Monticello Live

Since news doesn’t stop for the holiday season, MonticelloLive will be covering any local news that developes during the holiday season.  No meetings are planned, but you never know when something “newsworthy” will take place.

Keep checking MLive to know what’s going on in Drew County;  we’ll watch the news; so you can watch football and the family.

MLive took this photo of 5 southeast Arkansas County Judges, at a library meeting, earlier this year.

Shown here areLincoln County Judge Charles Capps, Drew County Judge Damon Lampkin, Desha County Judge Mark McElroy, Bradley County Judge Keith Neely and Chicot County Judge Mack Ball.

Capps, Lampkin, and Emory Austin (of Ashley Co.) are retiring.  McElroy and Mike Holcomb (of Jefferson Co.) were elected to serve in the legislature.  Neely and Ball were re-elected as Judges.

Burning leaves.  Some folks hate it;  many folks do it.

This photo shows one of the larger “leaf piles” that we’ve seen in a while, on Oakland St.

If you burn leaves, please monitor the fire, and keep a water hose close at hand.

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10th Jjudicial District Circuit Judge Kenny Johnson has been appointed to the Arkansas Supreme Court’s child support committee for a four-year term.

The committee issues recommendations to the court regarding child support issues in the state.

The Drew Central School Board held a special meeting Friday, to hire an attorney to represent them in a complaint filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by a former employee.

The employee, who was released last year as part of the district’s fiscal distress process, charges the district dismissed him because of his race, age and as a form of retaliation.

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Happy 4th Birthday, Rylie Cate.

Love Nonna and Papow.

The winners of the Advantages’ Gun Raffle were Danielle Atwood of Monticello, AR won the Remington 270, and David Doss won the $100.00 gas card.

We would like to thank everyone who bought a ticket or helped sell tickets to support our fundraiser.

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Someone found a 1979 ladies MHS class ring in the Ozment Bluff area.

Call 308-2781 to identify.

While everyone else was celebrating Christmas day, our local First Responders were at work, serving the community, like they do every other day of the year.

Lacey – Ladelle Fire Dept. put out a fire at a work shed behind a HWY 425 home, Christmas Day.

MPD dispatched a Drew County Sheriff’s Deputy to a truck accident, Christmas Day. No one was reportedly injured.

C&L Electric crews worked to restore power on Valley Junction Road, after a tree fell, bringing down a power line.

Sydney and Mallory Fallon found enough snow to make a snowman!

At 10 pm, multiple weather sources forecast 1-3 inches of snow for Drew County, overnight.

However, even though snow was reported from all around the county, it seems only  a “dusting” took place; mostly between 8:30 and 10:00 o’clock.

Drew County Department of Human Services will be under the inclement weather policy, Wednesday.

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Selma

Parkwood

Cooper St.

Northgate

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Allen Drive Area

See TubaChristmas.com for more information.

Students from Discovery Children’s Center visited the Couthouse and  Town Square, Wednesday, singing Christmas Carols. The annual field trip has been a highlight for 3, 4, and 5 year olds for several years.

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Dear Santa,
I have been very helpful and I was usually nice.Santa can you please give me a XBox 360 Kinect and a 3DS.Can you give a game for each please.CAN I get another sleigh bell too.AND the movie Santa Paws 2 THE SANTA PUPS.PLEASE!I will promise to be good everywhere if you give me these things. PLEASE!I will BELIEVE FOREVER Santa Claus.PROMISE!
LOVE,
RAYMOND CARMINE
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(From 1967)
Dear Santa Claus,
I am in the second grade.
I want a bicycle and a box of candy.
I’m good sometimes and sometimes I am bad.

Your friend,
Sanders

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During Saturday morning’s “Shop with a Cop” sponsored by Walmart, Monticello Police officers took 23 children and teenagers shopping at Walmart, with $100 to spend on each one of them.

The officer that was with one 10 year old boy asked him,  “Where do you want to start.”  Most kids would answer toys or games, but this child’s reply was, “I want to buy my Mommy something for Christmas.”  He wanted to buy her jewelry, so they went to that department and picked out a ring for her.

Next the officer asked him, “What do you want to get now.”  His reply was, “I want to buy me something to wear for Christmas,” so off the clothes they went.

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