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Wednesday night’s crowd at a called Monticello City Council meeting was standing room only. On the agenda Wednesday night was discussion of the proposed community center/recreation/municipal building that has been the center point of Mayor Joe Rogers’ term to date. Members of the city council at their May 17 meeting decided to table discussion […]

Friday, May 23
5:30pm River Cats vs. Red Sox (Minor)
5:30pm Tigers vs Red Sox (Rookie)
7:00pm Braves vs Rangers (Rookie)
7:15pm Astros vs. Rangers (Minor)
Memorial Day
May 26, 2008

In a significant meeting that is open to the public, the Monticello City Council will meet tonight at 6:00 at City Hall to discuss the proposed community center sales tax initiative that has been the main focus of Mayor Joe Rogers’ tenure to this point. After the regular council meeting on May 17 failed to […]

The Drew County Farmers’ Market at Monticello will be open for business beginning Saturday June 2, 2007 with days of operation being Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Covered booth space is available and free of charge.
According to representatives from the Monticello Economic Development Commission, garage sales and growers from surrounding […]

At the City Council meeting May 17, the Monticello Police Department presented reports of April’s activity.

Major Accidents: 13
Minor Accidents: 2
Major Accidents (Hwy 425): 2
Minor Accidents (Hwy 425): 8
Total Tickets Written: 92
Total Charges: 145
Speeding Tickets (Hwy 425): 1Arrest Charges:
Aggravated Assault: 1
Aggravated Robbery: 1
Battery 3: 1
Carrying Weapon: 1
Court-Ordered Jail: 1
Disorderly Conduct: 1
Domestic Battery 3: 3
Driving on Suspended […]

Shanna grew up in McGeehee with her mother who worked in a local restaurant. Shanna attended school in McGeehee. She married at a young age and found that she had to quit school and join the work force. In 1992 she dropped out of school in eleventh grade and worked as a […]

Change… it’s a fact of life. We are all affected by change. Sometimes it’s for the good, at other times not so good. Often, change has the most profound impact when it happens within the community of faith. Over the next several weeks, we’ll take a look at some churches that […]

The following question was submitted by a ML reader: Why do the public schools not require the children to be buckled up or sit in car/booster seats on the school buses when the state law rightly requires them to do so in private vehicles?
Mike Simmons, director of the Arkansas Department of Education Transportation Department, answered […]

 Kyrah Riley and Sarah deRueda will attend the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America 2007 National Leadership Meeting in Anaheim, California, July 8-12, 2007. The girls won the honor to compete in the STAR Events competition earlier this Spring. They developed a small business plan for a trendy clothing boutique. They are one of […]

Journey Church members and guests were a little surprised when they arrived for worship Sunday. Someone was “horsing around.” Actually it was a real horse. Police officers from the Monticello Police Department had been trying to corner the horse Sunday morning as it had been reported loose. They spotted it crossing Highway 425, heading toward […]

Monticello High School graduation was Friday night. Many proud students, administration, family and friends were in town for the celebration. Of the 142 students that graduated, one that stands out is Anna Newberry. Here is her story.
Anna moved to Southeast Arkansas when she was four years old. Her dad transferred to this area to […]

In one day, gas prices soared almost $0.18. According to the KATV.com website, “all of Arkansas’ metro areas–except Pine Bluff and Texarkana–set records Friday. In Springdale, Fayetteville and Rogers, the average is $3.22. In the Little Rock metro area, the average was $2.99, while the average in Fort Smith is $3.19. Texarkana has the cheapest […]

The city of Pine Bluff has scheduled four Town Hall meetings over the course of the next month in order to involve citizens in the development of a long-term plan for that city. The dates for the meetings are May 24, June 5, June 12, and June 19. Officials for the city are excited about […]

Saturday, May 19th will be a work day at the skate park, old tennis courts.  We need volunteers with drills, screw guns, saws, etc.  We need to finish the ramps there before the others are built.  We will start at 9:00 a.m.  For more information contact Doug Knight, 367-2000.

The Monticello had a full agenda for Thursday night’s meeting, but part of the agenda got tabled for further discussion after city council members expressed concern with the “fast pace” with which Mayor Joe Rogers was introducing plans for a community center/municipal building. Council members Clifton Bond, Raymond Hubbard, Sherrie Gillespie, Al Peer, Carolyn Brown, […]

The Monticello Marlins have begun training for the summer swim meets that are just a few weeks away.  There are over 80 children and teens from Monticello and surrounding areas that have signed up this year.  Each evening they meet at the UAM pool to practice for the upcoming swim season.
 

Students planning to take classes during the first summer term at any of the three University of Arkansas at Monticello campuses may register May 25, 29 or 30, according to Dr. Debbie Bryant, registrar.
Students may “self-register” on Friday, May 25 by completing a self-registration card at the Office of the Registrar (Harris Hall 102) on […]

Many thanks to Jim Whaley over at Dad’s Place for bringing us the weekly blog wrap-up. Jim will be stepping out of this role this week, and we wanted to let him know how much we appreciate his weekly wrap-ups! Stop by his site and leave him a comment or two for steering you to […]

Question: Why was the “Water Report” sent out to the entire community rather than being posted in the paper or online? Was it because of legal requirements? If not, why was it done?
The report has previously been published yearly in the local newspaper. According to the Monticello Water Department, the Arkansas Health Department this year […]

Uca, a 93-foot blue whale replica, visited the University of Arkansas at Monticello on Monday, May 7. Pam Beard, University of Arkansas at Monticello’s Science Specialist, invited students from the surrounding schools to tour the whale exhibit.
The students learned many facts about whales such as a whale’s heart is roughly the size of a Volkswagen […]