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According to Drew County Sheriff Mark Gober, Saturday, Deputy James Slaughter was attempting to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle for crossing the fog line and driving left of center.

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Larry Allen of Monticello was the drawing winner for a Remington model 770 Youthmaster 243 rifle.

The drawing was held as a part of the Robin Hood for Judge Campaign.

Political ad paid for by Robin Hood for Drew County Judge.

Happy 5th Birthday Kamiah Powell

From Mom & Dad

According to Sheriff Mark Gober, authorities with the Drew County Sheriff’s Department, Monticello Police Department, and Drug Task Force executed a search warrant on Thursday, October 25th, at a residence at Oak View Apartments on West Jackson Street.

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Words do not adequately express the love shown to our family during the loss of our Brian. We deeply appreciate everything. Brian was a special loving man and will be missed greatly. Please continue to pray for our family.

The family of Brian Savage

The Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission has dropped it’s pending charges against former Drew County District Judge Ken Harper, after Harper, who recently resigned as District Judge, also resigned from his upcoming term, and promised never to serve in the Arkansas judiciary in the future.

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Re-allocation of Funds to Park Projects from MonticelloLive on Vimeo.

MEDC Report from MonticelloLive on Vimeo.

The MHS forensics team earned a First Place Sweepstakes Award at their first tournament of the year which was held at Little Rock Central. Seven powerful performers brought home the awards: Rebecca Stephenson earned 1st place in Dramatic Interpretation, 1st place in Prose Interpretation, and 2nd place in Poetry Interp.

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Wanted: Part-time para-professional to work in a kindergarten classroom ½ day
Qualifications: High School diploma; Highly qualified – 60 hours of college credit or passing score on the Para-Professional assessment
Availability: Immediately
Salary: Salary schedule – based on years experience and education level
Benefits: None
Applications available at Drew Central elementary office.
Equal Opportunity Employer.

Crossett Police Dept. has confirmed that the search for 3 Crossett youths has come to a safe conclusion, late Tuesday morning following their disappearance, Monday.

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Drew County 4-H Poultry Club was well represented at the Arkansas State Fair Poultry show this weekend. The first 3 places in Junior Showmanship Competition went to Drew County students. Pictured are (l to r) Sunni Deb Weaver, 3rd place, Ethan Graves, 2nd place and Bree-anne Lanthrip, 1st place.

Ethan’s Black Modern Game pullet was chosen to win Reserve Champion Modern.

Students from Monticello Dance Academy competed in the Arkansas State Fair Youth Talent Show Finals on Saturday night, October 20th. The tap dance group “It Don’t Matter” consisting of Charlee Carter, Mary Beth Wigley, Emmalee Satterlee, Alex Jones, Ashlen McRae, and Bliss Jaggers won the dance group division Thursday night at the semi-finals and advanced to Saturday night’s finals. At the finals they won the dance group division and $500.

Charlee Carter also competed at the semi-finals on Thursday night with her tap routine to “Pencil Full of Lead” and advanced to the finals. She won the dance solo division at the finals as well as $500.

These girls are under the instruction of Allison Neill and are in their 7th, 8th, and/or 9th year of dance at MDA.

The Leadership Council of Ward 1 are hosting a Candidates Forum, featuring Candidates For Drew County Judge, tonight, Monday, October 22nd, at 6 pm at Revival Center’s Alpha Brooks Fellowship Hall, 311 South Pine St.

Candidates Jesse Griffin, Robert Akin and Robin Hood all plan to attend.

Drew Memorial is seeking applicants for the following positions:

Nursing – RN, LPN, Pool and Fulltime

Part time Ultrasound Tech

Quality Department Executive Assistant

Applications & Information available online

The Monticello School District will report its progress in completion of compliance with the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools at the public meeting on Tuesday, October 23rd at 7:00 p.m. in the Monticello Middle School Auditorium. All parents and the community are invited and encouraged to attend.

A memorial fund has been set up at Commercial Bank in memory of Brian Savage.

Memorial contributions to this fund are being requested in lieu of flowers by his family.

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Kelly Reid received the Fireman of the Year Award from Lions Club President Don Hogue, along with a $100 check from Lions Club for the annual award.

Kelly is married to Melissa, a Kindergarten Teacher at Monticello Elementary School. They have two children, John Parker, age 5 years, and Jay Dylan, age 9 months.

Kelly trains fellow firemen and teaches at the Arkansas Fire Academy in Camden. He also volunteers as a referee at Jr High football games. In his “spare time” Kelly said he loves to hunt and fish.

Fire Chief Steve Faulkner selected Kelly for the award from 11 full time firemen and 14 volunteers on the City force. Chief Faulkner said the Fire Department has been successful in lowering the fire insurance rating down to four from five last year. This lower rating will significantly reduce fire insurance premiums in future years.

The Southeast Arkansas Intermodal Authority met Wednesday with engineers and the involved funding entities.

Here is the report from SalineRiverChronicle.com.

Constance Thompson, supervising officer in charge of Pine Bluff Post Offices and Terry Gillum of the White Hall Post Office, led a United States Postal Service public meeting at the Wilmar City Hall, Wednesday evening, to announced their recent survey results, and the future of the Wilmar Post Office to a room full of concerned residents.

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Last night, 1,442 Entergy customers were without power; at 3 pm, that number was down to 124.

The outage map is posted below, along with storm damage photos from State School Road, where two trees fell on a mobile home, as the family was trying to leave the residence, and another home at the intersection of S. Gabbert and E. Jackson, where a tree section fell onto a truck and home.

Wednesday morning, around 6:50 am, there was a car crash on HWY 4 near Arkansas City, where both drivers lost their lives.

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