Monticello Live

The Monticello 9 year old All-Star team won the P2A Pre-State Warm-Up tournament, at Burns Park in North Little Rock, this past weekend.

They were a perfect 4-0 in tournament play winning a trophy and gold rings for all the players.

Sergeant Major Donna Rogers King, a native of Monticello, will soon hang her boots up after over 32 years of faithful and honorable military service in the United States Army.

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Winners at the Town and Gown Duplicate Bridge Club on Monday, June 15 were:

1st place Sandra Lloyd and Jean Palsa
2nd place Joy and Fritz Hudson
3rd place Luellen Jones and Frank Ferguson
4th place Charles Dolberry and Gene Gulledge

This month’s Yard of the Month is located at 406 W Jefferson.

Al and Barbara Beaty’s yard was selected as best by the Town & Country Garden Club, and presented by the

Monticello – Drew County Chamber of Commerce.

Jim Hall, a Monticello man, has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against all five Drew County circuit judges, 2 prosecutors, and the circuit clerk, charging them with rights violations against him.

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All weather/storm/tornado warning sirens should be online and operational on June 24/25.

Siren testing is also scheduled for those days.

In the event of stormy weather, testing could be delayed.

The Drew County Sheriff’s Office has received several reports in reference to a prowler in rural Drew County,

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Missing Siberian husky.

He’s brown and white and has one blue eye and one brown eye. Answers to Koda.

Last seen Saturday night around Wilson Mill/Midway Route area.

Please call 870-224-2850 reward offered

The driver of a Chrysler mini-van,  from Florida,  received a very unfriendly welcome to Arkansas, around 11: 30 Thursday morning. Read the rest of this entry »

At 9:45, Wednesday evening, an armed gunman entered Mazzio’s Pizza on Highway 425 North.

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At the 88th Arkansas FFA State Convention last week at Camp Couchdale in Hot Springs, Drew Central FFA was granted two awards.

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A 21 year-old  Monticello area lady died, Tuesday afternoon, at 1:11 pm,  in a head-on collision on HWY 278 East.

Note: The link below contains graphic photos from the crash site.

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The 750,000 gallon water tower, being built at the intermodal site on Highway 278 West, has made tremendous progress in the past month, as shown here.

Also, according to SalineRiverChronicle.com,
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This westbound Chevy Aveo  left the roadway of HWY 278 E., just west of Selma, at 12:45 PM Monday afternoon.

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The Monticello 6U girls won the Pre State Tournament,  at the Monticello sports complex, this weekend.

Congrats to all the girls and their coaches.

Good luck in the State Tournament.

A.J. and Nikki Hood are a local family, that use Dow AgroSciences’ “Transfer” insecticide, on their cotton crop.

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South Arkansas Community College has announced its spring graduates, who were recognized in a commencement ceremony in May.

Graduates include, from Monticello;
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