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A familiar name is made its way back to MLive, again, with a recent arrest by Monticello Police.

A man known as the “bathroom burglar” and “tow-motor thief” has again been arrested; this time on charges of residential burglary, theft of property, second-degree battery, and terroristic threatening.

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The gavel of the Arkansas School Counselor Association has officially passed to the new state president, Cathy Edmonds, the Drew Central High School counselor.

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On Wednesday, the Drew County Sheriff’s Office received report of a possible sexual assault on a juvenile.

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Saturday afternoon, Deer Creek Disc Golf, located behind Dollar General and the storage rentals, held their grand opening in ribbon-cutting.

Disc golf is a trend that’s growing nationwide, as evidenced hereby the number of black logo shirts in the group photo.

Also attached is a short video of Bart and Yvette with “Disc Golf 101”.

Drew Memorial Hospital’s chief financial officer, Shannon Clark, was terminated by the hospital, this morning, around 8:30.

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Former Monticello Mayor Joe Rogers was sworn in as mayor, this morning, by Drew County Judge Robert Akin.

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Evergreen Packaging located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas is currently requesting resumes for entry level production opportunities in our Paper Mill.

Requirements:

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Members of City Hall and city workers, along with Joe Meeks of the city council, attended Tuesday morning’s meeting with Siemens, for an update on water meter and possible waterline installation.

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The murder trial for Freddie Williams, age 51 of Monticello, has been postponed  until August 28–29, instead of Tuesday’s scheduled start.

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Bonita Yount, a retired Monticello firefighter, was recently honored with a place in the Arkansas Firefighter Hall of Fame.

Shown with her are retired Chief Raymond Chisom and Crossett firefighter Bo Higginbotham.

Kitty with blue collar found on south Main Street.

Call 308-0001

On a recent Thursday evening around 5 PM. MPD pulled over a speeding, tan SUV near HWY 35 and 425.

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The Monticello Junior High cheerleaders recently attended the Universal Cheerleading Association’s summer cheer camp at ASU Jonesboro where they received multiple awards. (more…)

Monticello Youth Sports Baseball will be holding Fall Baseball Registrations, now through August 1.

A 6-8 game schedule will be played at the Monticello Sports Complex on Highway 278 West from Mid August – Mid September.

Registration cost will be $50 per child and will cover a hat, jersey, and insurance. Players can register at www.monticelloyouthsports.com. If you are interested in coaching a team, please call 723-3277.

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Air-Evac Lifeteam, a helicopter ambulance service that serves Drew County, has closed their Camden base.

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The Monticello City Council recently approved the next step in the process of remodeling the senior citizen center, located near City Park.

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A MLive reader took this photo of sunflowers, only recent trip to McGehee.

Thanks for sharing it.

Happy 4th Birthday Destiny

We love You

From Mommy, TeTe, Chaneka, and Kaylee

Happy 2nd Birthday, Mary Virginia!

We love you!

From Mommy, Daddy, and John Mark

With all 5 boxes counted,
Here are the final, but unofficial vote totals for mayor of Monticello….
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The Monticello School Board met Tuesday evening, July 15 for their regularly scheduled meeting with all members present.

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First of all I would like to thank everyone that participated in the runoff election today. I want to thank all the people that worked so hard for me and supported me. This vote of confidence is very humbling and I will do my very best to represent all the people of Monticello.

We are facing some major challenges here in Monticello with the water issue. This is a very important and expensive issue facing us and we need to meet this with unity of purpose and insure that the best interests of all the citizens of Monticello are best served. I will work with the city council, the municipal league and our attorney to insure the best resolution of this situation.

The door of the mayor’s office will always be open. I invite your opinion and I need your continued support in the days and weeks ahead.

Recently we ran a story, posted below, about two Little Rock who men were reportedly shoplifting fishing gear from Walmart, and then arrested near Lake Monticello. That story has recently taken a very unusual twist.

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Happy Birthday, Trish,

from all of you friends at MPD

Following Thursday night’s City Council meeting, with some questions being answered, and many more not being answered; it seems that the internet was a popular plance for many local residents to go and search for Siemens’ (the company who is intalling our new water meters and will install an estimated 45-93 miles of underground water lines) history.  Many of those who did so, forwareded their information to MLive.

Wikipedia describes Siemens in several aspects, including their contoversial history, as shown here.

Listed below are some of the other credible, documented allegation about Siemens.
Siemens in McComb, MS – Federal Court to hear Meter Lawsuit
Siemens in Jackson, MS – “Water Meters Still Worry Council Members”
Siemens Facing Pending Lawsuits in Chicago for Water System Failure
Siemens Facing Lawsuit in Sacramento
Siemens Paid $1.34 Billion in Fines – New York Times

Although these only cover a few of the wide range of products and services that Siemens offer, there is certainly enough “smoke” to be looking for “fires” to erupt.

Shortly after 6:30, Monday evening, this loaded Western Star log truck was involved in a single vehicle rollover, the intersection of HWY 277 & 293.

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