Monticello News

Drew County Sheriff's Department is searching for a man wanted in the shooting death of his brother.

Ulysses Oestrich, left, from the Cornelius Duggan Elementary School in White Lake, won first place overall in the annual Monticello School District fifth-grade Math Bowl on June 4 at the K.L. Rutherford School in Monticello.

Empire Resorts might be facing bankruptcy. But the struggling owner of Monticello Gaming & Raceway still has the means to kick in a hefty salary for the newly appointed CEO.

The Monticello Communities That Care fourth annual Youth Community Forum will take place from 2-4 p.m. Saturday at the Ted Stroeble Recreation Center, 2 Jefferson St., Monticello.

Homemade permanent trash receptacles sitting on the side of Arkansas roads are the target of an eradication campaign by state highway officials, who say the bins constitute a significant source of roadside litter.

Monticello School District voters ousted two incumbent board candidates Tuesday night as a result of a heated school board campaign.

Ashley County has been added to the list of Arkansas counties authorized for Disaster Unemployment Assistance as a direct result of the severe storms and tornadoes that began in four Arkansas counties on April 9. At the request of Gov.

We now know there's been a second confirmed tornado in Arkansas. The EF-1 tornado touched down in Phillips County early Wednesday morning.

Officials say downed trees have damaged structures in Monticello and Stuttgart. Officials in Drew County were going house-to-house Wednesday morning in and around Monticello where numerous trees were blown onto trailers and frame homes.

The recent announcement that South Korea would accept imported LibertyLink soybeans should help remove farmers' hesitancy to embrace the technology.

The Hendrix College Choir will sing a oeHallelujah!a at 7:30 p.m. today in Greene Chapel at Hendrix, 1600 Washington Ave., Conway.

The SGA resolution was passed 100 years to the day after Gov. George Donaghey signed Act 100 of the 37th Arkansas General Assembly into law on April 1, 1909.

The storms are expected to build in intensity in eastern Arkansas and as they cross the Mississippi River and move on into Mississippi and Alabama.

Part 2 of three. The kids revolt at Jay's Hawaiian "itinerary," so it's back to the beach, where Michael happens to be girl-watching . SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH A thunderstorm warning is active for Central Arkansas.

The Monticello School District's Citizens' Advisory Budget Committee met recently to try to help the community understand the school budget process.

Monticello School District officials say the schools' expanded recycling initiative is off to a good start.

The Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling will not pursue any action against a DaySpring Behavioral Health Services of Arkansas counselor working at Dermott Elementary School, the board said in a letter ...

Graceminster Presbyterian Church in Monroe reaches out to mentor, encourage and support eight young women who are residents of Lena Goodwin Trimble House, a girls' residence on the campus of Vera Lloyd ...

Monticello, Ark. --Drury split a pair of games at the Arkansas-Monticello Super 8 Softball Classic on Sunday, following a 10-2 loss to the University of Arkansas-Monticello with an 8-2 victory over Arkansas ...

Portions of the frostbitten United States are feeling the coldest air so far this winter and forecasters predict the cold snap could extend into the weekend.