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Article via Saline River News

Freedom starts with a step. Walking Free is a recovery ministry for men and women who want to experience healing, freedom, and restoration through Christ.

This is more than addiction recovery. It’s a place for people working through things like:

• Anxiety• Trauma• Depression• Anger• Codependency• Trust issues• Grief & loss• And so much more.

No matter what you’re walking through, you don’t have to walk through it alone

Launch Night: March 24, 6:00 PM, New Life Assembly of God, Monticello 
After launch night, meetings will be every Tuesday evening at 6pm!

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On Monday, March 23, 2026 from 9am until 1 pm the City of Monticello will be repairing the large drainage culvert located on Mason Hill near the intersection of Mason Hill and East Willis Street. The closing is expected to last from 9am until 1pm.

All traffic on Mason Hill will be shut down during this time while this infrastructure improvement project is completed. Door hangers, robo-calls and other forms of notification have been utilized, but we want to be as thorough as possible to avoid any inconvenience for the residents of the neighborhood.

Thank you for your patience as we work to rebuild Monticello’s infrastructure!

Top mathematics high school students from throughout the region competed at the annual Arkansas Council for Teachers of Mathematics’ Southeast Arkansas Mathematics Contest hosted at the University of Arkansas at Monticello March 14. Pictured on the steps of the Science Center are the first, second and third place winners in each category, divided by row. 

Christina Mix, 52, of Monticello, was found guilty of Possession of More Than 2 Grams of Methamphetamine and related charges and was sentenced to fifteen (15) years in the Arkansas Department of Correction following a jury trial in Drew County.

The charges arose from an October 30, 2025, traffic stop conducted by officers with the Monticello Police Department. During the stop, officers learned that Mix had an active felony warrant for her arrest. A search of the vehicle uncovered a container near Mix’s purse that held approximately 8.8 grams of methamphetamine, marijuana, and two glass pipes containing suspected drug residue.

Mix was also charged as a habitual offender based on more than two prior felony convictions. Under Arkansas law, habitual offenders are not eligible for probation or a suspended sentence. Mix’s prior criminal history includes a 2018 conviction for possession of methamphetamine for which she received probation. While on probation in 2019, she committed another methamphetamine offense, resulting in the revocation of her probation and a 24?month sentence to a Community Correction Center.