Recently law enforcement officers from around the state took part in the Special Olympics “Torch Run”.
Locally, the Drew County Sheriffs Department received the torch near the Ashley County line, from ACSO deputies; then ran it to Monticello (literally), where it was handed off to the Monticello Police, who ran it through their portion of the event, where the torch was taken to the next county.
Officers also carried the torch by Advantages, in support of many of our local athletes in the event.
Also shown are local athletes, as they enter the state Special Olympics competition.
County Detention Facility administrator Susan Potts presented this report to the quorum court at their recent meeting.
Happy 13th Birthday Daniel Richardson
A 20-year-old Monticello man was critically injured Sunday evening around 6:05, when he suffered a gunshot wound to the head.
Happy Birthday!! 
Late Friday afternoon, the Monticello Fire Department was paged out to a house fire in the 1700 section of Barkada road.
Although Hamburg is known for it’s Armadillo Festival, a pack of six armadillos was sighted on Tuesday, at a home on Monticello ‘a East Bolling Street.
The City Park Pool and Jordan Park Splash Pad will be open to the public, beginning Saturday.
Around 9 o’clock Friday morning, the driver of this Mercury Grand Marquis was heading east of Highway 35 East, with his family, as he lost control of the vehicle near the roads intersection with Old Dermott Road.
Work is nearly complete replacing the foundation around the feet of the Burlington water tank.
Twice this week, (empty) log trucks have been forced to take the ditch, to avoid colliding with smaller vehicles in front of them, who stopped quickly with no turn signals.
A Monticello city council member was arrested, around 9 PM Sunday night, after he argued with law-enforcement officers, after being called by a friend/constituent to speak on his behalf.
A 50 year old local man turned himself in to Monticello Police, Wednesday morning, after MonticelloLive posted a surveillance photo of him online, Wednesday.
The report of Sunday night’s incidents which led to a city councilman’s arrest, as seen by a Monticello police officer, was submitted to the sheriffs department.
Tom and Denise King graduated from UAM in 1981.
34 years later, they now call Hagerville, New Mexico their home.
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Drew Central’s Joy Graham was honored with the plaque by the Arkansas Association of Middle Level Education, for serving as their 2013-2014 President.
Memorial Day is next Monday, May 26, 2014, and I want to thank each of the veteran servicemen, past and present, for your service to our great nation. I also want to remind you of a little remembered symbol from WWI and WWII that few today likely can recall. Yet it was a very significant and unique memento from our country’s history.
Friday afternoon, Drew Central Senior Tremaine Newton signed to play basketball for Central Baptist College, in Conway. 
Happy 12th Birthday, Nick Burns.
According to Arkansas Business, the UA board approved a tuition and fee increase for UAM students of 5 percent, or $9.63 per credit hour, to $6,082 from $5,793 in the current academic year.
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Around 2:15, Thursday afternoon, Monticello Police arrested a 20-year-old Monticello resident, suspected in the commercial burglary of a local business.
Happy 8th Birthday to Jared Wiscaver
