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 Read the rest of this entry »

The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) will conduct an online public involvement meeting about the proposed design modifications to Scogin Drive (Hwy 83 Spur) to Highway 278, which includes a railroad overpass and roundabouts at Jordan Drive and Old Warren Road in Monticello.

The public is invited to listen, view meeting materials, and provide written comments. The website will be available for comments until 4:30 p.m. on Friday, July 2. Citizens will have an opportunity to ask questions and make comments during a “live” virtual presentation from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 17.

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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.