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Members of the Monticello Police Department cover parts of North Main and are seen here coming down Jefferson during Monticello’s Clean Up Day today. Early rains and overcast skies kept the day cool for the city-wide effort.

It has been confirmed by MonticelloLive that Community Communications Company, better known as Cablevision, has been acquired by former general manager Bill Copeland.  Discussions have already begun on upgrades and the addition of new services.
Cablevision provides cable television to 27 South Arkansas communities and both cable television and high-speed Internet services in Monticello. Cablevision was […]

Environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., touched on a wide variety of subjects during a lecture at the University of Arkansas at Monticello Thursday night. Kennedy, whose appearance was funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Lecture Series, discussed the Bush administration’s impact on environmental quality as well as campaign finance and corporate influence in […]

The sun peeks over the trees, illuminating Oakland Cemetary on Hyatt Street this morning. Temperatures climbed into the 90s yesterday for the first time this year and promised to soar high again today.

Year three of Gwaine Mathews’ rebuilding project at the University of Arkansas at Monticello began Wednesday with the start of spring football practice. The Boll Weevils will spend two days in shorts and helmets, add shoulder pads on Friday, then go to full pads Saturday, which will include a scrimmage at 3 p.m. A second […]

“Chase” Jeremiah Bodiford and Rebecca “Leigh” Loveless, both of Wilmar, announce their engagement. Leigh’s parents are Herschell and Melinda Loveless of the Valley Community; her grandparents are Doyle and Martha Burton of Green Hill, Ruby Loveless of the Valley Community, the late Ben Loveless, and the late Buna Bea Loveless. She is a 2001 graduate […]

We are in process of upgrading the MonticelloLive site this evening. It may look a little strange at times. Please be patient as we implement the new changes, and as always, thanks for stopping by!

The Gulf South Conference has tabbed University of Arkansas at Monticello catcher Becca Tipton (Fr., Dermott, Ark.) as the Gulf South Conference-West Division Player of the Week, for the week ending April 25, 2007. The award is Tipton’s second of the season, and marks the fifth time in six weeks that a UAM player has […]

A MonticelloLive reader asked recently about the cameras on the new traffic lights located at the Walmart entrance on Highway 425. A quick phone call to the the Arkansas State Highway Department sheds light on the subject. They’re not cameras at all, just sensors to help regulate the flow of traffic.
Don’t worry about smiling, you’re […]

Forestry students from the University of Arkansas at Monticello placed second at the Association of Southern Forestry Clubs Conclave competition held March 15-17 at Crossville, Tenn.
UAM finished second in physical events and third in technical events to finish second to Stephen F. Austin State University. UAM has dominated the Conclave competition, winning 28 times in […]

The softball doubleheader between the University of Arkansas at Monticello Cotton Blossoms and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Lady Lions originally scheduled for Tuesday, March 27 at Blossoms Field has been rescheduled for 1 p.m. on Monday, April 2 at Blossoms Field on the UAM
campus.The date replaces a previously scheduled doubleheader at UAPB […]

On Saturday night, March 24, Faith Reed, two-year old daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Chris Reed of Rison, AR, died after drowning. Her death is the result of an accident on a Polaris Ranger four-wheeled ATV. The accident occurred at Monticello Speedway in a resevoir used for watering the dirt track.
The incident is currently under […]

The Monticello Branch Library is now using an automated system for their materials. If you have a library card, it will no longer work. In order to get a new card for the new system, just go to the library, located on the corner of Main and Jackson Streets.
Parents also need to get new cards […]

The University of Arkansas at Monticello Cotton Blossoms (29-12, 8-4 GSC) picked up a doubleheader sweep over the Christian Brothers Lady Buccaneers, winning the opening game 10-2 and picking up an 8-0 victory in the finale.
In the opener, the Cotton Blossoms broke through in the top of the first as Kate Brady (Jr., Longview, Texas) […]

In a site poll conducted from February 20 - March 25, 2007, the majority of respondents said that they check monticellolive.com once a day (35%). There were 131 total responses during this time. The results were:

26 were first-time visitors (20%)
4 checked the site once per month (3%)
23 checked it once per week (18%)
46 checked it […]

Spring break is in full swing for the kids of Monticello. The dogwoods are glistening white, and wisteria is everywhere in purple blooms throughout the woods of South Arkansas. Also awakening in our nearby forests are the protected and revered black bear. One of those who protect this amazing animal is Mark Hooks. This […]

After a week of stringent tryouts and tests, the selections for cheerleaders for the 2007-2008 school year were made tonight. Congratulations to all the girls who participated. The selections are:
Junior Billies:

Meredith Dickson
Channing Hathcoat
Kelsey Jackson
Julie Blagg
Madelyn Gates
Shelby Tiner
Parker Palsa
Kelsey Watts
Stacy Greenway
Samantha Wilkerson
Justine Day
Caroline Youngblood
Katelyn Campagna
Peyton Fletcher

Senior Billies:

Paisley Palsa
Kristen Harrison
Kohl McCone
Sidney Tiner
Rachel Brown
Toni Finley
Taylor Eubanks
Randi Kay Atkins
Teresa […]

Rodeo teams from as far away as Michigan and Georgia will converge on the Drew County Fairgrounds March 30-31 for the Boll Weevil Stampede Intercollegiate Rodeo hosted by the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
Joining UAM in the competition will be teams from Abraham Baldwin College of Tifton, Ga., Arkansas State, Michigan State, Missouri State, Missouri […]

While gas prices climb as spring arrives, green energy enthusiasts wonder about the possible effects on the budding biofuels industry.In Little Rock, Go Green Biofuels sits just off Interstate 630 at 8th and Chester. Customers must plan if they want to stop since 8th Street operates as a one-way; it requires some drivers to make […]

Despite holding Belhaven College to just six hits, the University of Arkansas at Monticello Boll Weevils (3-23) were unable to
overcome six walks as they dropped a 5-3 decision to the Blazers on Tuesday at Smith-Wills Stadium.
The Weevils scored first in the top of the first inning, as Gustavo Villegas (Jr., Cangues, Puerto Rico) hit a […]