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Monticello Police responded to a report of a theft that occurred at Parkway Bank’s Gaines Street location, Thursday night around 8 p.m., back on March 12.
A business customer from a check cashing business was making a night deposit, when a subject that the man is familiar with, grabbed the items that were to be deposited, and fled the scene. Read the rest of this entry »
The Monticello division of the Drew County District Court welcomes a new court clerk, Heather Carter.
The District Court office is located in the back of the MEDC building, with parking behind the Police Department.
Note: the sign behind Ms. Carter was saved from a court program a few years ago, which allowed shoplifters to wear the sign at the store where they committed the crime, instead of serving time in jail.
Private First Class Mark Chapman has completed his tour of duty with the 1st Infantry Division ( The Big Red One ) Bravo Battery 2/32 Field Artillery Regiment Ft. Riley Kansas and returned home to his beloved Monticello Arkansas.
He attended Ft Sill Oklahoma for Basic training and trained as a 13 Bravo Cannon Crew Man training in all climates and places such as Ft. Erwin CA ( Mojave Desert ), conducting live fire with the M119A2 Howitzer were he became profisent in his skill as a crewman setting fuses, implacing the Howitzer, loading and firing the weapon with great skill. He also became skilled in Air Assault manuvers with the Howitzer slinging the weapon system under the Army Blackhawk and Chinook twin rotor helicopter. Read the rest of this entry »
The Collins – Cominto fire department will host their annual fundraiser this Saturday, May 2nd, from 5 pm to 7 pm.
The menu will be pulled pork or chicken, baked beans, potato salad,cole slaw and bread. Drink will be tea or koolaid, and desert will be included.
The Cominto Fire Station will be place to dine in or carry out.
Josh Johnson has been promoted to manager of the Johnson’s Warehouse Showroom in Monticello.
The photo shows his dad and granddad congratulating Josh for his new position.  Josh represents a third generation that has served Monticelloand the surrounding area for many years.  Sandra Hunt, a long time and valued employee, will assist support and encourage Josh and his new endeavor.
Josh said, “We would like to thank our many friends and customers for their support throughout the years, and trust that our values and service will earn your business in the future. We would also like to thank Larry Tucker for his many years of service. Larry was forced to retire due to health problems, and we wish him well in the future.”
On Saturday May 2, meet the new manager and enjoy free hot dogs and drinks between 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Johnson’s Warehouse Showroom
Join hosts Henry and Beth, along with their panel of listeners and guest experts, for a lively discussion of paranormal topics from ALL points of view!
The View is certainly not limited to ghost talk – instead, the show strives to cover all things that fall into the
category of “unexplained”, including Cryptozoology, Out of Body and Near Death Experiences, Extrasensory Perception, Mediumship, Alien Abduction and UFOs, Telekinesis, and much more.
The Allen House will be featured on The Paranormal View on the Para-X Radio Network powered by CBS! The show will air this Friday from 10 PM EST to Midnight. The Spencers will discuss the history and haunts of this beautiful historic site. Find out more about the show on their website.
Terrence Newman is holding a 5K walk/run at UAM on Saturday, May 2nd at 8 a.m. for Sickle Cell Awareness.
Cost will be as follows to Pre-registered $15; Race Day – $20.
All donations will be accepted and appreciated greatly ! For further information or a registration form, please contact Terrance Newman, through Drew Central Schools.
Come out and help support the cause !
According to Drew County Sheriff Mark Gober, 3 Wilmar men were arrested following an incident that occurred around 10 p.m. Thursday night, after deputies received a call about gunshots in the area. Read the rest of this entry »
Madison Norris, age 5, daughter of Bo & Stephanie Norris, collected $80.00 for Relay for Life.
Madison collected change for Relay for Life in honor of her “Grandpa Thomas” who had cancer.
Madison collected her change at Small Wonder Daycare.
Rhonda Brooks recieved “Hospice Volunteer of the Year” at a volunteer appreciation “Luau”, Saturday, hosted by Hospice Home Care staff of Monticello.
Rhonda’s husband, Sanders Brooks serves as pastor of Northside Baptist Church, here in Monticello.
Article reprinted from the Drew Central High School Peg-Leg Pirate Online News: By Elizabeth Borse
 
Thomas Pierce, Kaynesha Vincent, Fancie Jackson, Elizabeth Borse, Kassie Smethers, Ammie Garcia, Olivia Taylor, and Andra Barnette.
Drew Central Journalism students attended the Arkansas Scholastic Press Association Convention at the Peabody Hotel and Statehouse Convention Center on April 16-17 and for the fourth year in a row bring home multiple awards.
Along with Karon Parrish, journalism adviser, attending were seniors Andra Barnette, Fancie Jackson and Elizabeth Borse, juniors Kaynesha Vincent, Ammie Garcia, and Thomas Peirce, and sophomore Olivia Taylor. The convention aims to improve the work ethic of students who are interested in developing their skills in writing, layout design, and photography. Students participate in on-site contests that test their creative abilities in these areas. Students and advisers alike attend workshops that teach new ways to improve yearbooks and newspapers.
