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MonticelloLive.com’s Joe Burgess was the first speaker at Vera Lloyd Presbyterian Homes Guest Speaker Series.
The program is outlined in the article below.

At Monticello Middle School, two female students related to school officials earlier this afternoon that they had seen “a guy” walking near the school with what looked like a gun in his hand. Officials immediately contacted local law enforcement, and with their help began a thorough search of the buildings in the school district.
The lockdown [...]

Two people were left homeless after a house fire broke out in the Green Hill Community. The flames began around 9:00 pm on Tuesday and with the aid of both the Greenhill Volunteer Fire Department and the Wilmar Fire Department, the flames were extinguished nearly 2 hours later.
There were no reported enjuries, even the family [...]

This swarm of bees was seen Sunday morning in the North Park shopping center, on a shrub just outside Alltel Telephone.

MonticelloLive recently received a copy of a letter which was sent to Camden schools warning of a new form of crystal methamphetamine being manufactured, apparently to sell to children. From as far away as California and Nevada, and as close as Texas and Missouri, strawberry flavored crystal meth, known as “Strawberry Quick” has been [...]

Entergy Arkansas has announced that it will be disconnecting power to the Dumas area for several hours on Saturday. Entergy officials state that they will disconnect power to the Dumas area from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. on Saturday to install a bypass switch that will allow electricity to flow from other sources in case [...]

According to officials with the Chicot County Sheriff’s Office, a Monticello man drowned this morning while fishing on Lake Chicot. According to sources inside the Sheriff’s Department at approximately 8:30 a.m. Charles F. Davis, age 80, of Monticello was fishing in a small boat when winds from an inbound thunderstorm capsized the boat. Witnesses saw [...]

The inaugural class of the Cornerstone Leadership Development Institute (CLDI) met for their first session on April 17, 2007 on the campus of the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
The Class of 2007 includes the following: Dan Austin, Cori Batts, Johnnie Bolin, Russ Corker, Larry Coulter, Ranelle Eubanks, Charles Faulk, Ann Goad, Reathel Harris, Candace Jeffress, [...]

The Drew County volunteers for the American Cancer Society have started planning for the annual fundraiser event. In previous years, Drew County has hosted the Relay For Life event in April. However, this year, the planning committee has decided to take a year off from the huge event planning and have a smaller, [...]

Monticello Economic Development Commission (MEDC) meets the first Wednesday of every month. It is an open meeting that the public is invited and encouraged to attend. Meetings are held on the UAM Campus at the Gibson Center in the Caucus Room at 12:00 p.m. Meeting participants pick up a lunch tray [...]

The City Council of Monticello met Thursday evening, April 19. Council members Clifton Bond, Raymond Hubbard, Sherrie Gillespie, Al Peer, Carolyn Brown, Beverly Hudson, Tim Chase, and Claudia Hartness were all present.
MonticelloLive is pleased to present a podcast of the meeting:

You may fast forward or rewind through the podcast by dragging the slider.
Chamber Director Glenda [...]

Saturday was cold and dreary, but a promise is a promise, and when the men and women of ABATE (Arkansas Bikers Aiming Toward Education) District 18 and ABBA (Arkansas Baptist Bikers Association) Kingdom Riders promised the kids at the Arkansas Baptist Children’s Home they’d be on campus to cook out and give motorcycle rides, they [...]

One Monticello resident is dead, and two others are injured after a one-vehicle accident in Drew County yesterday.
According to a report by the Arkansas State Police the accident occurred at 12:48 p.m. on Midway Route in Drew County. The report states that a 1999 Mercury Sable driven by Don Simpson, age 18, of Monticello was [...]

Each year the Monticello Junior Auxillary hosts Bugs & Mugs Charity Crawfish Boil and Auction. This cookout has proven to be one of their most successful ways of gaining support from the community.
It will be held at 6:30 this Saturday, April 14 at the Monticello Country Club. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased from [...]

The Monticello Optimist Club gives two $500 scholarships each year, one to Drew Central and one to a Monticello High School senior.  The counselors at each school have the application that must be submitted by May 1, 2007.  Grade point average is important, but emphasis is also placed on financial need.
Please contact Carla Smith at [...]

In another large media sale, Monticello radio stations KHBM, KGPQ, and KXSA owned by Community Radio Network were purchased recently by Pines Broadcasting Inc., owned by Jimmy and Gwen Sledge. The sales prices of the stations was $1.05 million, according to the broadcastingcable.com site. In a letter to advertisers and businesses, Jimmy Sledge stated, “We [...]

Braving cold temperatures after a cold front passed through the state late this week, students converged on the Monticello Sports Complex for a morning of baseball training and practice hosted by Pauline Baptist Church. The event marked the first of Pauline’s intentional events in the area of “sports ministry.”
The church brought in former Cleveland [...]

Country roots run deep around here, especially in the lives of some Monticellonians. Shannon Carter is no exception. Although the show’s producers aren’t allowing much information to be released at this time, he is soon to be featured on a new docu-reality series on Country Music Television.
CMT gave MonticelloLive this information:
BORN COUNTRY (eight, one-hour episode [...]

Four local ladies traveled to Tunica, Mississippi this past weekend (March 30-April 1) for the World Barrel Racing Production Classic Equine Race for the Cash III. Their winnings, (left to right in the photo) are:

Kim Eubanks placed first in the 6D competition, and won $1000 and a Martin trophy saddle.
Lisa Kilcrease placed sixth in the [...]

Drew Central High School senior Quanica Bealer raised over $2,000 in a charity tournament for the Arkansas Children’s Hospital.
Now in its third year, Senior Project at Drew Central High School has evolved into learning how community service benefits others. Bealer, along with fifty-six other seniors at DHS must complete a project that consists of a [...]