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Wednesday afternoon, 1626 Entergy customers lost electric power across a wide section of Monticello and the surrounding area.

Sources familiar with the situation indicate that mechanical failure, near/outside the South Main Street substation was the cause for the outage.

Power has since been restored to all affected customers.

The town flag is at half staff, today, in honor of

Peace Officers Memorial Day

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The Jr. Auxiliary of Monticello made a donation to the local Imagination Library of $5000.

This means that the local chapter of the group can soon start shipping books in Monticello and Drew County.

The launch for Imagination Library is scheduled for TODAY, May 15 1-5 pm for parents to sign drew co kids up. Any child under 5 years of age that lives in Drew County is eligible.

The Launch  Will be held in the main office lobby of the Monticello Medical Clinic.

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NAACP local Branch #6042 hosted a Baccalaureate Ceremony on May 11^th, 2019 to present its local scholarships. NAACP Drew County Branch, reported “It was our goal to provide a scholarship opportunity for 2019 Seniors who attend Drew Central and Monticello High Schools. (more…)

Southeast Arkansas Community Action Corporation Governing Board of Directors will meet Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 3:30 p.m., at the regularly scheduled board meeting.

The meeting will be held at The Southeast Arkansas Community Action Complex- located at 1208 North Myrtle St., Warren AR  71671

The meeting is open to the public.  SEACAC serves Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha and Drew Counties in Southeast Arkansas.

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