Monticello Live

The tornado warning sirens will be tested EVERY Wednesday, at noon.

This will take place, unless it is extremely cloudy or storms are likely.

The Drew County Quorum Court meeting has been rescheduled from Monday, July 16th to Monday, July 23rd.

It will be held at 6 PM in the justice building, formerly the old library.

In response to today’s formal lifting of the injunction that halted the issuance of licenses, cultivation licenses were awarded to the following companies:
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According to reports from Wednesday’s meeting, the previous owners of Arkansas Midland Railroad did not get approval from Union Pacific to install the crossing of the intermodal access road, before authorizing the intermodal authority to build the road across the track at its current location and where to install the switch.

Railroad officials notified the contractor of the problem as the road was reaching the railroad right-of-way. That was the first time anyone local knew this was an issue.

The specific problem is that according to Union Pacific, the railroad track swith and the road crossing must be a specific distance away from each other.




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After the presentation from The Call of Drew County, the Rotary club presented their organization with a check for $750, to help support their projects.

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ATTENTION DREW COUNTY SOLID WASTE CUSTOMERS
There will be a TRASH ROUTE SCHEDULE CHANGE for FRIDAY TRASH ROUTE CUSTOMERS ONLY.

Starting April 5, 2018 your trash day will be THURSDAY.

Due to scheduling changes we will no longer have a Friday trash route.

No other days will be affected.

There will be a 5th Friday bulk pick-up March 30th for Drew County Solid  Waste customers. (more…)

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According to SalineRiverChronicle.com
during his monthly report to the Bradley County Quorum Court, County Judge Klay McKinney updated the Court on the status of the planned private prison to be built in Bradley or Drew County. (more…)