Lake Atkins, Ark
– Most Drew County residents aren’t even aware that the University of Arkansas at Monticello has a Bass Fishing Club. Less than six months old, the team can already claim its first victory.
Two UAM students traveled to Lake Atkins on April 10 and captured the B.A.S.S. Pro Fishing Series, Arkansas Collegiate State Championship. McCoy Vereen and Ryan Handly won their first fishing tournament as a team. It was their first competitive tournament of the season. The two freshmen caught four qualifying fish for 12 pounds, 4 ounces. The heaviest largemouth bass weighed in at 5 pounds, 5 ounces.
RUSSELL Merely days after clearing 2 pounds of crystal meth off the streets, a DEA-led drug task force has struck again, this time seizing the largest-ever amount of the drug in the city of Russell.
Jack Sparks, the DEA head of West Virginia â which oversees Greenup, Boyd and Carter counties in Kentucky â called the busts âjust the beginning of this type of enforcement in this area.â
On Sunday, the DEAâs Tri-State Narcotics Team seized 3 pounds of methamphetamine at the Best Western Hotel in Russell, arresting 29-year-old Marquise Glass of Detroit, Michigan. Prior to the raid, Russell Police had stopped a vehicle near the hotel, arresting four others on a mix of charges.