According to Prosecuting Attorney Thomas Deen, Drew County Circuilt Clerk Pat Savage Montgomery was charged Tuesday with theft of property, falsifying business records, and abuse of office.
The court documents filed state…..
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According to Prosecuting Attorney Thomas Deen, Drew County Circuilt Clerk Pat Savage Montgomery was charged Tuesday with theft of property, falsifying business records, and abuse of office.
The court documents filed state…..
Drew Memorial Hospital’s new Surgery Center became a much clearer vision, with Tuesday passage of the continuatino of the current millage for the local hospital, by a 2 to 1 margin.
DMH CEO Mike Layfield was busy calling board members and staff of the hsospital to thank them for their efforts, describing the successful outcome as, “A giant step forward for health services at Drew Memorial Hospital, and an improvement of the overall health of the citizens of Drew County.”
Here are the FINAL, but UNOFFICIAL election results for the proposed extension of the Drew Memorial Hospital millage, voted on, Tuesday, by Drew County voters……………..
Today is Voting Day for the proposed millage extension for Drew Memorial Hospital.
If passed by voters, these funds will be used to construct a new, updated surgery center for the local hospital.
Hospital supporters key phrase during recent months has been, “This is not a new tax.” It is a continuation of the current millage that supports local medical care at Drew Memorial.
A total of 212 votes were cast
There are two questions on the ballots, shown below, and you will make a total of 5 “button pushes” in the entire voting process.
Last week in the Drew County Circuit Court, attorney Jeff Rosenzweig, representing Daniel Pedraza, was denied a continuance by Judge Bynum Gibson in Pedraza’s capital murder case, for the death of his 2 year old step-daughter Aubriana Coke.
A local restaurant is accepting resumes for a qualified, experienced general manager.
Interested applicants should email resumes to joe@MonticelloLive.com by Friday.
Please list RESTAURANT in the memo line.
A lengthy investigation by the Tenth Drug Task Force has led to 53 felony counts of Prescription Drug Fraud being filed against an area physician, formerly of Bradley County, who appeared Monday in Drew County Circuit Court.
These students from Monticello Dance Academy represented the Drew County and Cleveland County fairs at the Southeast Arkansas District Fair in Pine Bluff this past weekend. They qualified for district by winning overall or 2nd overall at their local county fair’s talent show.
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Seldom do any of us hear of diseases that were once common in our childhood such as measles and mumps. What made the difference? It was public health prevention that made a difference in containing these life-threatening illnesses.
Yesterday, around 4:30, Monticello Fire & Rescue team was paged out to the report of a Mercedes SUV that had flipped on HWY 35, near Lake Monticello.
The vehicle was eastbound, lost control, and flipped, before coming to a stop with the driver pinned inside. A firefighter arriving on the scene helped her get out of the vehicle, as others were arriving. MASI transported the Little Rock lady to DMH, DCSAO worked the crash site. Dan’s Towing removed the Mercedes.
Sunday morning, Fire & Rescue were called to Davis Street, where a man was backing out of his driveway, when he missed the road, and backed over a large culvert, rolling his car over into a ditch, pinning him inside of his Hyundai.
He was safely removed from his car. MPD worked the wreck scene, C&L removed the car from it’s perched position.
Found: Arkansas Medicaid card that was found at the fairgrounds.
It can be claimed by calling 723-6740 to identify.
Two Wilmar residents (both Barkada volunteer firefighters) were passing by Wilmar Baptist Church, Saturday morning, noticed a small fire coming from under a car, just a few feet from a house.
Before the Monticello Jr. Billie football game against Hamburg, Thursday night, Monsanto presented a $10,000 grant to the Monticello School District that was awarded through America’s Famers Grow Rural Education.
The Monticello School District received nominations from farmers Joe Noland and Jeff Felts. The grants totaled 176 across 39 states that totaled $2.3 million for the selected districts. In Ark. 58 school districts received nominations from 303 farmers and five districts including Monticello received the grants.
The program allows farmers to nominate their school district for the award who then must apply. The grant serves the purpose of enhancing math and science based education and will allow for expansion of the school district’s learning garden program to reach 6th through 8th graders, which will allow them to “learn the principles of science through hands-on activities.”
The Drew County Sheriff’s Department is looking for Justin Durden, age 26 of East Johnson Street in Wilmar, after he allegedly assaulted Harvey Lawson, age 24 of Wilmar, with a hot sauce bottle in J-Birds Express in Wilmar.
Durden also goes by the name of “J-Man.”
If anyone knows where he might be, Sheriff Mark Gober asks that they contact the Sheriff’s Department at 367-6211.

