Last October, at 2:15, on an early Saturday morning, a local man, his girlfriend, and her daughter were arrested, following a traffic stop for no license plate by Monticello Police, near HWY 425 & Barkada Road.  All three occupants were charged with possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine).

The man and woman plead guilty to their Possession of a Controlled Substance and Drug paraphernalia charges Thursday morning in Drew County Circuit Court.  Both were wanted by authorities on warrants at the time of their arrest.

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Happy 1st Birthday to our baby girl Allie Meek!

A local woman is being held at the Drew County Detention Facility, following her arrest for attempting to grab the money out of the cash register at a local convenience store.

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Tommy Maxwell, vice- president of Maxwell Hardwood Flooring has submitted his resignation from the Monticello Economic Development Commission, where he served as vice-president, to accept a position on the National Hardwood Federation Board.

The Drew County Sheriff’s Office was recentlycontacted by a Drew County resident stating that she had been contacted by telephone by a man named Michael Anderson stating that she had won a extremely large amount of money.

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Recently, the Drew County Sheriff’s Office received report of check fraud of a Drew County woman.

The victim brought a copy of a check that was written to a Little Rock business. The check was identified as being a fraudulent check which had the victim’s bank routing number and account number on the bottom of the check.

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Around 8 am, Tuesday morning, the driver of a westbound Dodge pick-up was attempting to turn south onto HWY 425 at the 278 / 425 intersection, when the collided with an eastbound Mazda SUV.

Both vehicles had a green light, but there was not arrow to designate turns.

Both drivers were transported to Drew Memorial, by SEEMS and MASI.

Reliable Towing and Rod’s Wrecker cleared the roadway.

MPD worked the crash scene.

HAPPY BELATED SWEET 16!!

LOVE,

Mom, Dad, Trammell, KaLene and family!

The Drew Central Elementary Safety Team met Monday evening, to discuss a wide range of security and safety issues.

An espicially interesting part of the meeting was when Laura Kaminicki, a Drew Central 3rd grade parent, also a former Jonesboro resident from the time of that city’s March 24, 1998 massacre at Westside Middle School, described some of that school’s physical charistics.

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Dr. Sue Martin of the Education Department at the University of Arkansas at Monticello came to talk to Orientation to Teaching students at Drew Central High School about the requirements and classes they would be taking at the University and actions to take in order to become licensed teacher in the state of Arkansas.

The Orientation to Teaching class is instructed by Cindy Sass and gives students a glimpse into the profession of teaching.

Happy 18th Birthday to Matthew Spencer,

from your family.

We love you!

Happy 3rd Birthday Lillie Kate. We Hope you have a wonderful birthday.

We love you very much.

Mommy, Daddy, Family and Friends.

Lillie Kate is the daughter of Andy & Katie Green. Grand-daughter of Kenny & Robin Johnson. Kent & Felicia Davis. Sonny & Alice Hill. and Ricky Green.

In the month of January, Drew Central Middle School students collected money to have their favorite teachers dress as one of the Duck Dynasty character.

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Wishing a Happy 42^nd Super Bowl Birthday to Tina Jackson.

Monticello Police Dept is investigating the theft of this Chevy pick-up, from the Oak View Apt. ares, Friday.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact MPD by calling 367-3411.

(The window tint, as shown in the photo has been removed.)