According to AshleyCountyLedger.com, Ashley County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Hamburg man on Easter Sunday, April 20, on charges that he had shot another man to death.

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Happy 18th Birthday Cacia!

Hope you have the great birthday!!

I love you from Kailyn!!

Carmen Davis
Missing Since Mar 29, 2014
From Searcy, AR
DOB Sep 19, 1999
Age 14
Biracial Female
Hair Brown
Eye Brown
5’1″ – 150 lbs

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Monticello HS Concert Choir earned Superior 1st Division ratings at the Arkansas Choral Directors State Choral Performance Assessment – CPA Thursday, April 10 at UCA in Conway. These ratings, combined with their 1st division ratings at the region CPA in March, gives MHS Choir the Sweepstakes Award for the second consecutive year. “This has been a remarkable year of achievements for our students. I am thankful and extremely proud of the dedication, discipline and arduous spirit they have displayed on a daily basis,” says MHS choral director, Bennie Vincent.

Congratulations to such an amazing and talented group of vocalists! MHS and MMS choir will have their annual spring concert Thursday, April 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the MMS auditorium. We look forward to seeing you there.

Monticello auctioneer, Jimmy Orrell, of Orrell Auctions & Real Estate PLLC, recently completed training at the prestigious Certified Auctioneers Institute. (more…)

Advantages of Southeast Arkansas and Discovery Skill Center would like to thank the Special Olympics organizers and volunteers for a wonderful event. We were excited to win several events.

Julian Polk, age 23 of Hamburg, was one of two suspects arrested Friday, charged with the Thursday break-in of Big Jax, known now as Northside Deli.

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Congratulations to Maggie Hand for winning 1st place and a gold medal in the 2014 Skills Competition in Medical Math that was held this week in Hot Springs.

Maggie will compete at Nationals in Kansas in June.  Maggie is a Senior at Monticello High School. Maggie is the daughter of Stephanie Hill.

At 11:20 Sunday morning, a southbound Case backhoe being driven by Lake Village man, was rear ended by a southbound Volvo 18-wheeler, causing him to be the second big-rig related death inMcGehee since Friday.

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Happy 9th birthday,

Kaiya Williams

From Mom, Dad and your brothers!

Happy Birthday #53 ,

Becky Peacock Wright

The Monticello School Board accepted the resignations of Monticello High School Principal Jim Lucas and Assistant Superintendent Carol Santucci, effective June 30, at the School Board meeting held Tuesday night.

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Pam Butler from the Monticello Branch Library visited Discovery Children’s Center and read to the students as part of our Arkansas Children’s Week Celebration!

No one was injured, Tuesday afternoon around 6 PM, when a local school bus was rear-ended by a Toyota Camry.

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According to the Monticello Police Dept., Thursday morning at 12:40 am, an alarm at Northside Deli (formerly Big Jax) notified MPD of activity at the business.

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Happy 15th Birthday, Tyler Burns.

Love, Mom, Dad and Nick

Disappeared from home in Collins area:

Two very large dogs, Brute is a male dog, dark brindle colored. Rue, is a female, light tan bull mastiff. Both dogs are very old and taking medication. Very friendly. Please call, 870-501-0005 or 870-538-4346 if located or seen. Thank you.

To solve ongoing social and economic problems in Arkansas, willing, globally minded, accountable and good decision-making leaders are needed. The Lead Arkansas, or LeadAR, program is now seeking students for class 17, which will start in the beginning of 2015.

The deadline to apply is August 29.

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