Monticello–Hospice Home Care, 30-year leader caring for hospice patients and families living in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, today announced that it has been selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the 2022 Best Places to Work in Healthcare, a premier award program in one of the top U.S. healthcare news publications. “We are thrilled that…
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Lake Monticello’s refill progressing
Kristofor Nault, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s supervisor for its Fisheries district office in Monticello, reports that the renovated Lake Monticello is refilling, slowly but surely. The aerial image he sent along also shows that more than a quarter of the surface bed is now covered in water after the draining of Lake Monticello…

Pastime: That old 6th grade field trip over to visit Arkansas A&M
This is the wonderful time of the year when once upon a time a tradition of the Sixth Grade at Eastside Elementary School loaded up on two to three school buses for a day-long excursion to Arkansas A&M College. What a day trip that was. It was talked up for weeks. I mean weeks ahead…
Seark Miracle League Miracles and Music Fundraiser
Several years ago Seark Miracle League started a project to create a baseball field for athletes with disabilities. During that project we realized the need for a park also. We wanted so badly for families in Southeast Arkansas to have access to a place their children could play ball and play safely. With the help…

Jacks win Saline River Derby over Monticello on Senior Night
WARREN, Ark. – Warren’s Lumberjack Soccer Club defeated Monticello 7-1 Tuesday night, April 26, 2022 to win the Saline River Derby, the annual rivalry match between the neighboring school’s soccer programs, on what was also senior night for Warren, and their final home match of the season. This River Region Sports Report is brought to…

Herring scores hat trick in Lady Jack win over Monticello on Senior Night
WARREN, Ark. – Senior night, the final home game of the 2022 season for the Warren Lady Jack Soccer Club ended in a 4-2 win for Warren over Monticello in the Saline River Derby held Tuesday afternoon, April 26. The first real chance of the match came early on in the seventh minute. Warren’s hard-working…
Monticello Market in the Park starts season
Market in the Park will have a pop-up market for Saturday, April 30 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Monticello Coffee Company to prepare for the 2022 season. This pop-up market is the first of several planned for the growing season in addition to the regular market Saturday. Market in the Park Farmers’ Market…
Kingwood Forestry Services invests $30K for UAM grad student fellowship
MONTICELLO, Ark. — Kingwood Forestry Services is again giving back to the University of Arkansas at Monticello, establishing a $30,000 endowment to help University of Arkansas at Monticello graduate students with their forestry studies. Kingwood, based in Monticello, provides consultancy to private landowners, including investment, appraisal, site preparation, planting and economic advice. The owners, John…
Two UAM Nursing Faculty nominated for Arkansas’s 2022 Outstanding Nurse Educator Award
MONTICELLO, Ark.—UAM School of Nursing faculty members Anita Shaw, MSN, RN, and Joy Stringfellow, MS, RN, have been nominated as two of twenty-five nurse educators statewide for the 2022 Outstanding Nurse Educator Award. The winner of the award will be announced in May 2022. For the past eight years, Publishing Concepts, Inc., the nation’s largest…

WHS Chess team takes top spots in local tournament
Congratulations to the WHS Chess team and their coach Billy Reed. Ivan Pahuamba(right) placed 1st overall and Alex Ayala(left) placed 3rd overall at the 2022 SEARK Education Cooperative Chess Tournament Monday, April 4, 2022 at Monticello. Maxx McGaha(middle) is also a member of the WHS Chess team.
Arkansas Press Association confirms The Eagle Democrat is in the process of being sold to Alabama company
WARREN, Ark. – The Arkansas Press Association has confirmed salineriverchronicle.com’s earlier reporting that Warren’s hard-copy newspaper, The Eagle Democrat, is in the process of completing a deal to be sold to Smith Newspapers, Inc., the company which owns the Advance-Monticellonian. In a Facebook post, the Arkansas Press Association says that a “verbal agreement has been…

Loss at Monticello for Lumberjack baseball club
MONTICELLO, Ark. – The Warren Lumberjack Baseball Team travelled to Monticello on Friday afternoon to face the Billies. The 11-0 loss was not what the Warren fans were hoping to see. The Billies scored 3 in the 1st inning, 3 in the 3rd inning, and 5 in the 4th inning. Westin Hargrove and Sam Hollingsworth…

Monticello defeats Lady Jacks in Friday night softball
MONTICELLO, Ark. – After a rainout on Thursday, the Lady Jacks made the short drive across the Saline River to take on the Lady Billies of Monticello. This River Region Sports Report is brought to you by: The Lady Billies defeated the Lady Jacks 9-2. Monticello jumped out to an early lead and never relinquished.…

Major fire engulfs part of Warren High School Wednesday
WARREN, Ark. – Firefighters responded to a major fire which broke out in the north end of the Warren High School building Wednesday evening, March 30, 2022. Around 6:15 p.m. firefighters from the Warren Fire Department arrived on the scene of a fire that appeared to have originated near or in the auxiliary gym at…
Jackson to serve as UAM Director of Athletics
MONTICELLO, Ark.—The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) has suspended the search committee to fill the institution’s director of athletics position. William “Hud” Jackson will serve as the director of athletics and continue in his role as the head football coach at UAM. Jackson has served as the UAM interim director of athletics since July…
Five South Arkansas communities earn Tree City USA status
LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is pleased to announce that 49 Arkansas entities achieved recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation in honor of their commitments to effective urban forest management in 2021. Forty-six Arkansas communities were recognized through the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree City USA® program. Two Arkansas colleges achieved recognition through…
Joseph Barry Harrod, 1963-2022
Joe Harrod, age 58 of Monticello, Arkansas, departed this life and went to be with the Lord on February 20, 2022, at his home. He was born May 21, 1963, a twin to his brother, Jeff, in Mobile, Alabama. He was the son of the late Hubert Paul Harrod and Norma Gill Harrod. Joe loved…
Weevils close out Oklahoma trip with low-scoring, heartbreaking loss to SNU
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.…
Johnson ties GAC home run record as Weevils split day one of SWOSU series
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…
Junior Lady Billies win 8-4A District Tournament
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…
Cut-Off Creek and Seven Devils WMAs closed February 20-26 for feral hog population reductions
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.…