Friday morning, at approximately 6:15 AM, Drake Woods, age, 19 of Monticello, lost his life in a single vehicle crash in Lincoln County, on Highway 425.

According to ASP, Woods’Dodge Ram exited the roadway on the left and drove across the concrete bridge rail, before becoming airborne and overturning, coming to rest on its passenger side.

A Monticello area man was reported missing, earlier this afternoon. He has since been located and is safe. He was found visiting at a friends home.

MHSI’s two new maternal health research
coordinators, Cyndy Woods and Pam Leeper, traveled to Little Rock this week for training
at the Community Health Centers of Arkansas headquarters. The University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences (UAMS) is partnering with the Community Health Centers of Arkansas
(CHCA) for a maternal health research program, Delivering HOPE (Helping Women
Optimize Prenatal Equity).

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Amy Abney, former president of Second Chance Fur Dogs, a local Monticello charity, acccepted a guilty plea, Wednesday, in Drew County Circuit Court for theft of property.

Abney also agreed to reimburse the charity $20,000, with $8000 of that to be paid immediately.

Statements from court indicate that she “borrowed” the money out of a lock box at a local bank, with one other person’s knowledge from the group, but not with the board’s permission.

It was suggested during court, that the 10 year probation would give Abney enough time to fully reimburse the charity.

She has agreed to testify against another defendant, in a separate case involving the charity’s missing funds.