Written by Jeff Noble, formerly of Monticello, and founder of MLive.
Performed by Ben Coulter.

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Following a July incident over the location of a trash dumpster, a Drew County woman complained to the Quorum Court, last month, about Judge Robert Akin.
Monday night, her father followed suit.

A Drew County hunter was seriously injured, around 9:30, Tuesday morning, when the ATV he was riding collided with a tractor.

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The 3rd annual “Dancing with the Monticello Stars” was held Tuesday night by the Southeast Arkansas Health Foundation, raising $30,847 for Drew Memorial Hospitas projects.

Last year , the foundation contributed $100,000 in donations to be used in the oncology dept., and a $15,000 donation to purchase a fetal monitor, among other items.

This years winners were….

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The Monticello City Council met in a specially called session Tuesday evening, to decide whether to hire an attorney, Mr. Cliff Gibson, to represent the City in their dealings with Siemens, Inc., the corporation contracted for $10 million to revamp Monticello’s water system, with his stipulation that a private engineer be employed to assist him.

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Needed roof and gutter repairs at the OEC building were discussed at Tuesday night’s Monticello school board meeting.

Program director Randy Lay also explain the need for additional classrooms for the program, and answered the boards questions about likely growth in the vocational field of education.

The life-threatening incident at Watson Chapel, where 4 nurses out of the Monticello bleachers saved a junior high football player at the WC scrimmage game, has drawing attention to the possibility of similar incidents occurring.

At Tuesday night’s at Monticello school board meeting, the board discussed their “emergency action plan for athletics,”  which covers all sports included in the district athletic program.

Following week before last’s week’s heroic intervention that saved the life a a Watson Chapel football player in Pine Bluff, 4 local nurses were honored by the Monticello Schools, the Billie Booster Club, and the player they saved and his family.

This video was recorded at the Billies vs Lake Village halftime break, at Frday evening’s season opener..