Monticello Live

Gun Show, Saturday 9-5 and Sunday 9-4 at the Homer Pace Auditorium , and the Drew County Fairgrounds

Buy, sell, and trade; modern and antique firearms.

 

70 tables, mostly guns, with all types of guns.

$5.OO admission, children undert 12 free.  Law enforcement in uniform free.

Presented by G&S Gun Show, who directed last Februray’s gun show, here, in Monticello.

Just before 11 o’clock Saturday night, two Dumas juveniles were driving through Monticello’s City Park, and were seen shooting a stop sign (located at Henley & S. Borchardt St.) with what was believed to be a small caliber rifle.

An imediate phone call came into Monticello police dispatch saying the pair were leaving the scene in a dark Chevy pick-up, with Monticello Mayor Joe Rogers following them, providing police with direction of travel.

Officers attempted to follow the Chevy truck, as it traveled north on HWY 425, east on Gaines, and then north on Hyatt St., where it was stopped by officers from Monticello Police, Drew County Deputies, and Arkansas State Police. (more…)

Usually the follow up reports after a local festival don’t include arrest reports, but for the second consecutive year, this has been the case in Monticello. (more…)

According to 10th Judicial Prosecuting Attorney Thomas Deen, a laboratory analysis of cocaine seized in Drew County in May has revealed the presence of a potentially dangerous drug used as a cutting agent to dilute the cocaine. The Arkansas State Crime Lab detected levamisole, a medication that is widely used as an animal dewormer, combined with cocaine base. (more…)

Top left-Robin Hood Family,
Top right-Food Vendors,
Next left-National Guard rock climbing wall,
Next right-Dale Jr.s National Guard NASCAR Chevy,

 

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The University of Arkansas at Monticello will receive $2.514 million from the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act to fund energy-saving projects for the campus that could result in an annual savings of $300,000 on the university’s utility bills. (more…)

 Sheilla Lampkin of Monticello would like to announce her candidacy for State Representative, District 10, in the May, 2010, Democratic Primary. The district covers the northern half of Drew County and parts of Lincoln and Cleveland counties. (more…)

The photo selected as this week’s “Flag of the Week” was taken near Gardner Plaza, where P.Q. Gardner, of Gardner Realty, is likely responsible for having flags displayed at 3 store fronts in a row.

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Annette Hall
March 18, 1944 – August 6, 2009

Visitation
Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home
943 Highway 425 North
Monticello , AR 71657
8/8/2009 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm

Funeral Service
Oak Grove Assembly of God
Oakland & Hwy 138
Monticello , AR 71655
8/9/2009 2:00 PM

Internment
Oakland Cemetery
300 North Hyatt St.
Monticello, AR 71655

Memorial contributions
Oak Gove Assembly of God Bld. Fund
Oakland & Hwy 138
Monticello, AR 71655
or
UAM Friends of Music
University Drive
Monticello, AR 71656

Annette Kellum Hall, age 65 of Monticello, went to be with her Lord August 6, 2009, at UAMS Hospital in Little Rock, AR. Born March 18, 1944 in Line, AR, she was the daughter of the late Isaac Jacob Kellum and Annie Christerlene Burchfield Kellum. She was preceded in death by a brother, Harold Kellum and her baby sister, Laura Jean Kellum.

She was the Department Head of the Division of Music at the University of Arkansas at Monticello and a member of the Oak Grove Assembly of God Church. She was also member and past-president of the National Federation of Music Clubs, Arkansas Federation of Music Clubs and the Monticello Music Club.

Mrs. Hall was a member of the National Association of Schools of Music, Music Educators National Conference, National Association of Teachers of Singing and Pi Kappa Lambda, which is a national music honor society. She established the Friends of Music scholarship at UAM to enable students to pursue their education in music. She was also selected in 1986 as a Distinguished Alumnus by the University of Arkansas at Monticello Alumni Association.

Survivors include her husband, Barry Hall of Monticello; two sons, Dane Hall and wife, Paula of Bryant and Christopher Todd Hall of Las Vegas, NV; one brother, N.L. “Donnie” Kellum and wife, Martha of Monticello; two grandchildren, Garrett Hall and Abigail Hall both of Bryant; five special nieces, Regina Rhodes, Gayle Brown, Michelle Lay, Kathy Lyon-Pace and Melissa Hauser; one nephew, Michael Kellum; and her extended family members, Linda Orrell and Trenia Martin.

Pallbearers are Mike Hall, Lawayne Young, Richard Russell, Larry Williamson, Billy Shelby, Benny King, Bobby Farley, Devin Burns and Wes Thompson.

The Jacksonville Jaguars announced yesterday the signing of former University of Arkansas at Monticello wide receiver Clarence Denmark.

Denmark was signed as a rookie free agent and is currently participating in the Jaguar’s pre-season training camp.

Below is a portion of the release sent from the Jacksonville Jaguars Media Relations office:
The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed rookie free agent wide receiver Clarence Denmark. A native of Jacksonville, Denmark played the last two seasons at Arkansas-Monticello after transferring from Troy University. (more…)