After a lengthy “trial ownership”, the city of Monticello has accepted the Mt. Zion Water Association as part of the city’s water dept.

Monticello schools are continuing to work toward adding a school resource officer to their staff.  The topic was thoroughly discussed at their March boad meeting.

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Ryeli Ashcraft celebrated her 3rd birthday on May 4.

She went to see Disney on Ice with her family and friends, followed by a “Princess Party”.

Her parents are Richard Ashcraft & DeVonda Harvey of Monticello; Siblings are Greyson Ashcraft, Alexis, Rebekah & Jensen Harvey.Grandparents are Louise Ashcraft of Moro, Carolyn & Glen Lawson of Hamburg

The Drew County Historical Society is hosting a special viewing of the AETN program Bayou Bartholomew on Sunday, June 9, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Forest Resources Conference Center, Room A102. Chuck Dovish of AETN and Curtis Merrell of the Bayou Bartholomew Alliance will be on hand to answer questions about the program. Two years in the making, the one-hour documentary on the world’s longest bayou, was supported by the efforts of local researchers, the Drew County Archives and the University of Arkansas at Monticello.

According to the Drew County Circuit Clerk’s office,  jury duty has been cancelled for court on Thursday.

Happy late birthday

To A. C. Simpson,

from the District Court Staff

Dumas native Connie Barron, formally of Monticello, made her journey home complete on April 25th at Drew Memorial Hospital at the age of 46.

She is survived by her husband, Toney Barron of Hampton, AR; children, Marqueta & Marchello Heath and Latoria & Jasmine Barron, all of Dumas, AR; five sisters, two brothers, seven grandchildren, and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Funeral Service will be held at Revival Center Church of God In Christ in Monticello on May 4th at 1pm. Internment will be at Oakland Cemetery. Services entrusted to Christian Brothers Funeral Home of Monticello http://www.christianbrothersfuneralhome.com/