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Day 1 of the First Special Session of 2008
Monday, March 31, 2008
Senator Jimmy Jeffress’ report from the state Capitol with news of Monday’s activities in the Arkansas state Senate.

Governor Mike Beebe is calling upon the 86th General Assembly today to take a step that 24 legislatures before it could not take: to pass a fair and sensible natural gas severance tax.
Opportunities such as this one appear very infrequently, so when they do arrive, it is best to make the most of them.
Governor Beebe, […]

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Beginning on Tuesday, March 18, heavy rains inundated Arkansas and Missouri, sending several East-Arkansas rivers surging over their banks at the highest levels in a quarter century.

The Monticello Music Club will be meeting at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday night.
The meeting will be held at the First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary.

The No. 4 Southern Arkansas Muleriders swept a three-game series from the University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team with final scores of 8-0, 31-0, and 12-1.

Noted jazz saxophonist Earl Hesse will perform with the University of Arkansas at Monticello Jazz Bands in a free public concert April 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the UAM Fine Arts Center auditorium.

The University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team split a Gulf South Conference double header with Delta State by winning the first game 2-1 and dropping the second game 4-2.
 

Sgt. Larry Smith, Sr.
Criminal Investigator
Monticello Police Department
 
I have known Larry Smith for several years, but never really spent much time around him, until my wife’s truck was broken into a couple of years ago, and he worked the case.
When I started covering the Police Dept. for MonticelloLive,  I began to consider Larry to be a good […]

Everyone is invited to a 5th Sunday Music Program, at Immanuel Baptist Church.
The concert will be held Sunday, March 30th at 6:00 p.m., featuring the gospel group, “GRACE”.
Immanuel Baptist Church is located at 939 Barkada Road, here in Monticello.

A program of gospel music will be presented by the HALEY CREEK BOYS at the 5th Sunday Fellowship to be held at Wilmar Baptist Church on Sunday, at 5:00 P.M. 
The men of the church will follow up by using their cooking talents.  They plan to have a “chili cook-off.”  Judges will be present to test […]

A recent news tip to MonticelloLive.com was chosen as the “News Lead or Photo of the Month”. 
The person who provided the information that led to an important story, declined to be publicly named, but asked that their $25.00 prize be donated to their favorite charity, the Monticello Boys & Girls Club.
MonticelloLive.com’s Joe Burgess is shown presenting a check […]

The march to Iraq continues for the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, However, these Soldiers find themselves yet one step closer as they’ve
reached their staging area at a military outpost here in the dessert. While the Brigade will continue to move forward into its permanent duty locations in Iraq over the next couple weeks, training […]

Although the storage sheds on HWY 425 North may not have been the first mini-warehouses in Monticello, their convenient location probably made them the most noticed.
The rental based storage operation had belonged to Don Pace, and has recently been the location of the “Future Home of Hampton Inn” sign that was posted above the site.

Although many […]

Piggly Wiggly crew members Steve Harris and deli manager Johanna Strain are shown preparing for this weekend’s “Safe Prom” benefit cook-out, being held at the Monticello Piggly Wiggly, on South Main Street.
The menu includes; ribs, chicken, smoked sausage, Boston butts, and hot dogs. 
The service stand will open at 8 a.m. today, and plan to remain there til early […]

Around 1 a.m., Saturday, the Monticello Fire Dept. was called to a mobile home fire at 128 Tara Lane, in the Florence Road area.

For the first time in its history, the Arkansas Senate scheduled hearings to decide a disputed election.

Current high school seniors who have received institutional scholarships to attend the University of Arkansas at Monticello next fall may register for the 2008 fall semester during Scholars’ Day on the UAM campus April 21.
            The event will begin with an orientation session in the Fine Arts Center auditorium at 12:30 p.m., according to Mary […]