The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) has announced the appointment of Jay Hughes as vice chancellor for Student Engagement.

Hughes has 40 years of combined experience in both public and higher education. He graduated from UAM in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts in history degree. His career in education began in Crossett at Norman Junior High School as a history teacher. He held positions as a history teacher at Monticello High School and Crossett High School before pursuing a master’s degree in general counseling at Louisiana Tech. Hughes received his M.A. in 1992 before taking a teaching position at Blytheville High School. Two years later, he returned to Monticello as assistant principal of Monticello Junior High School, a post he held until 2000 when he became principal of Monticello Middle School.

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Last year, the Monticello school board approved the contract with Darrell Odom Architecture for the construction of the Arena.
These images have since been presented to the school district.

At 9:51 PM, a severe thunderstorm was seen on radar 7 miles east of Monticello and also north of Monticello, in the cane creek area.

No funnel clouds have been reported, but the radar shows rotation into thunderstorm.

At 9:39 PM, a severe thunderstorm capable of forming a tornado was seen on radar, 7 miles south of Monticello.

For as long as the Santa Train has been carrying children around the Town Square or Courthouse, MonticelloLive has sponsored the annual event.

This year was no exception, as the Santa Train set the stage for the annual Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade.

Merry Christmas, from MonticelloLive.com.

As a way of giving back to the community that supports us, MonticelloLive again helped the Junior Auxiliary with their annual Christmas Toy Drive, this year, by donating six children’s bicycles.

Merry Christmas, from MonticelloLive.com.

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Drew County Veterans Day hosted by American Legion Post 2 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4515, your two local veteran organizations.

Please consider donating to these organizations they are in dire need of funds for their building. They need your help to continue to have a place for veterans to meet and support the community from.

15 years ago, today, I purchased MonticelloLive, an occasional blog by Jeff Noble, a local pastor, on school and public items in Monticello and began posting daily news, videos of public meetings, and many other “daily news items.“

Since then, breaking local stories have received immediate attention, several stories have been picked up by national news organizations, and the Lord has blessed me with many opportunities to have a positive effect on Monticello and Drew County.

Thank you to all the readers and sponsors who have helped make this possible.

One of the biggest compliments is not that “Everyone knows Burgess,” but rather that upto 15,000 people/day click to see what I think is newsworthy in their lives.

Thank you for making MonticelloLive.com a daily habit.

Burgess.

2022 JR Miss Drew County- Kaiden Hale

1st Runner Up-Trinity Graham
2nd Runner Up-Zanivah Thompson
Photogenic Winner-Kaiden Hale
Interview Winner-Trinity Graham
Active Wear Winner-Kaiden Hale
Peoples Choice Winner-Mylar Smith

According to Entergy, at 4:43, a fault occurred between Warren and Monticello causing an outage to approximately 3372 customers.

Entergy is actively working to restore service to all customers as soon as possible.

Entergy estimates a restoration time of 9:30 AM, for all customers.

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Minutes before 10 AM, Monday morning (Labor Day), it appears from this angle that a Chevy Cruise struck the rear of a Ford pick-up. (more…)