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City Awarded Flood Mitigation Grant

September 14th, 2023 by Joe Burgess

According to Monticello Mayor Jason Akers, a flood mitigation grant applied for in May of this year by the Mayor’s Office was awarded this week to the City of Monticello by the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management. Read the rest of this entry »

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Inmate Who Set Fire Inside Jail Gets “No Bond”

September 13th, 2023 by Joe Burgess

Jason Matthew Smith, who attempted to set the Drew County Jail on fire, early Saturday morning, had his first appearance hearing before Judge Robert Gibson, Monday morning.

Judge Gibson appointed the public defender to represent Smith, who is already on probation and in drug court.

The Prosecuting Attorney‘s office is filing to revoke Jason Matthew Smith’s probation on his earlier charges, which makes him not eligible for bonding out of jail.

Smith told the judge that it is sad to mess up his life in the court system for “a drunken mistake.“ Read the rest of this entry »

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