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Last Tuesday, Siemens and the City of Monticello met in Little Rock in an attempt to mediate hte situation, to avoid a lawsuit, by reaching a compromise.

It appears that on the way out of town, Siemens filed that lawsuit in the U.S. Eastern District Curt.

He is an English mastiff. He left home (Bowser Road) chasing a friend.

He answers to Melvin, if he isn’t busy. 870-966-4949.

A Public Involvement Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 30th from 4:00 p.m. until 6:30 p.m at the MEDC office.

The format of the meeting will be come and go. Outcomes from the 2007 Strategic Plan will be shared and participants will be asked to share opinions of the 2007 outcomes as well as give input on goals and objectives for the 2015 plan.

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The City of Monticello is accepting applications for the seasonal positions of Pool Manager & Assistant Pool Manager. Deadline to apply is May 1, 2015.

More information is available at www.monticelloar.org/jobs.

Last Tuesday, as local folks were feeling the first of the “hot days of summer”, a couple of ladies decided on an idea for them to “beat the heat.”

Their idea was to shoplift 2 air conditioning units from Walmart.

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Last Tuesday, Monticello mayor Zack Tucker, attorney Witt Barton, special attorney Cliff Gibson, and city clerk Andrea Chambers traveled to Little Rock, in an attempt to settle the ongoing water system improvement $10 million battle with Siemens through legal mediation.

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Family, friends and colleagues of the late Dr. Robert H. Burch, Jr. have begun a campaign to create a waterfowl research endowment in the University of Arkansas at Monticello Foundation Fund.

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Happy 5th birthday. Makayla.

Mama loves u, baby girl!!

A Drew County man was found guilty of 2 counts of harassing communications and a count of harassment, in Circuit Court, Wednesday, in his appeal of an  earlier District Court case.

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Happy birthday Davis!

We love you!

After 21 years with Statler Brothers, Jimmy Fortune will be in concert in Monticello.

Tickets and more information for Monticello event are at ticketriver.com

Both rear tires fell off of this Chevy pick-up, on HWY 278 , near the Monticello airport, around 7:30 PM, Tuesday evening.

Over a dozen Monticello firemen responded to the accident, along with Monticello Police and Drew County Sheriff’s deputies. (more…)

Happy 1st Birthday to Maverick (Itty Bitty) Kelly!!!
Proof that miracles do happen!!!!
We Love you!!!!!!
Nohnny and Aunt Leesa

Monticello mayor Zack Tucker, attorney Witt Barton, special attorney Cliff Gibson, and city clerk Andrea Chambers travel to Little Rock Tuesday morning, in an attempt to settle the ongoing water system improvement $10 million battle with Siemens through legal meducation. (more…)

Virginia Ward is proud to announce the opening of Monticello Realty, 107 Hwy. 425S,  bringing 14 years of experience to the new agency and ready to help you with all of your real estate needs.

Call 870-224-4040 or 870-723-4142 or visit the website at www.monticellorealtyproperties.com.

According to McGehee police chief Jim White, the incident that occurred at the McGehee High School on Friday, April 17th, where 5 African American juveniles became involved in (more…)

Around 2 AM, Saturday morning, a Monticello family was awakened to the sound of a local man attempting to kick in the door to their home. (more…)

Patrolman Ben Michel, Policeman of the Year, was honored at last week’s Monticello Lions Club meeting. (more…)

According to SalineRiverChronicle.com, after dealing with regular business including financial and project reports, the Southeast Arkansas Intermodal Authority Board spent a large portion of their meeting listening to and discussing ideas concerning the construction of a regional jail that would hold county and state prisoners. The concept was brought up by Drew County Judge Robert Akin and Bradley County Judge Keith Neely.

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According to the Arkansas State Police preliminary report, there was a fatality wreck in Eudora, at 11:37 Saturday morning, where an adult and two children lost their lives.

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Mlive got this e-mail and wanted to share it with everyone.

“My family and I would like to thank you for running the (lost puppy) ad for us. Boomer was returned to us, today, unharmed, thanks to a MonticelloLive.com reader named Jennifer. We are very grateful.”

Lost & Found Pets can be posted by sending a photo, infor, and phone number to joe&MonticelloLive.com.

We know MLive had 4 million pageviews last year, but there is no way estimate how many children were re-united with their pets, because of our readers.

The man, the myth, the legend turned 70 years young on April 18th.

Happy Birthday to Dad/Papaw/Smitty (Paul Smith).