Happy 4th Birthday Andre Williams Jr.

From Mommy, Daddy, Pooh, and Andrea

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In spite of Mayor Allen Maxwell’s Tuesday evening statement to the City Council, when asked if adding $11,000 to the cities expected expense in purchasing the tornado sirens, “We have discussed it, and tomorrow (Wednesday) there is a possibility that we will have a contract;” it seems no progress has been made in the standoff.

The issue even made KARK Channel 4, again last night.

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Happy birthday,

From Steven and the kids

“Happy 50th Birthday to me!”  (Sarcasm)

After 7 years of surpring local folks with slightly embarrassing photos that friends and co-workers have sent to MLive on their birthdays; it’s only fair that I do it to myself, as I turn “the big 5-0.”

This is the closest I have to a “weather channel photo,” from Hurricaine Gustav’s effects on Drew County, a few years ago.

This seems like a good time to say thanks for your support, your loyalty, and for agreeing that “what I think is newsworthy, is what you think is newsworthy.”

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At the City Council’s Tuesday evening meeting, a local business owner asked the Council to pass an ordinance setting time limits for parking on the square.

The business owner requested an ordinance be passed, and signs installed, limiting parking to an unspecified number of hours, so that parking space can be more readily available for shoppers.

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Around 5 PM, Monday evening, the landing gear on this  Cessna 210 did not come down, as it was landing at the Monticello airport.

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Recently, Monticello Police Detective Hank Hollinger received a text message from an unknown number. The message contained a picture of what appeared to be a large amount of marijuana in a vacuum sealed bag.

The Arkansas Forestry Commission, Selma Fire Department, and Drew County OEM were paged out to Highway 277 north, Saturday around 2 PM, where a burning fence row blazed out of control.

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Found on hwy 35,
please call 870-723-0170 to claim

City workers are shown, Friday, installing another set Of basketball goals on the old tennis courts, next to Hyatt Field at City Park.

They expect to finish the project, including striping new lines, this week.

Just before 1 PM, the Monticello fire department responded to the report of a home fire on Winchester Road, near the intersection with Highway 278 E.
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2009 1500 GMC crew cab, super clean, Only $18,877.00.
Call 367-6000

AC Simpson, Drew County Sheriff’s Deputy, and Sheriff Mark Gober want to express their appreciation to the many contributors who supported them during last week’s Polar Plunge for Special Olympics.

Rebecca Moss’ name was inadvertently left off of the A/B Honor Roll for 2nd 9 weeks and semester.

Wednesday morning around 11:15, 911 calls begin coming into Monticello dispatch reporting a loaded chip truck driving erratically on HWY 425 S., repeatedly crossing into the oncoming lane of traffic and for shoulder, even in curves and on hills.
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Dog found near Lone Sassafras Cemetery.

Call 1-870-723-3430 or 1-870-723-4430.

At their last meetings, both the Monticello City Council and Drew Memorial Hospital board moved their meetings to be held on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 6 PM.

Schedule conflicts of board members was the topic of discussion in both cases.

Kenneth Trotter, Jr has been promoted to the rank of sargeant in the United States Marines, after being stationed in Japan for 2 years. Trotter is now station at the U.S.M.C. Recruiting station in Kansas City, Missouri.
Trotter is the son of Kenneth and Kattie Trotter of Wilmar.

A Countryview Drive resident, whose German Shepherd/Corgi mix pet was attacked and killed by 3 of her neighbor’s dogs in a pond, presented her situation to the Quorum Court, Monday night.

The owner of the attacking dog’s name was not mentioned during the meeting, nor was the fact that she’s the director of the Southeast Arkandsas Humane Society.

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