Around 3:45,  Monticello firefighters  were rolling up their hoses, after  successfully battling the fire at Drew Foam.

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The Monticello Fire Dept. was paged out to a fire at Drew Foam, Friday at 2:15 pm, (more…)

Winners at the Town and Gown Duplicate Bridge Club’s championship game on Monday, June 1 were:

North-South Pairs
1st Joann Hawley and Lowell Lynde
2nd Peggy Chapman and Mildred Miles
3rd Jane Lucky and Maedene Weser

East-West Pairs
1st Sandra Lloyd and Jean Palsa
2nd Joy and Fritz Hudson
3rd Margaret Norton and Don Stephan

According to Prosecuting Attorney Thomas Deen, 2 local women are facing felony charges, following the death of an unborn infant, and the actions that followed.

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Sylvia Banks and Haleigh Tucker, of the Discovery Skills Center, presented a check to Karen Connelley for the SEARK Miracle League.

The clients at Discovery Skills Center held their annual Lip Sync Show, with the proceeds going to the SEARK Miracle League.

Happy 5th Birthday Crayton.

Love your family:).

Zach McClendon, of Union Bank and Trust, has been appointed to the State Banking Board, by Governor Asa Hutchinson.

The appointment, which was announced Tuesday, expires December 31, 2019.

Monticello attorney Lee Douglas Curry of the law firm Gibson & Keith, PLLC has been elected to a three year term in the House of Delegates of the Arkansas Bar Association.

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It’s the time of year when many people in Arkansas are finding newborn wildlife. The state is blessed with an abundance of wildlife and their offspring.

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At 3:50, Tuesday afternoon, a head-on collision near the LincolnCounty line temporarily closed traffic.

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On April 29, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department answered a call from a juvenile on HWY 114 West regarding a shooting which left the juvenile injured from an apparent gunshot wound. (more…)

Law enforcement officers from Ashley and Drew County gave their time and effort on Wednesday, May 22nd to participate in the Area 12 leg of the 2015 Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) for Special Olympics Arkansas.

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The Drew Central Elementary fourth grade students participated in an Arkansas Words Spelling Bee. This bee was a part of the Arkansas History Unit. The students spent a week practicing and learning to spell words like Arkansans, Ouachita River, & many more. These three students were the overall winners for fourth grade.

Left to right:
First Place Florisela Gregoria , Second Place, Kaiya Williams, & Third Place Lana Boykin

Happy birthday to Brenda Reed,

(Shown here with T.G.Sheppard)

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Missionary Shirley Vincent was born May 3, 1940 in Portland Arkansas to the late James and Callie Mae Nelson and passed on May 25, 2015. She was a member of Revival Center East, Dermott, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by, a brother, twin daughters , and a son. She is survived by two daughters, Shirley McCants and Elizabeth Marthel. 5 sons, Calvin Davis Sr., Robert Marshall Sr., Johnnie Davis, Rodney Marshall, Gene Marshall, one brother James Nelson,43 grandchildren and 51 great-grandchildren.

Services were entrusted to Christian Brothers Funeral Home and were held May 28^th at The Revival Center Church.

Improvements to Highway 165 will require a partial closure northeast of Dermott, according to AHTD officials.

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