Each month, MonticelloLive rewards the reader who calls in the best news tip, or submits the best photo, with a $100 prize.
In October 2012, the video of a Wilmar car fire being put out was taken by Sheena Tucker, who also helped the family (who lost their car and groceries, that day). A couple of Barkada Fire Dept. members were passing by, saw the fire, and put it out; keeping it from reaching the victim’s home. That video earned Sheena $100, and our thanks for sharing it with MLive readers.
In September, 2012, a suspect from AMERICAS MOST WANTED was arrested in Monticello. The person who told MLive about the “truthful rumor” donated their $100 to Immanuel Baptist Church’s food pantry.


Juanita’s son, David, is shown with the $100 prize for sharing the photo with MLive readers. The family donated their prize money to PAWS to help support their shelter for homeless pets.

A 75 acre forest wildfire in July, battled by several local fire depts. and the Arkansas Forestry Commission, included an AFC helicopter dipping water from a local farm pond to fight the fire. Karen Kolb-Spencer won $100 for sending that photo to MLive to share with our readers.

On May 16, there was a fatal car wreck in Wilmar, as the vehicle was fleeing from Bradley Couny Law Enforcement. The prize money for this tip was donated to “Feed the Kids,” thanks to the caller

The person who reported the incident to MLive donated their prize money to purchase school supplies for area children.

Last Easter, BrookLynn White attended 2 local Easter egg hunts. At both of them, she helped a fellow hunter, who had his broken arm in a cast.
Jacklynn Lucas turned 4yrs old on Sept 29th.
Happy Birthday, we love you!!
Love and miss you,
Uncle Kevious, Aunt Hopie, Tristen, Baby Gaige and Haiden
Beth McGee, of the Assessors Office, celebrated her birthday over the weekend.
Congratulations, Beth.
Last Friday, a former resident of Monticello was sentenced to 10 years in prison, plus 10 more years suspended for the death of a Pulaski County driver.
On September, 13, 2010, a 32 year old Benton resident, formerly of Monticello, had just brought his wife and 4 day old daughter home from the hospital. Around 3 pm, that day, he left home to get his 18 month old son from daycare.
Wednesday night around 9:15, MonticelloLive.com reached a major milestone in the internet news business. We received our 10,000,000th pageview, according to OneStat.com.
In honor of the achievement, MLive ran a “Call Now to Win $100” headline, which was seen by David Knight, who won $100, just by reading MonticelloLive.com.
According to Sheriff Mark Gober, on the morning of Thursday, September 13th, at approximately 6:30 AM, members of the Drew County Sheriff’s Department stopped a vehicle on Highway 138 traveling west towards Monticello.
During a search of the passengers, deputies discovered approximately 6.9 grams of a white crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine also known as “Ice.”
According to Drew county Sheriff Mark Gober, a Drew County resident was arrested at his residence, recently, after a search warrant was conducted of his home prior to his arrest. A juvenile staying at the home found a substance that she believed to be methamphetamine.
The City of Monticello allows residents to keep dogs, cats, chickens, horses and any other pet or farm animal; except for pigs and hogs.
However, there is a resident who owns hogs. The city has recently spoken with him several times, and he has promised to have them removed this weekend.
So today we can say “Go, Hogs, Go”, and not just because the Razorbacks are playing football.
According to SalineRiverChronicle.com, the Arkansas State Crime Lab has concluded in it’s findings of the recent murder suicide that took place in Warren on Tuesday September 11.
Drew County Circuit Clerk Pat Savage Montgomery submitted a letter announcing her immediate leave of absence to Drew County officials, this morning.
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