A free community drive-thru evaluation clinic for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. April 20 at McGehee Men’s Club Community Center, 1 South Airport Road in McGehee. (more…)

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Around 9 PM, Thursday night, another round of freight powered Entergy powerlines Inn Monticello work energized. This brought the total of disabled customers to under 2000, for the first time since Sunday evening.

Due to the storm damage, along with fallen trees and powerlines,  Drew County trash routes will be made up on Friday & Saturday.

Monday’s trash route will pick-up FRIDAY.
Tuesday’s route will pick-up on SATURDAY.

THANKS FOR OUR PATIENCE!!!
County Judge Robert Akin

As local residents clear out storm damage and debris, the City of Monticello has announced that trees and limbs may be disposed of at the Transfer Station on Old Warren Road.

Judge Robert Akin has declared Drew County as a disaster area, due to the storms, and will be acccepting vegetative debris, starting Monday, at the Drew County Fairgrounds.

Both of these locations are for trees, limbs, bushes, and other naturally growing storm debris.

Building materials or structural debris cannot be accepted at either of them.

Crews continue work on restoring power to our members. As of this morning, power has been restored to substations in: (more…)

A free community drive-thru evaluation clinic for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. April 20 at McGehee Men’s Club Community Center, 1 South Airport Road in McGehee. (more…)

The vehicle under the trees occurred in Mason Hill area. The other two cars were traveling north on Highway 83, as the storm took place and hit/were hit by falling trees.
The vehicle under the trees occurred in the Mason Hill area. The other two cars were traveling north on Highway 83, as the storm took place and hit/were hit by falling trees.

Ashley County Medical Center welcomes Dr. Kara Worley to their team. A native of Texarkana, Arkansas, Dr. Worley received her medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She completed an intern year at LSU New Orleans, where she moved to Baton Rouge after Hurricane Katrina. (more…)

Ashley County Medical Center welcomes Dr. Kara Worley to their team. A native of Texarkana, Arkansas, Dr. Worley received her medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She completed an intern year at LSU New Orleans, where she moved to Baton Rouge after Hurricane Katrina. (more…)

Ashley County Medical Center Welcomes Autumn Bennett, CNP, WHNP-BC, AGPCNP-BC as our newest provider to Ashley Women’s Services and Hamburg Health Clinic. (more…)

After Sunday night’s severe thunderstorms rolled through Drew County and much of Southeast Arkansas, over 5000 Entergy customers are still without electricity.

The National Weather Service has yet to confirm if these were straight line winds or possibly tornadic in nature.

Due to the number of damaged areas to the power grid, Entergy is unable to estimate probable restoration times at this point.