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Hollie Cephas came before the Drew County Circuit Court Tuesday, facing charges of theft and credit card fraud, after swindling an elderly Monticello lady out of over $36,000.

The Monticello School District, in coordination with the Drew County Office of Emergency Management, will host the county’s annual full-scale emergency exercise drill on July 8, 2008 from 8:00 a.m. until noon.  Persons traveling in the area of Old Warren Road as well as Scogin and Jordan Drives are advised this is only an exercise. 

This morning at 9 a.m. the final preparational meeting will be held for ”Operation Safe & Ready Schools”, which will lead up to a practice drill on July 8th.
This morning’s meeting will again include city and county leaders and workers, Monticello Police, Drew County Sheriff’s Dept., ambulance services, UAM, and both school districts.

The program director is Katrina Caveness, of the Monticello School District, is shown […]

The Monticello Police Dept. will be assisting Wal-Mart, in Monticello, with their Safe Kids Day, on Saturday, June 21.
There will be fingerprinting, photograph, and DNA swabs available.

Monticello Police Dept. Lt. Steven Stain led a class of law enforcement officers and visitors who work in related fields in proper procedures for the use of the police dept.’s new Taser units.

Class topics included safety, effects, dept. policies, documentation, and removal of darts. 

Under the topic of “effects” all MPD officers present lined up to […]

Monticello Police Chief Robert Rosegrant also took part in the class, including receiving the effects of the taser.

Like the rest of the officers, Chief Rosegrant also went down quickly.

The X-26 model, shown here, is issued by Taser International, and is the model that was chosen by Monticello police.

Monticello School’s resource office, George Strain is shown here, taking […]