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SouthEast Emergency Services, of Monticello, is taking part in the Little Rock end of an airlift of evacuees from Louisiana, who have medical needs.  The crew left Monticello around 4 p.m. Saturday, and have been transporting patients from the plains to Little Rock area hospitals.

Coach Mathews in his defensive coaching stance, late in the third quarter during the Sept 30 game against UAPB.

Coach Gwaine Mathews embraces Coach Donald Dykes after UAM’s win over UAPB 21-7 Sept. 30 2008,
Photos by Michael Thomas.

A New Generation of Veterans; Our Responsibility to Them

Although the most popular question in Monticello this weekend was “why is city hall preparing for the hurricane, that isn’t the case at all.
When the crew that is replacing the old windows at the city hall got to the building’s curved area facing the square, they encountered two steel support columns that they didn’t know [...]

The Monticello Fire Dept. responded to a boat on fire at F&F Boats, on HWY 278 East, around noon, Saturday.  The fire was contained to the back of the boat. the boat motor looks to be a total loss.

Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church held their Church Reunion, Saturday, at Monticello’s City Park.

Pastor Leroy Hood estimated that 162 church members and guests were present for the event, which included activities and water games for the children, and visiting and a cookout for the adults.

Zion Hill M.B. Church is located on Carpenter Road, and everyone is [...]

MonticelloLive.com recently featured a flag patch from a National Guard uniform as the flag of the week, which brought several questions about the way that the flag faces on their uniforms.  MonticelloLive was told that the flag is sewn on that way to show how a flag would be flying, if it were being carried [...]

Due to conflicts with the Labor Day holiday weekend, the University of Arkansas at Monticello football coach’s luncheon has been changed to Wednesday, September 3 at noon at the Monticello Country Club.
 
            The luncheon, which is normally each Tuesday, will resume its regularly scheduled date starting Tuesday, September 9 at noon.           
 
            A buffet-style lunch is [...]

The Pirate Booster Club is selling 150 Sections ($100.00 per 10′ section) of fence to go around the new Drew Central Pirate Football Field!
Please help us get this fence built by buying a section in memory or honor of someone. A plaque will be put on each section of fence purchased.
This is a great way [...]

Governor Mike Beebe Friday authorized up to $250,000 from  Arkansas’s Emergency Response Fund for potential state response to Tropical Storm Gustav, expected to make landfall as a strong hurricane on the Gulf Coast next week.

The Drew Central Booster Club will be hosting a tailgate party before the first home game against the McGehee Owls, on September 12.
Donations for the tailgate party are being sought. Any parent, grandparent, alumni or interested party who would like to donate food items are encouraged to call Susan Wishard at 460-0544 (home) or 723-8999 [...]

Arkansas Guard gets first call for support in preparation for Gustave ~ Over 40 Guardsmen heading to Louisiana to provide Airspace Management

Checking the signal. Tech. Sgt. Bill Smith, left, practices aligning a satellite with the help of Staff Sgt. Scott Roach. The men are members of the Arkansas Air Guard’s 154th Weather Flight, which provided [...]

Arkansas legislators got a glimpse of the classroom of the future and it was wired with computers and information technology.
Students will be plugged into keyboards and monitors while teachers patrol the room trouble shooting and directing the flow of bytes and megabytes. Textbooks and blackboards will be much less important than now. Teachers and students [...]

Witnesses on the scene at Sav-A-Lot Friday afternoon, shortly after a 3:30 accident in which a GMC Envoy reportedly collided with a pedestrian crossing the parking lot toward the store, told MonticelloLive that “good Samaritans” nearby helped lift the vehicle up enough to remove the injured woman from under the vehicle.
Monticello Police and Fire & [...]

WORD OF THE DAY-Extricate • (verb)
1: to free or remove from entanglement or difficulty.
It was quite easy to extricate the truth from the young man when I explained the consequences.
LUNCH APPLICATIONS into the office ASAP.
Pirate Football — Our first home game will be September 12th vs. McGehee. GO PIRATES !!!