“We got advice from real-life journalists about working in the journalism field, and I was able to get an idea of what it is like in the real world. We really learned a lot,” said Jackson. Read the rest of this entry »
Wells Trucking of Monticello along with the Drew County Tee Ball and Sickle Cell will be presenting a benefit basketball game “Featuring Power 92 Jammers (The #1 Charity basketball team in Arkansas ) v/s The Monticello All-Stars” this Saturday, May 2 at the Monticello High School Gym.
There will be 2 pee-wee basketball games beginning at 6:00 with the Power 92 Jammers v/s Monticello All-Stars @ 8:00pm & special “Half-Time Entertainment”.
This is a charity event for Sickle Cell and Drew County Tee Ball. Admission is $5.00 for everyone. All admission proceeds will go the Sickle Cell, Inc. and all concession proceeds will go to the Drew County Tee Ball Association.
Please come out and support these two non-profit organizations. For more information, please contact Keith Wells @ 870-367-7384.
For Sale–55″ Phillips big screen tv.
If interested please call 870-538-5036.
Drew County Judge Damon Lampkin, Monticello Mayor Joe Rogers, Drew County Health Nurse Karen Brown, OES manager Bill Horn, DMH CEO Mike Layfield, and DMH ER manager Linda Orrell took part in a statewide conference call, Monday afternoon, discussing the potential effects of swine flu in Arkansas.
At this time, there are no confirmed cases of swine flu in Arkansas, but there have been approximately 50 confirmed cases of the illness nationwide, following 149 suspected deaths in Mexico from the disease.
Some schools in New York, Ohio, Texas, and California have canceled classes, which shows that this is a nationwide concern. Read the rest of this entry »
The Monticello Fire Dept. responded to the report of a residential fire at 3:30, Monday afternoon, which was actually a home filled with smoke from a skillet of grease that had been left turned on. Although the home was filled with smoke, the was no fire, but soon would have been.
While at the scene, Kelly Reid was returning to the dept., after completing the firefighter’s required courses at the State Fire Training Academy.
Congratulations, Kelly.
Provided by Edward Jones Investments, Monticello Branch Financial Advisor, Rena Day.
During difficult times in the financial markets, it can be hard to stay committed to investing. After all, if many of your investments have lost value, you might be tempted to just put your money under your mattress. But that’s not really a productive use of your funds, and it almost certainly won’t help you achieve your objectives. Read the rest of this entry »
Time: 8:00 amAll proceeds form the tournament will benefit The Carol Ann Foundation and International Morquio Organization as part of Scott Hawkins’s Senior Project.
Everyone is invited to the Monticello High School Band’s spring concert and awards ceremony. The concert will be held at the MMS Auditorium on Monday,April 27th at 7pm.
Please come and support the Monticello High School Band program at this free concert event.
It was announced at a recent Intermodal Authority meeting,  that SeaArk Marine has agreed to sign a “letter of intent” with the intermodal authority, which may eventually lead to the Monticello boat manufacturer re-locating to the new industrial site, just west of Monticello, across from the sports complex.
The intermodal authority has applied for a grant from the Economic Development Administration (EDA), and one of the requirement for further consideration is a promisory “letter of intent” from an industry that would become a part of the facility. This part of the process of finalizing the grant process will hopefully lead to funding by EDA. Read the rest of this entry »
Travis Haynes, age 21, a former Monticello resident, was arrested after yet another chase from local law enforcement officers, Thursday evening around 10 p.m.
Haynes, who now lives in Chicot County, was reported to have been seen at the Economy Inn, and multiple police agencies covered the area, since Haynes has run from officers several times in the past.
Haynes bailed out a window, and fled the scene before being captured and arrested a short distance south on HWY 425. Read the rest of this entry »
Bradley Hill and Brian Savage, of Russell Cellular, located in the North Park shopping center, showed their appreciation to the Monticello Police Dept. last Thursday, by providing the officers with a meal from Bruno’s Subs.
Russell Cellular represents Alltel cellular.
Wanted affordable trailer or motor home for rent.
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Call 501-760-2383.
If you would like to become an Avon Sales Representative, the start up fee is only $10.00.
If you want a recession proof home based business of your very own, work and earn as little or as much money as you want, Call Terrie at 870.224.2773.
Just a few days before students were to begin taking the Arkansas Benchmark Assessment, Drew Central held an assembly aimed at getting the students revved up and ready to tackle the exam.
Students created cheers, songs, and dances that rocked with motivational and inspirational messages. Several members of the school faculty let their hair down and lead cheers and boogied in the aisles. Some even braved the stage!
Who knew that Drew Central had its own American Idols? Mrs. Melanie Brotherton performed a dramatic rendition of “I Will Survive” followed by a duet with Mrs. Kristina Meeks entitled “We’ve Got Something to Talk About.”
