Last Tuesday, Siemens and the City of Monticello met in Little Rock in an attempt to mediate hte situation, to avoid a lawsuit, by reaching a compromise.

It appears that on the way out of town, Siemens filed that lawsuit in the U.S. Eastern District Curt.

He is an English mastiff. He left home (Bowser Road) chasing a friend.

He answers to Melvin, if he isn’t busy. 870-966-4949.

A Public Involvement Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 30th from 4:00 p.m. until 6:30 p.m at the MEDC office.

The format of the meeting will be come and go. Outcomes from the 2007 Strategic Plan will be shared and participants will be asked to share opinions of the 2007 outcomes as well as give input on goals and objectives for the 2015 plan.

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The City of Monticello is accepting applications for the seasonal positions of Pool Manager & Assistant Pool Manager. Deadline to apply is May 1, 2015.

More information is available at www.monticelloar.org/jobs.

Last Tuesday, as local folks were feeling the first of the “hot days of summer”, a couple of ladies decided on an idea for them to “beat the heat.”

Their idea was to shoplift 2 air conditioning units from Walmart.

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Last Tuesday, Monticello mayor Zack Tucker, attorney Witt Barton, special attorney Cliff Gibson, and city clerk Andrea Chambers traveled to Little Rock, in an attempt to settle the ongoing water system improvement $10 million battle with Siemens through legal mediation.

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Family, friends and colleagues of the late Dr. Robert H. Burch, Jr. have begun a campaign to create a waterfowl research endowment in the University of Arkansas at Monticello Foundation Fund.

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Happy 5th birthday. Makayla.

Mama loves u, baby girl!!

A Drew County man was found guilty of 2 counts of harassing communications and a count of harassment, in Circuit Court, Wednesday, in his appeal of an  earlier District Court case.

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Happy birthday Davis!

We love you!

After 21 years with Statler Brothers, Jimmy Fortune will be in concert in Monticello.

Tickets and more information for Monticello event are at ticketriver.com

Both rear tires fell off of this Chevy pick-up, on HWY 278 , near the Monticello airport, around 7:30 PM, Tuesday evening.

Over a dozen Monticello firemen responded to the accident, along with Monticello Police and Drew County Sheriff’s deputies. (more…)