This morning‘s thunderstorm may have moved out of the area, to some extent, but it left trees down all across Drew County, blocking roads.  Drew County sheriffs deputies are responding to reports of trees down, like this one is totally Blocking Pumpkin Center, Road, southwest of Monticello.  State, county, and city workers are responding to all reports, doing what they can to clear the roadways, or at least marked them with cones, due to flooding

It also left several roads underwater, with levels rising.  Hwy 278, near Dead Man’s Curve, McCloy St. and Gaines St. are underwater, as well as many other areas, such as the Creekwood area, shown in this photo.

Drew County Clerk Nancy White confirmed that Bart Gregory was the first candidate to file on the first day of non-partisan municipal filings, for city offices.

Gregory filed as a candidate for Mayor of Monticello

The filing period began Monday, and will continue through May 23, at noon.

Offices available during this time include Mayor, City Council, city attorney, and city clerk.

The second candidate to file, yesterday, was incumbent city attorney Whit Barton.

Surveyors, contracted by McClellan Engineers, are in Monticello for the next couple of weeks, surveying Main Street for the upcoming water and sewer relocation project, that will take place before Main Street is overlaid and turned over to be a city street, instead of a state highway.

Please watch for them, and drive with caution.

This audio is from the April parks commission meeting, where leaders of each baseball/softball league were present to discuss obstacles that must be overcome for Monticello to host successful tournaments, which will fill restaurants and motels with customers.
This video was recorded after the one posted below.

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Thursday, the SouthEast Arkansas Economic Development District heard and approved a presentation to establish a “waste to electricity” recycling facility in southeast Arkansas, specifically at the Chicot County landfill site, near Lake Village.

The facility can process 500 tons per day of everyday household trash, which will use a rotary kiln to create steam, which makes electricity.  Recyclable metals, as shown in the article, passed through the system, and our recycled through appropriate channels. The leftover material from the process has several construction usages. (more…)

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