Pictured are the Drew Central Hollywood Wannabes known as CW and the Soul Sisters. Lead vocalist, Mrs. Deborah Jones and back-up vocalist, Clark Wilmoth, delivered a stellar performance of “We’ve Got Soul, Man-Threes and Fours, Man” while Mrs. Rose Ann Adcock, Mrs. Melissa Eason, Mrs. Joy Holley, and Ms. Onnie Simpson got down with moves reminiscent of the Blues Brothers. Students left the assembly armed with “I Can” attitudes and the determination to “Do their BEST on the test!”
Students from the Monticello Occupational Education Center competed in the State SkillsUSA competition held in Hot Springs on April 14-15.
The following students were winners in their area of competition (from left to right):
3rd place Pipe Welding – Will Beaty
3rd place Precision Machining Technology – Dexter Smith
2nd place Technical Drafting – Caleb Bryant
2nd place Carpentry – Nick Cater
The Monticello City Council heard a presentation from ETC Engineering and Architects, Inc. in its regular meeting April 23. Two representatives of the company presented conceptual designs of a new splash pad at Jordan Park, a new fire station and a new city hall building.
PLANS FOR SPLASH PARK-CITY COUNCIL-2009-04-23 from MonticelloLive on Vimeo.
According to Perry Carr of ETC, they loosely based the design on a splash pad in Paragould, Ark., which totals 4,000 square feet. As the splash pad will be the only water feature at Jordan Park, the designers doubled the design of Monticello’s splash pad to 15,000 square feet. The design presented to the council Thursday evening totals approximately $600,000 with everything included.
The conceptual design places the splash pad near the existing pavilion at Jordan Park. The design features a concrete slab with several water features enclosed by an ornamental fence, as well as a new pavilion and benches inside and outside of the fence. Carr said they like to start big and cut back.
ETC may cut the design down by 10 percent to fit the budget. This will allow for a 10,000 square feet facility, which would cost $450,000. The smaller design may have less water features, but Carr said it will still be the most significant stand-alone splash pad in the state. Read the rest of this entry »
These students met the requirements for the Arkansas Long Term Care Facility Nursing Assistant Training and Competency Evaluation Program and are entitled to practice as a certified nursing assistant.
They obtained their classroom and clinical skills training through the Monticello Occupational Education Center under the instruction of Diane McRae.
Front Row; Monica Owens,Shanikia Williams, Brandi Painter, Whitnie Landsdale
Back Row; Kayla Guin, Tessa Cucurullo, Olivia Dottley, Klaire Wilson, Jessica Cruce, Megan Boykin
Not Pictured; Amy Flemister
For Sale—-10 acres of land with pond in Possumn Valley.
If interested call 367-1281 or 723-0251
For sale a 2008 Husqevarna rear tine self propelled garden tiller with less than 10 hours usage.
Practically same as new.
Price $500.00 This tiller cost $749.00 new.
Call Walter @ 723-7882 or 367-9881.
Congratulations to the following students who were selected as Monticello High School Students of the 3rd Quarter. These students were nominated by teachers and voted on by the entire staff at MHS.
The criteria for being selected is to exhibit Monticello High School’s nine guiding principles: Respect, Responsibility, Trustworthiness, Compassion, Perseverance, Optimism, Loyalty, Cooperation, and Courage.
For exhibiting such outstanding character these students were treated to lunch in town by MHS Principal Kenny Pennington.
Freshmen: Ben Adcock, Peyton Fletcher
Sophomores: Tyler Jones, Day Davis
Juniors: Javion Mitchell, Amy Flemister
Seniors: Mason Hooker, Krystal Johnson
Preventing child abuse and neglect is one of the most complex and sensitive duties of state government.
Case workers must balance the need to protect vulnerable children against the rights of parents. Children who suffer abuse and neglect tend to be bad parents when they grow up, so the cycle is repeated for generations. Breaking that cycle was the purpose of several pieces of legislation passed in the regular session. Read the rest of this entry »
The Drew Memorial Hospital Board met in regular session Wednesday afternoon.
Shannon Jackson was announced as the current Health Hero, and was presented a plaque for her efforts, which had received praise from hospital patients.
Items discussed included the ongoing negotiations in reference to the possibility of building a medical office building near the hospital.
The offer to purchase the McKiever buildings was declined by the bank and no counter proposal was offered. CEO Mike Layfield asked for, and was granted, permission by the hospital board to gather estimates to compare expanses of building a medical support facility next to the hospital, saying, “our goal is to not rent space,”  Board President Jim Searcy agreed, saying, “At 5% interest, that’s $1.2 million in debt over a 10-year period. That’s what we’re paying out now as an expanse.”
Layfield listed many possible uses for a medical support building, such as a possible wound care clinic, sleep center, home health services, and educational and training area, among several other uses. Read the rest of this entry »
South East Emergency Medical Services Inc. of Monticello is pleased to announce that they are offering CPR classes.
SEEMS is offering all levels of CPR.
To schedule your class contact SEEMS at 1-870-367-2300.
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