Monticello Live

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that the Farm Service Agency (FSA) will begin sending prefilled applications to rice producers the week of May 8 for the new Rice Production Program (RPP), which will provide up to $250 million in assistance to rice farmers based on 2022 planted and prevented planted acres. (more…)

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Around 11:40, Tuesday morning, there was a two vehicle collision, involving a Ford pick up and a GMC pick up in the 3000 block of Highway 35 E.

Drew County Sheriffs deputies, OEM and SEEMS responded.

Rangel and Rod’s Wrecked removed the vehicle’s.

The Monticello fire department was dispatched to an 18 wheeler fire at 6:50 PM, Tuesday evening.

No injuries were reported as the driver was about to enter a local mill. The cab of the truck was fully engulfed, upon MFD‘s arrival.

DCSO and OEM also responded.

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Friday, members of the Drew County Sheriff’s Office, Arkansas Game and Fish and Reggie’s Towing service responded to a call at Lake Wallace in reference to what was believed to be a vehicle in the lake.

This was determined by a fisherman and his son who picked up the image on their live scan equipment. Once on scene it was confirmed that it was a vehicle and it was removed from Lake Wallace. The vehicle in which is believed to have been down there for several months did not come back stolen. However, further investigation is underway.