Monticello Live

The fourth week of the fiscal session began with another Arkansas ice storm! The storm set in Sunday night and created a real quagmire in some areas, including Little Rock and much of the state north, east and west of there. Only the south was spared the misery. When the session continued on Monday only 71 of the House membership were able to make it to work.
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Tim Jacob, a long time supporter of the existing Arkansas Term Limit regulations, spoke to the local tea party Monday night.

He reported that hidden under the ballot title of the “ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY ISSUE” (but not mentioned in the title) is wording to amend the states constitution to extend our current term limits from 6 years for State Representatives to 12 house to 12 years, and change the Senate’s term to 18 years.

As the city of Monticello and City Hall staff deal with the death of Mayor Allen Maxwell, city officials must also unravel the tangled web of state statutes, to determine who is currently the “acting mayor” of Monticello.

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My dear beautiful sister, you left us way too soon,
And so now in all our hearts
There is such an open wound,
If only you had not taken that dreadful walk,
And called upon just one of us to talk,
I will always wish I could have saved you that day
But I did not know,
That your heart had taken such a blow,
I wish I could have made you realize,
How important you were to all our lives,
But that was not in God’s plans,
You are now in His hands,
Time doesn’t heal all wounds
And our memories will never fade,
On that fateful day your mind was already made,
You were such a brave and fearless one,
But now you rest with the Father and His Son,
I guess what I’m trying to say,
Is that we will all see you again one day,
And now all your pain and suffering is gone,
For our Father in Heaven is still on His throne.
03-11-1958 — 12-23-2013
By Marty

Sunday morning, Monticello Police received a report of a stolen Ford pick-up truck.

They soon received  a phone call reporting that a pick-up truck had been found, abandoned, stuck on a railroad track near S. Main St.

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Jessica Faith (Wishard) is slated to perform three of her songs Monday morning, March 10th on Good Morning Arkansas at the 9:00 hour. Her interview will be at 9:30.

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Happy 24th birthday Danny Atwood!!!

Your getting older, slow down a little bit.

We all love you so much!

Brandy, Mom, Dad, Jon, Mama T, Mary, Maddie, and Rickey!

Pines Broadcasting located in Monticello is looking for an Executive Assistant with office, clerical, some accounting and computer skills at its office in Monticello, Arkansas.

Must be detail oriented and able to work with limited supervision.

If interested, mail your resume to Pines Broadcasting at 279 Midway Route, Monticello, Ar 71655, or fax it to 870-367-9564,

Due to inclement weather in most parts of the State, the sale of leftover WMA turkey permits has been delayed until 8 a.m. Thursday, March 6.

The change has been posted on Facebook but the AGFC website has not been updated yet.

Local musician Andy Briant recently released and re-released two Gospel CDs containing original and cover songs- a variety of traditional, contemporary,  praise & worship, and gospel tunes.

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Ryan Copico from Pauline Baptist Church came to read Green Eggs and Ham to the children at Discovery Children’s Center as part of our Dr. Seuss celebration.

This Ford super duty pick up truck was reported stolen and wrecked early Sunday morning.

It was wrecked, but was not stolen, according to reports from the Drew County sheriffs department.

The city of Monticello is in the process of placing blue flags near every water meter in the city limits.
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Two sweet dogs wandered up to my home on South Main Street in Monticello on Friday night.

If your family is missing a very special member then Please call 254-290-0766 (cell) to identify them.

Monticello Police are still searching for this man, and asking for the public ‘s help in identifying and locating him.

The Drew Memorial Hospital Board of Directors voted unanimously this morning to extend the job offer of CEO of our local hospital “Candidate One” , during a special called meeting.

Former UAM Vice Chancellor Clay Brown has accepted 4 guilty pleas for criminal allegations made against him in 2013.

Last week, Brown pled guilty to three separate felony counts of second-degree forgery, a count of abuse of office.

Details on the events and investigation related to the crime are posted below.

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