Saturday is ?Market In The Park farmers’ market opening day for fall market.

Come out and enjoy food and fun while you support our market fundraising activities 8-11am.

MDA’s Dance Competition team attended Dance Showcase USA Nationals in Dallas, Texas in June. MDA took 27 routines to nationals. Each routine is given an adjudication score of Elite Platinum, Platinum, Elite Gold, or Gold. They are placed within their category (tap, jazz, lyrical, etc), and they can receive overall placements out of their age division/level.

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Heralded as quite possibly their best season yet, SEARK Concert Association’s expanded lineup of six events for the year have much to peak your interest and delight your fancy. (more…)

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Senator Eddie Cheatham announced he would seek re-election as State Senator for District 26 which is comprised of Ashley, Bradley, Chicot and Drew counties and portions of Cleveland, Desha and Lincoln counties. Senator Cheatham is serving his second term in the Arkansas Senate. (more…)

Southeast Arkansas Community Action Corporation Governing Board of Directors will meet in a special call board meeting onSaturday July 27, 2019. (more…)

Jana Sled, X-Ray Tech, and Dr. Douglass Kerin, Radiologist, picture with the 3D Mammography.

FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and medical informatics solutions, has announced that Ashley County Medical Center has recently invested in new upgrades to its Fujifilm ASPIRE Cristalle digital mammography solution. (more…)

The Drew County Democratic Party will hold their quarterly meeting today, July 8th, at the Drew County Courthouse.

The meeting starts at 6:00 pm.

Residents of the Windy Hills community have asked ML to request that traffic avoid their neighborhood.

They understand that people are only trying to survey damage, but the traffic is getting in the way of clean up, and are blocking trucks and heavy equipment.

Thanks for understanding.

South Arkansas Community College has announced its President’s Honor Roll for the 2018-’19 academic year.

A student is recognized for the honor for having a 3.5 cumulative grade-point average over 15 credit-hour increments.

Included are:

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The Southeast Arkansas Community Action Corporation Board of Directors will conduct a Special Called meeting Monday, June 10, 2019, at 3:00p.m.  The meeting 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.

SEACAC follows Titles VI and VII of the Civil Right Act and is operated, managed, and delivers services without regard to age, religion, disability, pollical affiliation, veteran status, sex, race, color or national

Southeast Arkansas Community Action Corporation Governing Board of Directors will meet Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at 3:30 p.m., at the regularly scheduled board meeting. The adoption of the Community Block Grant will be one of the issues presented for approval at this 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.

South Arkansas Community College has announced its Dean’s List for the 2018-2019 spring semester. To be eligible, a student must be full-time had have at least a 3.0 grade-point average.

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MDA’s Competition dance team attended the Talent On Parade regional competition in Hot Springs on May 3-5. Routines are scored on an adjudicated system by a panel of 3 judges. The placement levels are Double Diamond, Diamond, Elite, and Top 1st. (more…)

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…)

Kaylee Ingram of Monticello has accepted a Mabel and Emon Mahony Scholarship to attend South Arkansas Community College this fall.

She is a 2019 graduate of Drew Central High School. The scholarship is funded through the SouthArk Foundation.