Drew Central East students Amanda Moore and Kristina Stewart raised $500 for the Pets Are Worth Saving shelter, (PAWS).
The money was raised by writing and recieving a $250 matching grant from Wal-Mart. The match was made by bake sales, rummage sales and donations.
The money was used to buy 31 bags of dog food.
Around 10 p.m. Friday night, the driver of this HHR lost control of his vehicle, as he was traveling west on HWY 278, 2 miles east of Monticello.
The vehicle left the roadway, traveling sideways around 100 feet, before crossing a driveway and becoming airborne.
Across the driveway, the HHR struck a tree, most likely with the lower part of the driver’s door panel, before coming to a stop.
Arkansas State Trooper Matt Outlaw worked the wreck, assisted by two other troopers.
The original call came in as a “trapped in vehicle”, so the fire and rescue teams responded, along with Monticello Police, and Drew County Sheriff’s Dept.
MASI transported the driver (who was standing and talking to bystanders at the scene), and Triple A towed the HHR.
Lt. Steven Stain of the Monticello Police Dept. wore a “non-traditional law enforcement color” pink shirt to work this morning.
In an effort to show department unity, when Stain returned to the station from a call, he found Ginger Norris, Trish Harvey, Chief Robert Rosegrant, and Cpt. Eddy Deaton wearing pink shirts. as well.
(Note, this picture is not “payback” for running the birthday story posted below.)
Joe Burgess, of MonticelloLive.com, complied with unofficial police dept. requests today and posted his own birthday on MonticelloLive.com.
After several readers pointed out, “if you posted my birthday, you ought to put your own out there for everyone to know about”, he agreed.
Shown here are Lt. Steven Stain, Burgess, and Sgt. Jerald Clarke.
Around 3 p.m., a Chevrolet Silverado (pulling a livestock trailer with 2 horses) had it’s anti-lock brakes fail, causing the truck to collide with the rear of a Chrysler SUV.
No one needed medical attention. The Monticello Police Dept. worked the accident. J.A.Goad towed the Chrysler.
Traffic in one lane was blocked, while the other lanes continued to carry the after-school traffic.
The 2 horses inside of the trailer remained calm, and were un-injured.
Around 8 o’clock this morning, the driver of a state highway dept. truck attempted a U-turn on HWY 425 North at the Circle Acres intersection, causing the dump trucks trailer, along with the front-end-loader it was hauling to overturn, blocking one lane of HWY 425 closing any turning traffic.
Sand was used to clean up the spillage. Monticello Police responded, and the vehicle will be removed by the AHTD, upon arrival of a larger truck from Pine Bluff.
The road re-opened around 9 a.m.
Art students at Drew Central High School competed in the Southeast Regional Art Show. Their works were hung in Spencer Gallery at UAM. (more…)
Around 2:;30 Wednesday afternoon, the driver of this Cadillac 4 door sedan, had it’s brakes fail, causing the car to cross the shoulder and strike a roadside tree, approximately 7 miles from Monticello, on Winchester Road.
The driver was transported to Drew Memorial by SEEMS. The Drew County Sheriff’s Dept. worked the wrecked. The vehicle was towed by Triple A Towing.
James Daniels, age 23 of Monticello, drove to the Monticello Police Dept, with the intention of filing a police report. Upon arrival, Daniels was arrested and charged with DWI, after failing a field sobriety test.
He also admitted to the officer, during the test, that he had recently “smoked a blunt”.
Daniels’ vehicle was towed, and he was transported to the Drew County Detention Facility.
Michael Hudson and Dailyn Johnston are pictured with the trophies they received at the Regional American Taekwondo Association Tournament in Conway Saturday.
Michael is currently a black belt reccomended and Dailyn is currently a camo belt.
Both students are instructed by Chelle Danley.
Elected leaders of Ward 1 and District 1 met in a “town hall” forum Monday night, to welcome input from their constituents, on upcoming issues that face the local governing bodies. (more…)
Monticello and Drew Central EAST students recently met with Mr. John Slater, Urban Forest Partnership Coordinator with the Arkansas Forestry Commission, Mr. Eric Myer and Mr. Jerry Lynn to learn how to collect the data for the Tree City USA tree inventory project they are collaborating on.
Dr. Jack Lassiter, chancellor at UAM, was appointed last week to the Criminal Justice Institute Advisory Board, by Gov. Mike Beebe.
The appointment will expire on January 14, 2013.
The Music Listening Lab in the Taylor Library and Technology Center at the University of Arkansas at Monticello recently acquired a collection of 31 operatic CDs from the estate of the late Dr. Walter Moffatt of Monticello. (more…)
Middle School Student of the Month for February: Not shown in order:
Clayton Whitaker, Tiarra Nelms, TyQuarius Gardner, Hailey Deal, Bradley Deal, Lindee Eubanks, Madison Knowles, David Crook, Taylor Barnett
Around 40 local residents packed the meeting room of the Monticello Chamber of Commerce office Friday morning to visit with, hear reports from, and ask questions of 4 of our 6Â local state legislators.
