The Drew County Courthouse will be open at 9 AM, Thursday. County trash pick up will be running 4 trucks, Thursday, starting at daylight, trying to get back on schedule. County road crew will also begin at daylight, especially pertaining to storm and ice.

Head of the Class will be closed today.

Monticello District Court (Thursday), is canceled.

Connelley Family Medical will be closed, due to power outage.

Reinhart Family Healthcare  will be closed, due to power outage.

Drew County Health Unit will open today at 10am

Drew County DHS will be closed today.

DHS offices in Bradley county are closed today

ARDOT crews are shown clearing Highway 425 N., near campground loop, around 6 AM, this morning.

Although city and county road crews didn’t get in a photo, they are out keeping the roads open, while all the falling trees are keeping them more than busy.

The attached photo shows how slick the roads were late yesterday.

ARDOT has treated their main roads, as seen by the other photo, so some main highways are actually in better condition, today.

With that being said, outlying highways, and county roads are slick, according to Judge Griffin, early this morning.

Residents are asked to stay home, if possible, due to more predicted, freezing precipitation, later today.

UAMAlert: Due to icy conditions, UAM will pivot to virtual classes Wednesday, February 1st. All campuses and offices closed. Critical personnel report.

The Drew County Courthouse will be closed on Wednesday, due to bad weather. Regularly scheduled trash routes will resume when weather permits.

Head of the Class will be closed.

Drew County DHS will be open.

Drew County Health Unit will be closed.

Monticello District Court (Thursday), canceled.

Due to potential icing conditions, UAM will pivot to virtual classes for Tuesday, January 31.

All campuses and offices closed.  Critical personnel report.

The tornado that hit Montrose and the surrounding area, Monday night between 730 & 8 pm has been officially classified as an EF2.

Photos courtesy of ADEM.

Kendall is a regional company, that is best known for assisting Entergy with power line, trimming maintenance and other similar tasks.

Kendall has employees that live in Monticello and work in the region.

Approximately a dozen Kendell vehicles were seen this morning, traveling south to assist storm victims in southeast Arkansas, likely in the Montrose/Portland area.

Monday afternoon, Ashley County was placed under a tornado watch.

A tornado warning was issued later in the evening, followed by a tornado or straight wins (depending on which sources you trust) struck the city of Montrose and surrounding areas.

Up to 10 homes were destroyed; up to 30 other homes were affected in some way,

Sources report that Monttose does not have electricity or water.

Multiple agencies were on the scene, Monday evening, and Tuesday, including the County Judge, OEM, SDEM, Ashley, County Sheriffs & deputies, and Hamburg, Fire and Rescue.

No deaths occurred, and at this point, only one minor injury has been reported.