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Votes have been counted in the run-off election for Drew County Sheriff and Tim Nichols emerged victorious.
With a total of 2,969 ballots cast, Nichols received 1,693 votes and James …
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Ashley Hogg
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12/9/22
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MONTICELLO, Ark. — This semester at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM), under the direction of Dr. Arturo Quintero Ferrer, students have successfully experimented with tissue …
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12/8/22
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Ashley Hogg
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12/2/22
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The Arkansas Rural Health Partnership was named Arkansas’ 2022 Community Star, the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) recently announced.
On the third …
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12/1/22
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11/29/22
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The Advance-Monticellonian spoke with Drew County Sheriff candidates Tim Nichols and James Slaughter to discuss their intentions if elected to the office of Sheriff in the December 6 …
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Ashley Hogg
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11/23/22
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Wreaths Across America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery begun by Maine businessman Morrill …
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11/21/22
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A little extra money for County employees in time for the holidays was on the Drew County Quorum Court agenda Monday, Nov. 14, for the regularly scheduled meeting, along with an appropriation …
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Melissa Orrell
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11/19/22
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Hatchery staff and biologists from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service worked together to load more than one-quarter of a million forage fish into the rising …
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11/18/22
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Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the Monticello city council met for the regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 15.
The council heard budget discussions presented by city finance …
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Ashley Hogg
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11/17/22
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Every year, Town and Country Quilters Extension Homemakers Club select a project to fulfill their responsibility to community service. This year, Evelyn Lawson suggested the club direct a project to …
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Dr Kay J. Walter
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11/17/22
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Raymond Hubbard was the longest sitting Monticello City Council member in the town’s history. Born in 1928, Hubbard passed away Monday, Nov. 14, just weeks shy of his 93rd birthday.
He …
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Ashley Hogg
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11/16/22
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Across the state, Election Day reportedly went smoothly at most polling sites, including in Drew County.
Capturing nearly 66 percent of the votes cast, Jason Akers will take the office of …
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Ashley Hogg
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11/9/22
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Dr. Sharon Silzell, associate professor of history at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, has been elected president of the Arkansas Association of College History Teachers …
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11/5/22
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Jeremy Woodall, minister at the Baptist Collegiate Ministry on the University of Arkansas at Monticello campus, will step out on the Ozark Highlands Trail Nov. 4, to raise awareness and funds for the …
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Ashley Hogg
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11/4/22
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The Monticello Planning Commission met Tuesday night to discuss the latest draft of the comprehensive plan for the City of Monticello.
Chairman Dan Boice opened the meeting thanking the members …
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Ashley Hogg
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11/2/22
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All Monticello City Council members were present at the regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday night.
After some discussion and clarification, the council voted to raise solid waste rates to …
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Ashley Hogg
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10/26/22
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For the past 11 seasons, one of the longest running rivalries in the state has been recorded on the largest known rivalry trophy awarded in the state, The Union Bank Saline River Shootout …
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Jeff Young
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10/26/22
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Summit Utilities customers can expect changes coming November 1. Summit closed its acquisition of CenterPoint Energy’s distribution assets in Arkansas, Oklahoma and the Texarkana, Texas area in …
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10/24/22
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Drew Central Elementary teacher Eva Arrington has been the sponsor of an educational travel club since 2015.
Students from local school districts, as well as home schooled students, are eligible …
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Ashley Hogg
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10/21/22
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Daniel Ferguson of Monticello, is part of a select group of UA Little Rock students who are serving as ambassadors for the Donaghey College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics …
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10/21/22
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The Political Science and History Department at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, held a Town Hall meeting Tuesday night in the Agriculture building featuring candidates for Monticello Mayor …
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Ashley Hogg
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10/20/22
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Market in the Park held an annual gathering last Saturday in the mini park by the Drew County Court House. Vendors were set up across the grass with baked goods, crafts, jewelry and other food items …
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Ashley Hogg
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10/20/22
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More than 4,500 locations will open to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts for the Samaritan’s Purse project. Volunteers are preparing to collect shoebox gifts during National …
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10/20/22
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On October 5, the University of Arkansas at Monticello hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Taylor House, which was once part of the historic Hollywood Plantation in Tillar.
UAM acquired the …
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10/19/22
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