Highway 425 S., south of UAM, is currently closed near Baptist Temple Church, due to a loaded big rig box trailer missing a culvert during a turn. The road should re-open with in the next hour, hopefully.
Drew County sheriff’s deputies are controlling traffic.
Big Fig Wrecker is working to get the 18- wheeler “on the road again.”

Come out and enjoy a day full of entertainment, featuring Dwyla Gifford, Judy’s dancers, Haley Creek Boys, The Culps, Joe Burgess and more!!

Food, fun , possum races, cake walks, quilt show, fish dinners, auction and more fun activities.

The Monticello School District has a position open for mechanic, great working conditions and benefits. Applicants must possess skills to maintain all passenger vehicles, school buses and equipment owned by the school district. (more…)

The City of Monticello is currently taking applications for a full-time Senior Center Manager.

Must be 21 years of age and be able to pass a  pre-employment background check, motor vehicle check and drug screen.

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Southeast Arkansas Community Action Corporation Governing Board of Directors will meet in a Special Call Board Meeting Tuesday, October 30, 2018. The meeting will begin at 5:00 p.m. and will be held at the SEACAC Complex located at 1208 North Myrtle Street in Warren, AR. The meeting is open to the public. SEACAC serves Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha and Drew Counties in Southeast Arkansas.

In an interview, Wednesday, MLive spoke with Chicot County Sheriff Ron Nichols. (more…)

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Early vote totals, as of end of day yesterday, were….. (more…)

Photos FOI’d from ADEQ

There has been closure, to some extent, of the dog hoarding situation, which left an estimated 500 canine carcasses packed in storage crates behind a local home, and in the nearby woods, on Rose Hill Cut-Off Road. (more…)