MONTICELLO, Ark. – On March 3, the International Office, located in the Office of Admissions at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM), hosted a meet and greet event with the university’s international students. Many international students participated in the event, sharing their experiences and cultures with faculty, staff and student attendees. UAM is home…
Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Frank Spain is excited to announce his candidacy for Prosecuting Attorney for Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha, and Drew Counties. His 24 years of experience serving as a Deputy and Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney has prepared him for the responsibilities of the elected Prosecuting Attorney. He graduated from the University of Arkansas…
LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation (ABWEF) board of directors voted to provide a cash rebate of $.75 per acre to Arkansas cotton farmers for cotton acreage reported in 2021 under Arkansas’s boll weevil eradication program. A total of $318,000 will be returned to cotton farmers by the end of April. The…
The University of Arkansas at Monticello has announced masks will be optional on UAM campuses starting Monday, February 28, 2022. See the complete announcement: Dear UAM Community, The UAM Covid-19 Command Team continues to closely monitor the number of COVID-19 cases in our area and across the country. Cases in our area have significantly dropped,…
MONTICELLO, Ark.— Several faculty and staff members of the University of Arkansas College of Technology-McGehee (UAM-CTM) were recognized during an all-campus meeting on February 11 with High Five awards. The High Five award is a new recognition presented to faculty and staff members for recent significant contributions to student learning, growth, and development or for…
MONTICELLO, Ark. – A 41-year old woman from Tillar, Arkansas was killed in a freightliner involved accident during the evening hours of Wednesday, February 23, 2022 in rural Drew County. According to the Arkansas State Police, Crystal Gibson, age 41 of Tillar, was driving west in a 2008 Ford Expedition on S Highway 278 E…
WARREN, Ark. – Over 20 South Arkansas Family Dollar stores, including the Warren, Crossett, Fordyce, Hamburg, Hampton, Monticello, and Star City locations have been temporarily shut down due to the discovery of rodents and rodent activity at the Family Dollar Distribution Center in West Memphis. According to a statement by the FDA, an investigation was…
BETHANY, Okla. – The University of Arkansas at Monticello men’s basketball team took the court again this afternoon, eventually falling to Southern Nazarene University in a Great American Conference match up to close out their Oklahoma trip. The Weevils would compete with the Crimson Storm to the very end of the match, eventually losing, 52-39.…
MONTICELLO, Ark. – The Weevils Baseball team splits the day with Southwestern Oklahoma State University on Saturday. UAM would get shut out the first game 11-0 in nine innings, and win the second match 12-4 with an incredible display of power. UAM Baseball is no stranger to hitting for power. Although they struggled to find…
HAMBURG, Ark. – The Monticello Junior Lady Billies won the 8-4A District basketball tournament Wednesday, February 16, 2022 after defeating the Star City Lady Pups at the Hamburg tournament. Pictured below(not in order) Lillian Fletcher(3) Genesis Freeman(5) Alaina Lyle(20) Ryan Ridgell(4) Abri Scott(15 Mykesha Allen(35) Eddy Grace Birch(22) Ny’Jalia Brown(1) Zariyah Gaston(21) Kiley Lane(33) JaKaylah…
MONTICELLO, Ark.- The University of Arkansas at Monticello replanted it’s 82 acre harvested area of university-owned forest next to the Drew County Fairgrounds. A crew of 10 planted 36,000 seedlings in less than two days. Forest Manager Bobby Webb said the last hand-planted trees on the UAM forest were in 2011. Growing pine trees in…
WARREN, Ark. – The Bradley County Ministerial Alliance and the Warren Branch Library are hosting a Community Conversation forum March 8, 2022 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at First FreeWill Baptist Church in Warren to discuss the needs of the homeless locally. Everyone is invited to attend. Refreshments and door prizes will be available.…
Troop F of the Arkansas State Police announced Thursday, February 17, 2022 that there will be no drivers license testing at the Lake Village, Monticello, Crossett, and and Warren sites next week, February 21-25. For more information contact Troop F of the Arkansas State Police at 870-226-3715.
MONTICELLO, Ark. – Cut-Off Creek WMA and Seven Devils WMA will be closed to daytime public access Feb. 20-26. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services, in cooperation with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, will be conducting aerial operations aimed at reducing feral hog populations in the areas.…
“I want to thank the people for allowing me to represent them in the House of Representatives for the past 12 years. It has been a privilege to serve. I am pleased with what we have accomplished but know there is more to do to keep our area of the state viable and headed on…
MONTICELLO, Ark. – The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded $2,660,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to the Arkansas State Library (ASL); $2.4 million of the funds were set aside for direct aid to public libraries. This round of IMLS funding gives the country’s libraries an opportunity to improve technology access…
MONTICELLO, Ark. – A close game Tuesday night, February 15, 2022 finished with the Monticello Billies defeating the Warren Lumberjacks by the final of 40-37 at Monticello. Buckets from Malik Day and Jalin Lee helped Warren to an eight point first quarter score, although Monticello’s fast paced attack saw the Billies leading Warren by six…
MONTICELLO, Ark.— Heidi Hogue, associate professor of nursing at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM), has been selected to serve a two-year term as a state consultant on the board of directors of the Arkansas Nursing Students’ Association (ANSA). Hogue joined the UAM nursing faculty in 2013. She earned a Bachelor of Science in…
