Knowles named Arkansas Collegiate Business Teacher of the Year

Dr. Shanna Knowles, assistant professor of management for the School of Business at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM), has been named the 2023-2024 Collegiate Business Teacher of the …

MHSI Receives $55,000 Arkansas Cancer Coalition Grant

Pictured is Jeni Barham, RN, Chief Quality/Compliance Officer (left) and Katie McDougald, RN, Clinical Quality Director (right).

Mainline Health is proud to announce that it has been awarded a $55,000 grant from the Arkansas Cancer Coalition for “Operation Prevent & Detect.” This generous grant will be …

Hope Place holds BBQ and Baggo fundraiser

Pictured is Brandy Davis, director of Hope Place, thanking those in attendance for their continued support.

On Thursday, August 26, Hope Place held their first ever fundraising event titled BBQ and Baggo. The event included a worship set by New Life Assembly of God members, a BBQ meal, a silent auction, …

Donations to a worthy cause

Throughout August, the Rotary Club of Monticello sponsored a feminine hygiene product drive for the students at Vera Lloyd Presbyterian Family Services. Drop-off locations were placed around the …

Chief Justice visits 10th District

On Wednesday, August 28, Arkansas Supreme Court Justice John Dan Kemp visited the Drew County Courthouse to address court employees, law enforcement officers, and legislators from the 10th Judicial …

Pictured: Roy Densmore, Ben Novak, Rondie White, Telese Huffman, Jane Kelly, and not pictured Jonathan Mcmahon

IBC Food Pantry: A beacon of hope and support for local families

Immanuel Baptist Church of Monticello’s food pantry began as a small food closet, but in 2004, it expanded to a food pantry. Once the church building was completed, the small outbuilding that …

Stroker’s Diesel and Automotive running well in Drew Co.

Zeb and Suzy Beard made the move across the river from Bradley County to continue to grow their business, Stroker’s Diesel and Automotive. Now up and running on U.S. Highway 35 E in …

Drew County NAACP Youth Council 67AJ-B donates to Rotary drive

The Drew County NAACP Youth Council 67AJ-B collected feminine hygiene products to donate to Monticello Rotary Club’s feminine hygiene product drive.

On Thursday, August 22, the Monticello Rotary Club posthumously honored K.C. Knobloch as a Paul Harris Fellow. Pictured is Brandon Hogg (left), past president, presenting the Paul Harris Fellow award to Knobloch’s family and friends who were in attendance.

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City Council approves grants, budget amendments, and ordinances at August meeting

On Tuesday, August 27, the Monticello City Council met at 6 p.m. for their monthly meeting. The roll was called and all of the Aldermen were present. Alderman Craig McRae led an invocation, and a …

Hartness announces bid for re-election

I am announcing my candidacy for re-election as Alderman of Monticello, Ward 2, Position 2. It is a privilege and honor to serve as your Alderman. I love Monticello. It is my home. It is part of …

Pack plays his way into Jazz Hall of Fame

The prestigious Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame has had fewer than one hundred inductees since it was established in 1992. On June 17, while surrounded by fellow musicians and supporters at the Old State …

Drew County receives safety award at AAC Conference

The Association of Arkansas Counties (AAC) awarded its annual safety awards during its 56th annual conference, held Aug. 7-9, 2024, in Hot Springs/Garland County. The Safety Award Program was …

Drew County Game Warden wins AGFC’s Officer of the Year

Going the “extra distance” was something Austin Powell strived for to be a college athlete, and putting that motto to use as an Arkansas Game and Fish Commission game warden has helped …

Remodeled and ready to serve

Breaker held a Grand Re-Opening ribbon cutting at noon on Friday, August 16. Mayor Jason Akers wrote a proclamation honoring the Reese family for their resilience in the face of adversity. Clarissa …

Drainage infrastructure repair work nearing completion

According to Mayor Jason Akers, City personnel began removing remaining collapsed culverts in Oakland Cemetery last week so dirt work and new drainage piping could be installed and covered this week. …

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Weevils set to begin 2024 season with rarity in College Football

ISAIAH CROSS and DEMILON BROWN enter the 2024 Weevil Football Season as a rarity in today’s college football era. Cross and Brown joined the Weevil program in 2019 and will enter their sixth and final season as Boll Weevils.

