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SeaArk Boats was awarded the 2020 Business of the Year by the Monticello Chamber of Commerce at the University of Arkansas Monticello’s (UAM) campus.

The Monticello Chamber of Commerce awards this honor to a business that goes above and beyond in their communities. Community members nominated several businesses and the chamber board selected SeaArk as the 2020 winner. (more…)

Spring Season 2020 is finally here.  Seark Miracle League Registration is now open.

Go to our new website www.SearkMiracleLeague.com and click the registration tab at the top.

All players old and new must register on this website.

Buddies and volunteers are also needed, please email us at SearkMiracleLeague@gmail.com if you are interested.

The SEARK Concert Association announces its community theater presentation of The Sound of Music March 12-14, 2020 at the University of Arkansas at Monticello’s Fine Arts Center.

The musical, directed and choreographed by Kathy Lyon and Dalene Stephenson, involves two casts of more than 80 children and adults from across Southeast Arkansas.  Local talent showcased in this production include Haley Greer of Monticello (playing Maria Rainer) as well as T.J. Files of Warren and Jeff Newton of Monticello (both playing Captain Georg von Trapp).

Full cast announcements, including the Von Trapp children and friends, are available on the SEARK Concert website: www.searkconcert.org.

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Jeremy Woodall is the Campus Minister for the University of Arkansas at Monticello Baptist Collegiate Ministry. He along with his wife Becca, daughter Willow, son Cash, and baby number three (TBD), have served on the campus of UAM since 2016. (more…)

Mainline Health Systems recently was awarded a $54,677 grant from the Blue & You Foundation to purchase RetinaVue cameras for Mainline’s primary locations to increase the number of diabetic patients receiving diabetic retinal exams. (more…)

The Arkansas Preferential Primary Election and Nonpartisan General Election will be held on March 3rd. According to the most recently released Talk Business & Politics/Hendrix College Poll, Democrats in the state are virtually split between former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (19.6%), former Vice President Joe Biden (18.5%), U.S. Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders (16.4%), and former South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg (15.5%). The poll asked 496 likely Democratic primary voters who they preferred in the upcoming primary election.  (more…)

FOR SALE:

Inogen One G5 Portable Oxygen Concentrator

$2,550

Used 4 times in less than 30 days (before owner passed away). Device is Bluetooth capable. Lifetime Warranty on concentrator. *Purchased from Inogen website. Box contains (1) Inogen One G5 Portable Oxygen Concentrator, (1) Carry Bag, (1) AC Power Supply, (1) Single Battery (6.5 hrs), (1) Double Battery (13 hrs), (1) Nasal Oxygen Hose, and all paperwork.

Contact Info: 870-500-0585.

Drew County Democrats will meet at 6p.m. Monday, Feb. 17 at the courthouse

The library would like to invite you to celebrate Mardi Gras with us! We will be creating floats on February 24th at 5 pm. Families and individuals are invited to sign-up for this event! It is FREE and we will have all the supplies needed to create unique floats! Then on February 25th we will celebrate with a parade through the library and garden. We invite the public to participate in making this special for the children who design floats. Stop by the library by 5:30 pm on Tuesday to cheer them on!

CashboX is back and ready to rock! After a seven-year hiatus, the band is back together and ready to kick off a reunion show where it all started.

The lineup will consist of Andrew Brannon on vocals, Jeremiah Payne on bass guitar, Michael Murphy on drums, Tyler Chambers on guitar, and Devin Horn on guitar.

The show will kick off at 8:00 at La Terraza Mexican Grill located at 306 US-425, Monticello, AR 71655. Admission is free, and all ages are welcome. Get there early as the show will be standing room only.

The 3rd graders at Drew Central Elementary School were taught a series of 6 lessons using the Kids In the Kitchen Curriculum.

They are showing off their pledge to Eat Smart and Be Active by wearing wrist bands!

Common Folk, made up of Duane Porterfield, Grace Stormont and Judd Steinbeck, from left, will be touring area schools this month and performing traditional American folk music for students as part of Seark Concert Association’s SMARTS (Students Majoring in the Arts) program.

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For Sale:

2003 double wide mobile home

located on Connerly bayou rd lake village AR.

$93,000

870-723-0665

No rent