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In a 13-1 decisive win, the Lady Billies downed the Lady Lumberjacks in play at Warren on Tuesday afternoon. Jessica Cruce got the win giving up one run and five hits.  She also struck out 13 of 25 batters.  Jamie Moore, Kourtney Scott, and Sydney Selby batted 3/4.  The team overall had 14 hits out […]

An academic fraternity at the University of Arkansas at Monticello will be honored for excellence at the organization’s national convention March 15-17 in San Antonio, Tex.
The Zeta Chapter of Alpha Chi national collegiate honor society has been selected as one of 34 chapters nationwide to receive a Star Chapter Award honoring chapter activities during the […]

The University of Arkansas at Monticello Cotton Blossoms softball program has picked up their second consecutive Gulf South Conference-West Division Player of the Week award, as first baseman Meredith Heckel (Jr., Hot Springs, Ark.) has been named Player of the Week for the week ending February 25.
Heckel hit .571 over a two-game stretch that saw […]

A reader whose spouse works at UAM and children attend Monticello Elementary School asked this question. Many around here probably are in the same predicament, not able to make vacation plans because of conflicting Spring Break weeks. Both Monticello Schools and Drew Central Schools Spring Breaks are scheduled for March 26-30, 2007. UAM Spring Break […]

The National Weather Service in Little Rock has confirmed that the tornado that touched down in the northern part of Drew County on Saturday was of F2 intensity. An F2 tornado is defined as a significant tornado with sustained winds of 113 to 157 miles per hour. 25 percent of tornadoes reported in the United […]

The contemporary Christian band Jackson Waters released its first label-released CD today. Entitled Come Undone, it’s being released by Word Records. Monticello native, David Leonard is the lead singer, song writer and plays guitar and keyboard on the album. The band has been together for four years and have been with Word for a year.
Two […]

MonticelloLive is proud to present a new forum for our site. It’s called Just Wondering Wednesday. By highlighting the “News” tab above, you’ll see a drop-down menu. “Just Wondering Wednesday” can be accessed there. Use it to email us any question concerning Monticello life and we will find the answer. One question per week will […]

Yesterday, February 26, was MonticelloLive’s busiest day ever! Thanks for your continued interest and helping spread the word around our town and region about the site. We’re so pleased about the positive response, and you are directly to thank for that.
In addition, February has already become ML’s highest traffic month. As of yesterday, the site […]

After being devastated by one and possibly two tornadoes on Saturday, Dumas sought to begin the long cleanup and restoration process Sunday. Members of at least half a dozen churches and other organizations from Monticello headed to Dumas Sunday morning to lend their encouragement, tools, and labor to the relief effort.

More pictures of the Dumas […]

One is blessed indeed to find true love and “extra blessed” to be together for life. One Monticello couple has experienced this first hand, Bob and Louine Leech. Here is their story:
Louine was born in 1917 and grew up in McGehee. Her father owned the local grocery store, and her mother was a housewife. After […]

In a game that was delayed twice by weather and was their season finale, the University of Arkansas at Monticello Cotton Blossoms (7-20, 3-11 GSC) dropped a 69-63 decision to the Southern Arkansas Lady Muleriders on Saturday at Steelman Fieldhouse.
Southern Arkansas opened the contest hot, pulling out to a 10-6 lead with 13:16 remaining in […]

Early reports coming out of Dumas indicate that a tornado touched down and left a path of destruction through the community. Volunteers from the Monticello Fire Department and other organizations left Monticello shortly after the line of severe weather passed through Drew County to lend assistance. Unconfirmed reports are that there many have been some […]

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
WESTERN DREW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 415 PM CST
* AT 342 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WILMAR…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
WILMAR AROUND 350 PM CST…
LAKE […]

The struggles of a family of sharecroppers against drought, a vindictive landlord and the Great Depression form the subject of a newly released novel by Dr. Cecil Haywood of Monticello, retired dean of the School of Education at the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
The novel, The Waters of Summer, is Haywood’s second book, and will […]

MonticelloLive is proud to provide you with an audio podcast of Thursday afternoon’s, February 22, community meeting called by Mayor Joe Rogers:

You may fast forward or rewind through the podcast by dragging the slider.In summary, there were approximately 50 people in attendance today. With Dave Dixon, President of Union Bank, serving as the moderator, the […]

Mayor Joe Rogers has called an open community meeting concerning the proposed community and civic center as well as the city sales tax initiative for Thursday, February 22 at UAM’s Fine Art Center at 3:00 p.m. The community is invited to attend.
Here is the text from Roger’s invitation that he sent out to area […]

Officer George Strain returned home Friday after several weeks in recovery at the hospital in Little Rock. He was run over by a patron of the Chocolate Factory as police were attempting to control a disturbance there on January 29.

Members of the police department, Mayor Joe Rogers, and Ricky Calhoun worked over the weekend […]

University of Arkansas at Monticello Cotton Blossoms slugger Becca Tipton (Fr., Monticello, Ark.) has been named Gulf South Conference-West Division Player of the Week for the week ending February 19.
Tipton has been unstoppable at the plate this season, having raised her season batting average to .436 after batting .615 this past week, going 8-for-13 with […]

In a recent MonticelloLive poll, the question, “What is the most pressing issue facing Monticello in 2007?” was asked. Here are the results out of 67 responses:

54% said jobs/employment
34% said city development
7% said crime
4% said social issues

You can check the poll archives here.

Grace Christian Academy has never had its own facility since it started in 2001. That’s about to change. Renovation is currently underway on the old Ryburn Automotive dealership on Highway 425 South, located across the street from Sonic Drive-Thru. The $300,000 plus project will be completed in time for GCA to move into their new […]