuesday that the Osceola courthouse eventually will be repurposed.
Kennemore claims White is changing the terms again.