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New Circuit Judge Appointed to Vacant Position by Governor

December 20th, 2016 by iPhone

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Commercial Bank Wishes You & Your Family A Merry Christmas

December 20th, 2016 by Submitted

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City Budget Videos

December 20th, 2016 by iPhone

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2 new patrol cars, 1 used CID vehicle, other dept needs, $116,500

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St. Elizabeth’s Dental Center Now Accepting New Patients

December 20th, 2016 by Submitted

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Lost, North of Wilmar

December 19th, 2016 by iPhone

Lost on 133 North of Wilmar a brown & white Australian Collie by the name of Penny. She is a 1 yr old female with 1 white & 1 brown eye. (870) 469-5037 – home phone or (360) 560-0657 – cell phone.

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UAM December Graduation Videos

December 19th, 2016 by Joe Burgess

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New Shipment Of Trailers At Monticello Trailer Sales, Just In Time For Christmas

December 19th, 2016 by Submitted

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Tillar Christmas Parade – Video

December 19th, 2016 by iPhone

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Gallon Bag of Meth Recovered by DTF

December 19th, 2016 by iPhone

According to Lt. Jason Akers of the Tenth Drug Task Force, a Monticello resident is facing felony drug charges after being arrested for possessing a substantial quantity of methamphetamine.

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Santa Train – Video- Thank You Note

December 19th, 2016 by iPhone

The 11th Annual Santa Train event, held on December 10, was a great success. The Chamber of Commerce would like to thank our sponsors for helping make this celebration possible:
Commercial Bank
L.D. Long, Inc.
Rogers Men’s Wear
Union Bank
MonticelloLive

These event sponsors, together with our volunteers, help the chamber to bring lots of holiday fun and excitement to the children of Drew County.

Merry Christmas from the Monticello-Drew County Chamber of Commerce
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New Items In Stock In Time For Christmas At Delta Greenscape

December 19th, 2016 by Submitted

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3 Car Crash on 278 West at River

December 17th, 2016 by iPhone

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Christmas Lights

December 16th, 2016 by iPhone

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Former County OEM Director Found Guilty of Theft

December 16th, 2016 by iPhone

A former Drew County office of emergency management director accused of a combination of mismanagement and theft of property causing a total loss of an estimated $103,000 from a local business, was found guilty of theft of property, Thursday, by a Drew County Circuit Court.

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UPDATE – Severe Burns to Resident in Home Fire

December 16th, 2016 by iPhone

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Help Fill Santa’s Sleigh for JA at Ryburns

December 16th, 2016 by iPhone

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Kiwanis Christmas

December 15th, 2016 by iPhone

Monticello Kiwanis had a wrapping party, Wednesday, to provide Christmas for a family in Drew County.

There are 5 small children and they also provided them with kid friendly food. this is one of many projects that Kiwanis does for Drew County Kids.

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Commercial Bank Christmas Open House, Today

December 15th, 2016 by Submitted

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Wrecked Truck in Florence Rd. Creek

December 14th, 2016 by iPhone

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MMS Madrigals- Christmas Carols at School Board – Video

December 13th, 2016 by iPhone

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2 Bald Eagles Seen in North Drew County

December 13th, 2016 by iPhone

Thanks to a MLive reader for sharing this photo of 2 bald eagles, resting in the trees in northern Drew County, Monday morning

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Rebates at Outfitters Rx til 12/31/16

December 13th, 2016 by iPhone

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DC Elementary Participated In Christmas STEM Challenge

December 13th, 2016 by Drew Central Schools

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Drew Central fourth graders eagerly took on the Christmas STEM Challenge “Candy Cane Calamity”. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math. Students worked in teams and designed and built a way to safely “mail” two candy canes in one paper bag package without breakage. Students were required to follow criteria and constraints. Once the packages were complete, students weighed them in grams and used a grams to ounces converter website. Next, they used Chromebooks and researched FedEx, USPS, etc. rates to mail their packages to Santa at the North Pole aka Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole. Read the rest of this entry »

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City Auditors Working on ’13,’14, & ’15 Audits at City Hall

December 12th, 2016 by iPhone

As Santa Claus said to the M&M characters, “they do exist!;” and so do the auditors for the City of Monticello.

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Recent Wreck 1

December 12th, 2016 by iPhone

Around 11 AM, Friday morning, the driver of this Mazda 3 attempted to pass a truck on highway 278 E., unaware that in front of the truck she was passing was a FedEx truck that was turning left.