David and Regina Gorman, of Monticello, are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Whitney Nicole Gorman, to Shaun Anthony Payne. (more…)

Saturday around 10:30 am near the Jackson & Shelton Street intersection,  there was a thanks playpen filled with women’s clothes, shoes and my grandson’s baby quilt.

It was set outside for a relative to pick up, but it seems someone thought it was discarded. Whoever picked it up, is asked to return it, especially the blanket, because of its  sentimental value.

If you have it can you please call Michelle at 870 723 8807 or just put it in my mailbox

The grand opening for the Miracle League playground and fall season is a miracle league will be held at the sports complex Saturday morning at 9 AM.

SEARK Reading Council held their first meeting of the 2018-19 school year on September 24,
2018 at the Drew Central Middle School Library with a “Fall Into Reading”Theme. (more…)

The Koinonia Christian Home School Support Group will be meeting on Thursday Sept 20th.

For details please contact Mary at 1 (870) 723-7758.

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1st annual Jerry Woodall Memorial Race for Life on September 29.

Register here….

Governor Asa Hutchinson has announced the names of his eight appointees to the new State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services, which assumed oversight of the funeral industry on July 1. (more…)

Southeast Arkansas Community Action Corporation Governing Board of Directors will meet in a regular scheduled board meeting on Tuesday, August 21, 2018. The meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. and will be held at the Lake Village Fire Station, 2017 HWY 65-82 South, in Lake Village, Arkansas. The meeting is open to the public. SEACAC serves Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha and Drew Counties in Southeast Arkansas. (more…)

Market in the Park Farmer’s Market is Open Saturday at the Rodney Shelton Foss Minipark (Usual location on South Main Street).

Market starts at 8:00 a.m. and now runs until noon every Saturday through October.

Come visit our vendors to get your fresh produce as well as honey, baked goods, hand crafted soaps and jewelry. Check out our Facebook and Instagram accounts for more information.

The Arkansas Cancer Coalition (ACC) is excited to award Mainline Health Systems, Inc. with a grant in the amount of $53,951.76 to implement cancer control efforts that support the Arkansas Cancer Plan. This funding source will help to research the latest cervical cancer information, educate staff and patients on that information, and promote cervical cancer awareness. (more…)

Pictured front row left to right: Claudia Horton, Brenda Chisom- EHC County President and Anne Hiebsch
Back row left to right: Juanita Webb, Hazelene McCray, County Extension Agent, and Patricia Kulbeth (more…)

The Arkansas Bar Association honored Monticello attorney Katelyn Busby with the Lawyer Community Legacy Award on June 14th during the association’s annual meeting at the Hot Springs Convention Center. (more…)

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Cornerstone Christion Academy would like to congratulate Dr. John Austin Beatty on his recent accomplishment. Austin is a co-valedictorian graduate of the 2010 class of C.C.A. He is the son of Misty (C.C.A. teacher) and John W. Beatty (Drew County Sheriff’s Dept.) of Collins.

Austin is a 2014 graduate of UAM in Monticello with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Biochemistry. He is also a 2018 graduate of UAMS in Little Rock where he earned his Doctor of Medicine degree. Dr. Beatty will begin his internship in Tulsa, Oklahoma this summer with In His Image Family Medicine Residency Program.  CongratulationsAustin!!!

Southeast Arkansas Community Action Corporation Governing Board of Directors will meet in a regular scheduled board meeting on Tuesday July 17, 2018. The meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. and will be held at the SEACAC Complex, (more…)

The 2018 Scholarship Recipients: (R-L) BreAuna Bailey-Warren High School, Zadrian Goodwin- Monticello High School, Mikayla McGregor-Monticello High School and Emberley Riley-Monticello High School.

NAACP local Branch #6042 hosted a Baccalaureate Ceremony on May 20, 2018 to present its local scholarships. Scholarship Chair, Sheena Garrard, reported “It was our goal to provide a scholarship opportunity for 2018 Seniors who attend Dermott, Drew Central, Monticello, and Warren High Schools. The purpose of the scholarship was to encourage student participation in a post-secondary program of study and to relieve a portion of the financial burden. We would also like to thank the NAACP members and community leaders for their generous donations towards this scholarship. (more…)

From the United Kingdom to Arkansas, research forester’s silvicultural histories are recognized. The Editorial Board of Forestry, an international journal of forest research recently  awarded Don Bragg, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service, the “2017 Percy Stubbs, John Bolton King and Edward Garfitt Prize for Silviculture” for advancing silviculture research. (more…)

Extension Homemakers Cooking Club will meet Thursday evening, May 24th, at 6 p.m., at the Courthouse Club Room.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

Monticello’s graduation will be held tonight at 8 PM.

Location has been changed to the Monticello high school gym.

Tickets for the graduation were issued to the seniors, yesterday. These tickets will be required to gain seating to the graduation, tonight.

The On-Premise Sales team of Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, with distribution centers in Camden and Little Rock, AR and Memphis, TN, recently came together for a project benefiting Options, Inc.

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The Kim’s Dance Factory Competition Team under the direction of Rachel Kellum recently competed in The Triumph National Talent Competition in Benton, Arkansas (more…)

Hospice Home Care of Monticello would like to show our gratitude for each one of our volunteers! Without you, our volunteer program would not be a huge success!! Volunteers make our world go round!!

“Great things are brought about and burden are lightened through the efforts of many hands anxiously engaged in a good cause” – Elder M. Russell Ballard

Thank you so much for your help in showing the appreciation to our volunteers.

Students from Monticello Dance Academy’s competition team competed at Dance Showcase USA Regionals in Maumelle April 7th and 8th. MDA took a total of 36 routines to the event. Routines are scored on an adjudicated system of points with Elite Platinum being the highest, then Platinum, Elite Gold, and Gold. They receive a first, second, or third within their category, and then placed in the overall for their respective age and level of competition! (more…)