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At 11 AM, the Monticello Fire and Police Departments responded to a house fire in the 100 block of E. College St.
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Around 7:30, Monday night, a 2-year-old child was ejected from a vehicle, during a 3 car collision at the intersection of HWYs 278 & 425, in Monticello. (more…)

At 8:30, Monday night, the driver of a southbound Ford Escape lost control of their vehicle on HWY 425, just north of the 35 intersection.

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Have you seen this person?

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Monticello police are looking for a suspect, believed to be a black male wearing a mask, navy hoodie, blue jeans, and black shoes, who robbed a local convenience store, Wednesday night.
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Northbound traffic on Gabbert Street should detour to Main Street, then Pope Street, to avoid a blocked roadway, at the intersection of Gabbert and Jefferson Street.

Abig rig cut short, and the road is currently blocked at that location.

The meeting of the Advantages of Southeast Arkansas, Inc. Board of Directors, which was scheduled for November 24th, has been moved to Tuesday, December 1st, at 3:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Discovery Children’s Center, located at 178 West College, Monticello, Arkansas. Due to the holidays, the meeting that was scheduled for Tuesday, December 22nd, has been cancelled.
Effective in January, meetings will go back to their normal date and time, the 4th Tuesday of each month at 3:00 p.m. at the Discovery Children’s Center building.

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Plastic water meter assembly, in parking lot, is one of many poorly installed by Siemens.

In August, MLive posted a report of a major victory in the City of Monticello’s battle against SIEMENS, where a United States District Judge ordered SIEMENS AG (an international conglomerate) to be listed as an extended defendant in the $10,000,000 case.

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Drew County Circuit Clerk Beverly Burks of Wilmar has announced her candidacy for re-election in the 2016 general election. Burks, a Democrat, is currently serving her first year in office.

Prior to taking office in January, Burks worked two years as a deputy clerk in the Drew County Clerk’s office and served as editor of the Advance-Monticellonian for 14 years.

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Thursday night’s open meeting about Drew Memorial Hospital’s proposed 1/4 cent extension of the expiring 1/2 cent library tax provided a chance for members of the public to meet the new surgeons, as well as hear updated statistics on surgery, and see the drawings of the new facility.

The question & answer session was also informative, especially dealing with the current 40 year old operating room.

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In an update to a story MLive covered, Tuesday morning, posted here are photos of the clean-up of the wreckage of a loaded Riceland tank truck, 2 miles south of Winchester on HWY 65.

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