Monticello Live

Back by popular demand”, the Annual June Dinner Parade will be taking the parade to the community. Citizens may be in their yards along the parade route. The route will be the same as last year 2020.

The parade line up will begin at 11:30 am on west 13th street and will kick off at 12:30 (more…)

An incorrect letter, sent out by United Healthcare insurance company was received by Dr. Tim Simon’s patients, Wednesday.

The letter states that Dr. Simon is no longer a part of Monticello Medical Center, which is not the case.

Dr. Simon told MonticelloLive, this morning, that a letter of apology is being sent by United Healthcare to everyone who received the misleading information, and calls are being made, today, to let his patients know that the letter was totally false.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a republican candidate for governor, visited Monticello, this past Thursday evening, for a fundraising event at City Park.

Sanders was the press secretary for President Donald Trump and is the daughter of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee.

Melissa Light of Monticello, right, a nursing student at the South Arkansas Community College campus in Warren, is the first recipient of the Karen Boykin Endowed Scholarship. Boykin, who died in 2017, was a SouthArk nursing instructor for 14 years and was instrumental in the development of the college’s nursing program in Warren. The scholarship was established through the South Arkansas Community College Foundation by her husband Buddy Boykin to commemorate her lifetime of teaching achievements in the health sciences field. The scholarship is designed to provide financial support for a student who is seeking a practical-nursing certificate at the college’s Warren location.

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Recently, at a wreck on W. Gaines St., MPD’s K-9, Cezar, was seen sitting in the driver seat, watching officers work a collision.

Holiday Inn Express has used mattresses for sale.

Kings and Queens for $50.00 each.

If interested please come by the hotel Monday-Friday ask for Shemeeka or Faye.

First come first serve.