College Football has seen many changes over the past several years, including the approval of NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) and the transfer portal has given student-athletes an opportunity …

Carlisle Bison run over Pirates with second half surge, 38-6

TRE”BENNETT FULLER had one touchdown pass in the contest against Carlisle, a 38-yard pass to JEREMIAH BODIFORD for the Pirates only score of the contest.

The Drew Central Pirates opened the 2024 season at Mike Pennington Stadium on Friday night, August 30, in rainy conditions . The PIrates would have to start the contest without one of their key …

Junior Redbugs outlast Junior Billies 30-28 at Hyatt Field

JONAH WHITE takes the ball in from one-yard out for the first Junior Billie touchdown. White would score three touchdowns in the contest.

Coming off a successful AAA Benefit Scrimmage at Rison one week ago, the Monticello Junior Billies would open the 2024 season at Hyatt Filed on Thursday, August 29, hosting the Junior Redbugs of …

Blossoms to have Volleyball Green-White game Friday

The UAM Blossoms will conduct a team introduction and Green-White Scrimmage game on Friday, August 30, at 2 pm in Steelman Fieldhouse. The Blossoms return after compiling a 1-27 record in …

JADEN JONES looks to run around the right side in Fridays benefit scrimmage against Hamburg. Jones, along with Tyviance Wormley, Chris Veazy, and Kalani Collins, will be one of Drew Central’s weapons out of the backfield this season.

Hamburg Lions defeat Pirates 21-14 in AAA Benefit contest

The Drew Central Pirates hosted the Hamburg Lions on Friday, August 30, at Mike Pennington Stadium for the annual AAA Benefit Scrimmage contest. For the Lions and Pirates, the rules would …

JONAH WHITE and CREWS PRESTON each added the two point conversion points on Hoover’s touchdown runs to give the Junior Billies a 16-0 lead.

Junior Billies successful in benefit scrimmage against Rison, 22-6

The Monticello Junior Billies saw three big running plays develop against the Rison Junior Wildcat defense on Tuesday, August 20, as the Junior Billies took the AAA Benefit Junior Scrimmage contest …

TYE GUTHRIE hands the ball off to Joseph Accelus on the first drive for the Billies at Rison. Accelus will be one of the featured runningbacks for the Billie offense this season.

Billies take AAA Benefit contest on the road, 7-2, at Rison

In the first live action of the 2024 season against someone other than themselves, the Monticello Billies travelled to Rison on Tuesday, August 20, to face the Rison Wildcats in the annual AAA …

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Bradley Wayne Tolbert, 48

Bradley Wayne Tolbert, August 26, 1975 - August 18, 2024. Son of Jerry Wayne and Wanda Jo Tolbert of Dewitt. He was preceded in death by his mother. Survivors include his wife, Amanda and sons …

Gary Laron Murphy, 64

Gary Laron Murphy, 64, of Monticello, passed away Friday, August 23, 2024, at his home. He was born June 7, 1960, in Monticello to the late Huey Earl Murphy and Geraldine Bodiford Murphy. He was a …

Grady L. Tabor, Sr., 85

Grady L. Tabor, Sr., 85, of Hot Springs, and former resident of Southeast Arkansas for many years, passed away Sunday, August 18, 2024, at National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs. He was …

Eva Jean Cash Shantz, 69

Eva Jean Cash Shantz, 69, of Lacey, passed away Sunday, August 18, 2024, at The Woods Nursing and Rehabilitation in Monticello. She was born June 27, 1955, in Dermott to the late Donald Cash, Sr. and …

Barbara Ann Irons, 76

Barbara Ann Irons, 76, of Monticello, passed away on Sunday, August 11, 2024, at Baptist Health in Little Rock. She was born January 23, 1947, in Monticello to the late Samuel Jessie Pruitt …

Mark Lawson Cater, 64

Mark Lawson Cater, 64, of Wilmar, passed away peacefully on August 14, 2024, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born on July 5, 1960 to his parents, Richard Samuel …

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