State Senator Jimmy Jeffress, joined by Representatives Greg Reep, Eddie Cheatham, and Robert Moore. each presented a summary of their legislative efforts, and highlighted several specific items. (more…)
Monticello High School EAST students attended the Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership (TICAL), in Little Rock where they were the presented several of their noted projects.
Students led informative sessions for administrators across the state. Pictured left to right are: Bethannee Horn, Skye Austin, Filiberto Escamilla, Keturah West (Facilitator), Jake Curry, Tyler Collins, Art Singlton.
When thinking of adding a dog to your family, many question if adoption is as good of a choice as buying from a breeder or a pet store. Often times concerns about the dog’s behavior, ability to adjust to home life, and general temperament are expressed to me from those considering adopting one of our rescue dogs. These are all very valid concerns, no matter where you are searching for your new family member. To help those curious about dog adoption learn a little more in regards to how “pound puppies” fit into families, I thought sharing a few of the numerous emails from adoptive families would be helpful.From Alicia in Monticello: (more…)
Commercial Bank recently sponsored “The Cutest Kid” contest, to support “Relay for Life”.
Friday was the last day of the contest, and the winner was announced.
Nick Chapman, the 7 month old son of Nathan and Melissa Chapman’s photo was chosen as the winner.
Nick’s photo showed him wearing a camouflage chef’s hat and bib.
Nick’s dad, the owner of Nates Place, has also been seen wearing camouflage, as he did while being a part of the winning team at last years Rough & Ready Days Chicken Cook Off.
Nick will received a trophy and a “goody bag” on Monday
Monticello Babe Ruth Softball is seeking umpires for the 2009 season.
The season will begin in mid-April. All umpires must be certified through the Babe Ruth umpiring program.
For more information please contact Joey Norton at 460-5983.
The Monticello High School Junior Class will be having a cookout at Piggly Wiggly, today from 10:00 – 3:00.
Inlcuding:
BBQ Sandwiches–$1.00
Slab of Ribs——$12.00
Boston Butts (10-12 lbs.)—$25.00 each.Â
. This is for a great cause for the students to be able to have a safe place to hang out all night on Prom Night.
Please help us out if you can!!!!!!!!!
Robert Williams, Area V Director, Department of Human Services, has announced the selection of Jacqueline Bryant as the new County Administrator for the Department of Human Services (DHS), Division of County Operations. (more…)
A class in Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, taught to all law enforcement across the U.S. was held in McgGehee last week, by trained instructors, including Sgt. Hank Hollinger of the Monticello Police Dept. The class teaches everything from the statistics of test accuracy, to performing the test correctly, and how to articulate the test results in court.
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Front row L to R: Bill Horn, Jeff Jackson, Lee Fleming, Ray Singleton and Kenny Cox. Back row L to R: UAM ofc., Brad Johnston, Hank Hollinger, Rex Davis and UAM ofc.
Around 3:30 a.m., the residents of a mobile home located in the 1000 block of HWY 278 West called Monticello Police Dispatch, and reported a fire in the dryer area of the residence.
The Monticello Fire Dept. quickly responded to the call, and extinguished the fire, limiitng the damage to the area near the dryer.
The Drew Central 4th Grade Gifted and Talented Class has been learning how to plan for long-term projects by making boats.
For one month, they drew plans, gathered materials, made boats, and added personal details. (more…)
According to Lt. Jason Akers of the Tenth Drug Task Force, a Monticello man is facing felony drug charges after being arrested by Task Force Agents and Monticello Police Officers on Wednesday. (more…)
WINNING TEAM – (From left) Freddie Gibson of Winchester, Caleb Satterlee of Monticello, and Michael Howard of Linden, Tex., show off their first place trophy from the 2009 Arkansas Collegiate Programming Contest.
SECOND PLACE – (From left) Kyle Knight of Hamburg, Calvin Davis of Monticello, and Richard Vaughn of DeWitt placed second in the CIS COBOL division.
Computer programming teams from the University of Arkansas at Monticello captured first and second place in the CIS COBOL division of the 2009 Arkansas Collegiate Programming Contest held last week at the University of Central Arkansas. (more…)
It was announced at Wednesday’s intermodal authority meeting that there is a possiblilty that there may be grants available for a total of $2.3 million. (more…)
The University of Arkansas at Monticello has been approved to host a chapter of Psi Chi National Psychology Honor Society, according to Dr. Trey Berry, dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. (more…)
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